GrantedApartmentsDecided 19 February 2007

Carrowbunnaun, Strandhill, Co.Sligo

Demolition of existing buildings for a major mixed-use development in Strandhill.

041466 · Sligo County Council · Lodged 21 June 2017

Reference: 041466
Authority: Sligo County Council
Register status: Decided
Type: EXTENSION OF DURATION
Received: 21 June 2017

Summary

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This extension of duration application involves the demolition of Neptune Stores and an amusement arcade. They will be replaced by two three-storey buildings containing retail units, restaurants, a public entertainment complex, and 26 apartments, alongside seafront promenade extensions and coastal defence works.

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Residential units: 26
Storeys: 3

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Official record

Development description

Demolition of the existing neptune stores buildings and their replacement with a new three storey building comprising of 2 retail units, 8 apartments with communal lobby and staircase, and in-curtilage parking, the demolition of the existing amusements arcade, retail outlets and ancillary buildings adjacent to the strand bar and their replacement with a new three storey building comprising of 4 retail units, a public entertainment complex, 2 restaurants, 18 apartments with communal lobbies and staircases, and in-curtilage parking, the extension of the existing seafront promenade with a new promenade extending to the north comprising of a one way road linking the promenade with the existing plaza apartments road, a new sea wall with coastal defence structure and rock armour, a hard landscaped beach side pedestrian area, an end-on parking zone, a delivery area, a shop-front pedestrian aarea with a public roadside terrace and landscaped seating areas and the repositioning of and connection to the existing sewage pumping station. Significant further information received including revised plans indicating the removal of 2 no proposed restaurant units to be replaced by 2 no additional retail and 2 no additional apartment units, revised elevations and sections, revised site and finished floor levels, revised site boundary and site map, revised foul and surface water proposals including revised wastewater pumping, compound, revised car parking, revised road layout and assessment of original traffic impact assessment and road safety audit based on proposed revisions, removal of existing slipway, revised landscaping, and revised proposals for compliance with section 96 of the planning and development act 2000 (as amended) has been submitted to the planning authority relating to application no. Pl 04/1466

Land-use zoning

What this land is zoned for

MIX – mixed usesRE

“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,”

National zoning type: Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site

Objective set by the Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030 (2024–2030). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.

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Recent sales nearby

within 500 m

Residential Property Price Register sales within 500 metres of this site
Address	Date	Price	Distance
4 Lar Easa Court, Strandhill, Sligo	Apr 2025	€230,000	91 m
Apt 06 Lareasa Court, Shore Rd, Strand Hill	Apr 2026	€303,000	91 m
15 Buenos Aires, Strandhill, Sligo	Feb 2025	€230,000	328 m
6 Buenos Aires Court, Strandhill, Sligo	Jun 2025	€285,000	387 m

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Sources: Building Control Management System (commencement notices) and the Residential Property Price Register, licensed under CC BY 4.0. Records are matched to this application by location and may not be exhaustive; always confirm against the official source before relying on them.

Key dates

Timeline

Application received21 June 2017
Further information requested23 February 2005
Further information received25 January 2006
Decision due16 August 2017
Decision issued19 February 2007
Grant issued2 April 2007
Permission expiry30 June 2017

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