Observation pack · Sligo County Council

Sligo Physio Space , Ballast Quay , Sligo

Revisions to an existing elevation treatment including a decorative elevational painting to the front façade of an existing commercial unit of approximately 7.5m in height.

Observations close 29 Oct 2026 12 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 24 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 18 Nov 2026

The application

Reference: 2660391 · 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: 164 m²
Received: 24 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 29 Sept 2026, 23:03
Decision due: 18 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/2660391/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660391 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 29 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
M3 Neighbourhood centre	TC2 – town centre uses, type 2: Objective: Consolidate the existing fabric of central areas outside the town core (TC1 Zone) by densification of appropriate commercial and residential developments, ensuring a mix of commercial, recreational, civic, cultural, leisure, residential uses a	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	Distance	Description
2660178	Conditional	2 Jul 2026	322 m	The development is for alteration, renovation and extension to the existing hostel (Register Reference 46) including Change of Use to a residential housing development comprising of 9 no. single-storey one-bed apartments, 2 no. duplex one bed apartments and 2 no. duplex two-bed apartments (13 apartments in total). The proposal includes partial demolitions (modern outbuildings and sheds) and alterations. New, terraced two-storey and three-storey extensions with pitched roofs are proposed to replace the removed outbuildings. Site renewable energy measures are planned to include the provision of solar panels. New landscaping for amenity areas, pedestrian access with planted privacy buffers; common bike parking and bin storage. The development includes for connections to existing services (including existing mains drainage), temporary construction signage, new building signage, minor relocation of street lighting and all associated ancillary site development works
2660098	Conditional	27 Apr 2026	396 m	Permission for change of use of existing ground floor vacant unit No. 4 previously granted permission for use as retail/commercial space under PL 03/70185 to use as office space with associated works. The building is a Protected structure RPS no. 224.
2660020	Conditional	13 Mar 2026	474 m	development consisting of the retention and completion of ground floor extension as permitted under application ref. 2560187 with some minor alterations and permission for the construction of a first-floor extension over, creating a two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling and all ancillary siteworks - CONDITION NO. 2 COMPLIED WITH
2560246	Conditional	19 Jan 2026	432 m	Bus Eireann parking yard, Michael Conlon Road (n4) , rathedmond, sligo town, co. sligo. this application relates to a proposed development adjoining the curtilage of protected structures listed as RPS 101SE and 218SE in the record of protected structures. The development will consist of the proposed extension of the existing bus parking yard and the re-development of the existing yard to provide in total 20 no EV charging bays, 20 no parking bays for coaches for 15m long coaches., 40 no bus bays on site in total. provision of 9 no staff car parking spaces, and all associated siteworks. The yard extension is approximately 0.4092 hectares. the proposal will also include 1no 15m x 3.74m free-standing single-storey prefabricated insulated metal clad steel structure 56 square metres comprising of electrical equipment rooms to the western side of the site. We also propose to construct a single storey ESB sub-station together with MV and LV rooms to the western boundary of the site; c43.5 square metres together with various siteworks to include yard lighting, charging pedestal guns, public lighting standards. access will be primarily via the Michael Conlon road. We also seek permission to construct a single storey modular building for staff accommodation c. 96 sq m. New boundary treatment to include new powder coated painted steel palisade fencing to the western and southern boundaries. This proposal also seeks to connect into public mains sewer.
2560449	Conditional	18 Dec 2025	296 m	(1) Extension and change of use from existing light industrial (timber storage warehouse) to recreational facility including provision of new changing facilities/toilets, storage room, cleaning store, office reception and 7 internal and 3 external padel ball courts. (2) Replace existing building signage to north elevation and provision of signage to west elevation. (3) Reposition the existing builder's yard entrance, including the installation of a new fence within the existing builder's yard. Provide new car parking and cycle spaces including all associated site works
2560099	Conditional	3 Nov 2025	462 m	the change of use from commercial to residential use, to include the demolition of a fully derelict existing two-storey rear extension and construction of a new two-storey extension, alongside the renovation of the existing building and the creation of a new dormer extension within the rear roof slope of the existing building, all to provide 3 new residential dwellings comprising 1 x 2-bedroom unit, 1 x 1-bedroom duplex unit, and 1 x 1-bedroom unit, with all ancillary and associated site development works
2560224	Conditional	18 Jul 2025	395 m	Permission for change of use of existing vacant units previously granted permission for use as commercial units under PL 03/70185 for use as short stay residential letting with associated works all at The Old Mill Apartments, Union Street, Rathedmond, Sligo. The building is a Protected structure RPS no. 224.
2560222	Conditional	17 Jul 2025	395 m	Permission for retention of the installation of heat pump units (fitted adjacent to entrance door of each unit) to serve individual apartment no.s 2-14 inclusive, 16-19 inclusive and no. 21 with associated works all at The Old Mill Apartments, Union Street, Rathedmond, Sligo. The building is a Protected structure RPS no. 224.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324027	—	Other	14 Apr 2026	234 m
500229	—	Granted	18 Mar 2026	462 m
319116	—	Granted with conditions	10 Nov 2025	426 m
321183	—	Other	25 Jun 2025	234 m
312554	—	pending	18 Jan 2022	233 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

24 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 29 Oct 2026
24 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 29 Sept 2026, 23:03. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Sligo County Council before relying on it.