THE phased development of the 64-acre residential site at Mungret Park has the potential to set a new standard for community living, not just Limerick, but nationally.
That’s the aspiration of Limerick Twenty Thirty DAC, who have taken the initial step in the programme for the phased development of the site at Mungret Park with the appointment of a master-planning team.
The team will now embark on the master-planning of the site, a process that, in addition to scoping out all technical aspects for the wider plan, will include thorough engagement with local community groups and interested stakeholders.
The site comprises 26 hectares of lands owned by Limerick City and County Council in Mungret, including the former Mungret College and associated buildings. The site has recently obtained funding for a distributor road through the Mungret site, which will unlock substantial lands within public and private ownership.
Following the completion of the masterplan exercise, the project will then move onto to the planning process.
Limerick Twenty Thirty CEO David Conway said, “This is the initial step in terms of master-planning the site located just ten minutes from the city centre. The site will be a key enabler for economic and population growth of Limerick, in line with the aspirations of the National Planning Framework. It is already zoned residential in the Limerick City Development Plan 2010 and has potential for up to 800 units but the first phase will be somewhere in the region of a quarter of that. We want to have that first phase fully completed in three years’ time.”
The Limerick Twenty Thirty CEO believes that the site has the potential to set a new standard for community living, not just Limerick but nationally.
“We have set a high bar for the design team as we want to create something special at Mungret, effectively a community of its own but one very much integrated with the city. Our ambition to create something special is also very much down to an obligation we have to the site and what’s already in place there.”
