Mayo County Council grants permission for 87-home scheme at Snugborough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo

In context

It is one of 40 housing scheme applications Mayo County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,561 nationally. Of the 3,032 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

The applicant, or anyone who made a submission on the application, can appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála within four weeks of 25 August 2025. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

Verbatim from the Mayo County Council register. This is the source for every figure in the story above.

Sayvale 25 Ltd. Is applying for an amendment to a permitted planning permission for “the construction of 79 no. houses, consisting of 5 no. Detached Houses and 37 no. blocks of semi-detached houses, connections to public services and ancillary site development works at Snugborough, Castlebar, Co. Mayo”, which was previously permitted under planning reg. number P21/921. The proposed amendment applies to 38 no. of the permitted two storey dwellings which are to be replaced with 42 no. two storey dwellings (consisting of 8 no. 3 bedroom houses semi-detached houses, 34 no. 3 bedroom terraced houses), 4 no. 2 bedroom own door apartments, and 4 no. 1 bedroom own door apartments, (on overall total of 87 no. units in the development), and a new connection to a public waste water pumping station to service the overall development, and all ancillary site and landscaping works necessary to complete the development.