Ballymote Wastewater Treatment Plant, Woodfield/Tieveboy, Ballymote
Upgrading of the Ballymote Wastewater Treatment Plant including a new administration building and settlement tanks.
17113 · Sligo County Council · Lodged 27 March 2017
- Reference
- 17113
- Authority
- Sligo County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 27 March 2017
Summary
AI-generatedThe project involves upgrading the Ballymote Wastewater Treatment Plant. Works will include erecting a 41 square meter single-storey administration building, constructing a final settlement tank, raising the walls of an existing tank, creating a utility yard, and removing existing sludge drying beds.
- Storey
- 1
- Floor area
- 41 m²
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 the upgrading of the ballymote wastewater treatment plant and will generally comprise of the following; erection of single-storey administration and control building (c. 41m2); construction of a final settlement tank with associated rotating bridge scrapper; increasing side wall height of existing final settlement tank; proposed utility yard area comprising associated equipment including screens, grit removers, pumping station and odour control; construction of a stormwater holding tank and all ancillary site development works including hard and soft landscaping and boundary treatments; removal of existing sludge drying beds and removal of existing inlet screen and chamber
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“Objective: Contain and consolidate settlements, while safeguarding lands for their future expansion and for the provision of strategic infrastructure. Green belts are to be used principally for agriculture. Any new development, such as roads and buildin”
National zoning type: Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape
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| Address | Date | Price | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|
| Woodfield, Ballymote, Sligo | Oct 2025 | €50,000 | 352 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 received27 March 2017
- Decision due21 May 2017
- Decision issued16 May 2017
- Grant issued16 June 2017
- Permission expiry15 June 2022
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