Observation pack · Sligo County Council

Faughts Cottage Faughts Lane , Faughts Calry , Co. Sligo.

Upgrade of existing septic tank system with new septic tank and percolation area all to existing dwelling

Observations close 20 Oct 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 15 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 9 Nov 2026

The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.

The application

Reference: 2660380 · full record
Authority: Sligo County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 4,219 m²
Received: 15 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 9 Nov 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/SligoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660380/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660380 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Sligo County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 20 Oct 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Sligo County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

Code	Objective	Plan	In force
G3 High amenity	GB – green belt: Objective: Contain and consolidate settlements, while safeguarding lands for their future expansion and for the provision of strategic infrastructure. Green belts are to be used principally for agriculture. Any new development, such as roads and buildin	sligo county development plan 2024 2030	11 Nov 2024 → 11 Nov 2030

An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.

Source: Sligo County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37

Source	Licence	Fetched	Link
Sligo County Council development plan zoning	—	27 Sept 2026, 19:37	open

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560317	Conditional	17 Apr 2026	1	455 m	retention of a first-floor extension (37 m2) to an existing dwelling for domestic residential use, constructed in addition to a previously approved ground-floor extension
2460461	Conditional	7 Feb 2025	1	212 m	to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage, new treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site development works - CONDITION NO. 12 COMPLIED WITH
22255	Conditional	13 Sept 2022	1	132 m	development consisting of the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling and outbuildings, the erection of a new dwelling house with associate out buildings, provision of waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping, alteration to the existing site entrance and ancillary works.

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

15 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 20 Oct 2026
15 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Sligo County Council before relying on it.