Sligo County Council grants permission for 93-home scheme at Pearse Road, 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 22 January 2025. 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 93 no. residential units consisting of: a. 25 No. – Type A/A1 – 2-storey, 2-Bed Semi Detached and Terraced Houses; b. 3 No. – Type B – 2 -storey, 2-Bed Semi Detached and Terraced Houses; c. 6 No. – Type C – 3 -storey, 3-Bed Semi Detached and Detached Houses; d. 23 No. – Type D/D1 – 2 -storey, 3-Bed Semi Detached Houses; e. 24 No. – Type E/E1 – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Semi Detached and Detached Houses; f. 12 No. – Type F/F1 – 3 -storey, 5-Bed Semi Detached Houses. 2. Provision of 1 no. childcare facility including pedestrian access, open play space, and associated car parking. 3. Provision of public open space. 4. Pedestrian, cycle and vehicular access/egress to Pearse Road. 5. Residential car parking, site landscaping, boundary treatments, public lighting, pedestrian links, service connections and all associated site development works