Sligo County Council grants permission for 73-home scheme at Cullagh More, Carney, Co. Sligo

In context

It is one of 18 housing scheme applications Sligo 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 15 September 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.

for the construction of 73 no. residential units consisting 5 No. two storey detached houses, 2 no. single storey semi-detached houses, 32 No. two storey semi-detached houses, 26 no. two-storey terraced houses & 8 no. Duplex houses providing for 10 no. one bedroom units, 14 no. 2 bedroom units, 34 no. 3 bedroom units and 15 no. 4 bedroom units on completion, together with the construction of new internal access roads, boundary treatments, public lighting, connection to all services and all ancillary site development works