Mountain Road, Tubbercurry, Co. Sligo
Retention and installation of sports facilities, shipping containers for changing rooms, and a new car park.
2560007 · Sligo County Council · Lodged 10 January 2025
- Reference
- 2560007
- Authority
- Sligo County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 10 January 2025
Summary
AI-generatedThis application seeks permission to retain and relocate several 40ft shipping containers for storage, toilets, showers, and dressing rooms. It also includes the retention of a running track, astro pitch, and floodlights, alongside the installation of a new car park and entrance.
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
- Retain and relocate an existing 40ft shipping container currently used as a dressing room and reuse it as a storage container (unit 1)
- Retain and relocate two existing 40ft shipping containers, which will be reused as storage containers (units 4 and 5)
- Install an additional 40ft shipping container to serve as two dressing rooms (unit 2)
- Install an additional converted 20ft shipping container to be used as toilets and shower facilities (unit 3)
- Retain and installation of new six-lane running track
- Retain the existing astro pitch and four 12m tall floodlights and columns
- Install an additional car parking area
- Create a new entrance to the parking area from mountain road
- Connect to public utilities, including electricity (esb), stormwater, drainage, sewerage, and water mains
- Install 6m tall street lighting columns for the car parking area
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“public, private, natural, semi-natural, sports fields, green corridors”
National zoning type: Open space, park
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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 Mountain View, Tubbercurry, Sligo | Oct 2025 | €164,000 | 137 m |
| 20 Meadow Brook, Tubbercurry, Sligo | May 2026 | €225,000 | 146 m |
| 16 Meadow Brook, Tubbercurry, Sligo | Sept 2025 | €220,000 | 176 m |
| 15 Meadow Brook, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo | Jan 2026 | €220,000 | 182 m |
| 12 The Rocklands, Ballymote Road, Tubbercurry | Jan 2026 | €225,000 | 307 m |
| 11 Rocklands, Tubbercurry, Co Sligo | Feb 2025 | €166,000 | 312 m |
| 10 Rocklands, Tubbercurry, Sligo | Jul 2025 | €195,000 | 320 m |
| 42 Ard Aisling, Tubber Curry, Co Sligo | Oct 2025 | €186,000 | 328 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 received10 January 2025
- Decision due6 March 2025
- Decision issued20 February 2025
- Grant issued25 March 2025
- Permission expiry24 March 2030
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