Unit 1, North-West Business Park, Rathrippen
Change of use from retail warehouse to a Mercedes motor dealership with extensions and signage.
16233 · Sligo County Council · Lodged 14 June 2016
- Reference
- 16233
- Authority
- Sligo County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 14 June 2016
Summary
AI-generatedPermission is sought to convert a retail warehouse into a Mercedes motor dealership including a showroom, workshop, and offices. The project includes front and side extensions, a new 6.1-metre pylon sign, and a car wash area.
Generated from the description above by an AI model and may contain mistakes. The council’s description is the authoritative record.
Official record
Development description
Development consisting of (1) change of use of existing building from retail warehousing use to mercedes motor dealership including car showroom, customer services areas, workshop/car servicing areas, associated office and storage areas to ground and first floor levels (2) proposed extension (8.620m2) to the front of the existing building to accommodate new entrance portal to the proposed car showroom and proposed extension (3.420m2) to the side of the existing building to provide a new boiler room (3) changes to existing elevations including the following:- provision of new roof canopy to front of existing building and associated support wall and columns, new signage fixed to the aforementioned roof canopy supports, modifications to existing curtain wall glazing to front and sides of the existing building, provision of new windows and doors and removal of existing doors where required (4) provision of new 6.10m high pylon sign to include the mercedes logo (5) provision of new used car display area to the side of the existing building (6) provision of new roof canopy and associated supports to new car wash area to the side of the existing building (7) connection to existing services and all ancillary site works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Objective: Promote the development of business/technology parks and industrial estates, including office-based businesses, research and development, high-technology manufacturing, workshops, small-scale warehousing, logistics/transport-related uses, wast”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
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.
Read the zoning objectives in the development planBuilt & sold
What happened next
Beyond the decision: whether this development was built, and what property here has sold for.
Recent sales nearby
within 500 m| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Boyle Rd, Collooney, Sligo | Oct 2025 | €295,000 | 135 m |
| 4 Hawthorn Court, Collooney | Jan 2010 | €220,000 | 135 m |
| 1 Hawthorn Court, Collooney, Sligo | Nov 2025 | €370,000 | 163 m |
| Church View, Collooney, Co. Sligo | Jun 2025 | €204,000 | 220 m |
| 31 Highwood Park, Collooney, Co Sligo | Jul 2025 | €255,000 | 257 m |
| 43 Highwood Park, Collooney, Sligo | Jan 2025 | €245,000 | 294 m |
| 8 Castle Cove, Coolooney, Sligo | May 2025 | €395,000 | 333 m |
| 24 Ivg Grove, Collooneyprice excludes VAT | Apr 2026 | €390,000 | 381 m |
Nearby properties, not this site — a guide to local values.
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 received14 June 2016
- Decision due8 August 2016
- Decision issued5 August 2016
- Grant issued5 September 2016
- Permission expiry4 September 2021
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