Sligo County Council grants permission for 53-home scheme at Circular Road, Magheraboy and Caltragh, Co. Sligo

In context

It is one of 18 housing scheme applications Sligo County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,638 nationally. Of the 3,067 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 78% 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 14 November 2023. If no appeal is lodged, the council’s decision stands and a final grant issues.

The development description, as lodged

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

The development will comprise the construction of 53 no. new residential units on a 1..19 ha site consisting of: • 19 no. 1 bed duplex units • 15 no. 2 bed apartments • 19 no. 3/4 bed duplex units The works will consist of the creation of a new site access from Circular Road that includes a raised tabletop with a controlled pedestrian crossing, car parking and bicycle parking, foul pumping station and rising main to an existing public foul sewer on Circular Road, sustainable drainage system, street lighting, open space, landscaping and all ancillary site works.