Sligo County Council refuses permission for 99-home scheme at Golf Course Road, Strandhill, Co. Sligo

In context

It is one of 18 housing scheme applications Sligo County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,549 nationally. Of the 3,022 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 23 July 2024. 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.

1. Construction of 99 no. residential units consisting of: a. 30 No. – Type A – 2-storey, 2-Bed Semi Detached and Terraced Houses; b. 7 No. – Type B – 3 -storey, 3-Bed Semi Detached Houses; c. 42 No. – Type C – 2 -storey, 3-Bed Semi Detached Houses; d. 2 No. – Type D – 3 -storey, 4-Bed Semi Detached Houses; e. 2 No. – Type D1 – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Detached Houses; f. 7 No. – Type D2 – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Semi Detached Houses; g. 1 No. – Type D3 – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Semi Detached House; h. 8 No. – Type E – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Detached Houses; 2. Provision of 1 no. childcare facility (651 sq.m) including pedestrian access, with 550 sq.m of open play space, and associated car parking; 3. Provision of 4,950 sq.m of public open space; 4. Pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access to Golf Course Road; 5. Residential car parking, site landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, service connections and all associated site development works. The planning application is accompanied by a Natura Impact Statement (NIS)