Planning Permission For JP McManus Lake

Limerick-native JP McManus has been given permission to build a lake on the grounds of his new mansion in Martinstown, Co Limerick.

Limerick County Council was initially unhappy with the scale of the project. However, according to the Irish Times, the local authority has since approved the development of a scaled-down lake. The size of the lake for which planning permission has been approved is 5,500sq m, which is just under 1.25 acres.

Originally, the lake was to cover an area of 31,000sq m – almost 2½ times the size of Croke Park – and its border was to resemble that of the Limerick county boundary. However, when plans for the lake were lodged with the county council earlier this year, planners said the size and shape of the lake would not blend into the local countryside.