99-home scheme proposed at Hazelwood Road, Hazelwood Demesne, Co. Sligo

In context

It is one of 22 housing scheme applications Sligo County Council has received in the past twelve months, against 1,584 nationally. Of the 3,037 such applications decided by councils in the past three years, 79% were granted.

What happens next

Anyone can make a submission or observation to Sligo County Council until 22 November 2026, for a fee of €20. Only those who make a submission can later appeal the decision. The council is due to decide by 13 December 2026, unless it requests further information, which stops the clock.

How to make a submission

The development description, as lodged

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

a residential development of 99 no. dwellings, a childcare facility and two GAA playing pitches and clubhouse facility on a site to the south of the Hazelwood Road (R286), Hazelwood Demesne, Sligo, County Sligo. The proposed development will consist of the following: the demolition of the existing agricultural structures on site (276.8 sq.m); the construction of 99 no. residential dwellings consisting of 10 no. one bedroom duplex units, 20 no. two bedroom house units, 50 no. three bedroom house units, 7 no. four bedroom house units, and 12 no. five bedroom house units; the provision of 168 no. car parking spaces and 50 no. bicycle spaces for the residential units; the construction of a standalone childcare facility (455 sq.m) with 12 no. designated staff parking spaces and 6 no. drop off spaces; the provision of 3,072 sq.m of public open space and 61 sq.m of communal open space; two GAA playing pitches on an area of 1.895 ha to the west and south-west of the residential development; a two storey Clubhouse (522 sq.m) with a car parking area providing for 2 no. temporary bus spaces, 36 no. car parking spaces and 6 no. accessible spaces, associated with the GAA Pitches; the provision of a new entrance onto the R286 Hazelwood Road for vehicular, pedestrian and cycling access; the provision of a new pedestrian footpath and cycle lane (88m) along the R286 Hazelwood Road and a pedestrian crossing; and all associated and ancillary infrastructure (including surface water and foul water drainage and water supply), bin storage, internal streets, cycle parking, public lighting, landscaping, boundary treatments and development works, all on a site of 8.66 ha.