Sligo County Council grants permission for 118-home scheme at Newtownholmes Road, Caltragh & Cornageeha, Co. Sligo

In context

It is one of 18 housing scheme applications Sligo County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,557 nationally. Of the 3,030 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 20 November 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.

the construction of 118 no. residential units to include; 8 no. 2 bedroom semi-detached houses, 40 no. 3 bedroom semi-detached houses, 8 no. 4 bedroom detached houses, 33 no. 4 bedroom semi-detached houses, 1 no. 5 bedroom semi-detached house, 8 no. 1 bedroom apartments, 20 no. 2 bedroom apartments. The development of 1 no. creche facility with associated outdoor play areas and parking. Ancillary structures including ESB substations and associated switch rooms, bicycle and bin stores. Public and communal open spaces, private open space, site landscaping, public lighting, footpaths, roads, parking, foul and surface water drainage and all associated site development works. The application includes the provision of 2 no. access roads and construction of a footpath & cycle path. An Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report and an Appropriate Assessment Screening Report have been prepared in respect of the proposed development