Limerick primary care centre plan scuppered by land rezoning

Site rezoned for agriculture while appeal decision delayed by backlog at An Bord Pleanála

Although submitted in March 2022, before the new county and development plan came into effect in July, An Bord Pleanála only issued its decision on the planning application for the primary care health centre in Caherdavin on the Ennis Road earlier this month Picture: Gareth Chaney/Collins 

Developers’ plans to build a new primary care centre in Limerick have been scuppered after the land it was to be built on was rezoned for agriculture while the appeal lay within An Bord Pleanála’s backlog.

Although submitted in March 2022, before the new county and development plan came into effect in July, An Bord Pleanála only issued its decision on the planning application for the primary care health centre in Caherdavin on the Ennis Road earlier this month. This was almost 10 months later and more than five months after the new development plan had come into place, rezoning the land.