Observation pack · Sligo County Council

Connacht House , Markievicz Road , Co. Sligo

Change of use from office space Class 3 to medial clinic Class 8(a), with new non structural internal fit out works to accommodate medical consultations, diagnostic services and treatments, the erecting of a plague at ground floor level entrance, and all other associated site works on the fourth floor level

Observations close 6 Nov 2026 window closed

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 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: 2660411 · 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: 420 m²
Received: 2 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 21 Oct 2026, 02:10
Decision due: 26 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/2660411/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660411 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 6 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.
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
M2 Major town centre	TC1 – town centre uses, type 1: Objective: Protect the historic character and of Sligo’s old town core through conservation, regeneration and public realm improvements, and promote civic, retail and compatible uses that preserve the town core’s identity and attractiveness.	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

NIAH-recorded building × 8
house · gates/railings/walls · post box
Recorded monument × 10
R160348 · Cross-slab (present location) · Cross-slab (present location)

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2660232	Conditional	22 Sept 2026	0	398 m	(a protected structure under the Sligo and environs development plan 2004-2010). The development will consist of change of use from existing 'Joseph Martin Bespoke Tailor' and 'Courtyard Café' to 'Fish and Bean' restaurant. Area of existing tailor's retail and workshop 126M2, over 2 storeys. Area of existing café 70M2, over 2 storeys. Total proposed area 196M2. The 2 buildings are adjoining with an overall height of 6.8M
2560390	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	0	415 m	(a) change of use from a retail unit to a bakery, (b) retain elevational changes to side and rear of existing building, together with all ancillary site works and services
2660246	Conditional	18 Aug 2026	0	38 m	The demolition of an existing derelict two-storey structure fronting Holborn Street; the construction of an extension and associated works to the existing residential building at 7–8 Markievicz Road to provide two additional one-bedroom apartments, fully served by the existing access, stair core and lift; the provision of ancillary ground-floor bicycle storage, refuse storage and plant accommodation accessed from Holborn Street for the benefit of the existing and proposed residential units; the provision of a roof terrace and an external access ladder to facilitate safe access to the existing roof of 7–8 Markievicz Road for plant and water tank maintenance; and all associated site works, services, drainage and ancillary works
2660238	Refused	10 Aug 2026	0	416 m	to retain exposed natural stone finish to front elevation
2660218	Conditional	29 Jul 2026	1	179 m	construction of extension to the rear of dwelling house at ground and first floor level with all associated works
2660123	Conditional	19 May 2026	0	292 m	change of use from restaurant to office
2660018	Refused	13 May 2026	0	38 m	development consisting of: the demolition of an existing derelict two-storey structure fronting Holborn Street; the construction of an extension and associated works to the existing residential building at 7–8 Markievicz Road to provide two additional one-bedroom apartments, fully served by the existing access, stair core and lift; the provision of ancillary ground-floor bicycle storage, refuse storage and plant accommodation accessed from Holborn Street for the benefit of the existing and proposed residential units; the provision of a roof terrace and an external access ladder to facilitate safe access to the existing roof of 7–8 Markievicz Road for plant and water tank maintenance; and all associated site works, services, drainage and ancillary works
2660098	Conditional	27 Apr 2026	0	403 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.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
324374	—	open	16 Jun 2026	166 m
321202	—	Other	22 May 2026	21 m
323461	—	Granted with conditions	28 Apr 2026	208 m
324027	—	Other	14 Apr 2026	384 m
500229	—	Granted	18 Mar 2026	404 m
500748	—	open	9 Feb 2026	57 m
323308	—	Other	11 Nov 2025	386 m
323321	—	Withdrawn	18 Aug 2025	434 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

2 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 6 Nov 2026
2 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 21 Oct 2026, 02:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Sligo County Council before relying on it.