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Archway House , Main Street Collooney , Co. Sligo

Retention of rear extension as constructed on site at Archway House,

Observations close 4 Nov 2026 14 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026

The application

Reference
2660404 · full record
Authority
Sligo County Council
Type
RETENTION
Status
NEW APPLICATION
Applicant
not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units
0
Floor area
—
Site area
94 m²
Received
30 Sept 2026
We first saw it
14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due
24 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

  1. Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/SligoCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660404/0.
  2. Write your observation.Quote 2660404 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.
  3. 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.
  4. Submit before 4 Nov 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.
  5. 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

CodeObjectivePlanIn force
M1
Metro / rail economic corridor
MIX – mixed uses: Objective: Promote the development of a dynamic mix of uses able to create and sustain viable town and village centres. Commercial (including retail), residential, leisure, community, office and suitable enterprise uses are supported in mixed-use zones,sligo county development plan 2024 203011 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
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Sligo County Council development plan zoning—27 Sept 2026, 19:37open

Designations on or near the site

  • NIAH-recorded building × 2
    presbytery/parochial/curate's house · Catholic Church of the Assumption
  • Recorded monument × 7
    R159379 · R159380 · R181918

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

ReferenceDecisionDecidedUnitsDistanceDescription
2660057Conditional8 Apr 20261276 mRetention of new roof light to north east elevation of existing terrace house
2560336Conditional24 Sept 20250307 mA single and two-story classroom extensions with ancillary accommodations and associated site work at Scoil Mhuire agus Íosaf, church view, Collooney, Co. Sligo.
2560199Conditional26 Jun 20250202 mconstruction of a new classroom extension to the existing school building, together with connection to services and all associated site works
2460361Conditional5 Dec 20240413 mretention for partial demolition of existing house and permission for subsequent new built extension to same. Demolition includes one chimney, 4.3m2 rear extension and 7.4m2 garden shed. Newly built extension 32m2 comprises of a kitchen/living room and a utility room
2460265Conditional1 Oct 20240155 mThe development consists of 1) permission for construction of a vehicular access onto R290, 2) change of use from a Former Girls’ Primary School to an Active Inclusion Day Service centre and 3) conversion of the former play area into (7) parking spaces, along with all associated site works.
2460131Conditional7 Jun 20240488 mThe development will comprimise of revisions to previously granted planning permission 23/60157. The revisions to the previously grant planning permission comprise the following: a) Additional 1st floor plantroom circa 139sqm b) New entrance porch circa 4sqm c) Elevational changes including incorporation of proposed covered external seating area into building. d) Changes to site layout including proposed external covered walkways and canopies redesign of carwash bays and relocation of external self-service launderette machines. and associated site works
2360311Conditional8 Jan 20241406 mone storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling
2360175Conditional5 Sept 20231449 mConstruction of new single storey extension to east elevation and alterations to south and west elevations of existing single storey semi-detached cottage

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

  • 30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
  • 30 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Sligo County Council before relying on it.