Planning Permission Ireland

Planning register

Sligo

Planning applications inside the Sligo, Co. Sligo settlement, as recorded on the statutory register. The area is the CSO’s Census 2022 urban boundary.

Applications
799
County
Sligo

What the data shows

The planning register for Sligo contains a total of 799 applications, with 701 applications granted, refused, or part-granted since 2009. Out of these 701 applications, 670 were granted, 31 were refused, and 0 were part-granted, resulting in a 96% grant rate. The most common development types are extensions at 26%, retention at 17%, change of use at 16%, and alterations at 10%. Looking at recent activity, the number of applications lodged was 73 in 2023, 80 in 2024, and 105 in 2025.

An automated reading of the figures on this page. Every statement reflects the register data shown above; it is not advice or a prediction.

Planning intelligence

Grant rate

96%

of 701 applications granted, refused or part-granted since 2009.

Granted
670
Refused
31
No decision recorded
98

Historical outcomes from the statutory register. Not a prediction for any individual application.

What’s being built

Extension
26%
Retention
17%
Change of use
16%
Alterations
10%
Commercial
10%
New dwelling
5%

Grant rate by category

How each kind of application has been decided in Sligo, 2016–2026.

CategoryGrantedDecidedNationally
Extension99%17695%
Retention92%10790%
Change of use93%10088%
Alterations100%6992%
Commercial99%6988%
New dwelling97%3382%
Infrastructure97%3191%

“Decided” counts applications granted, refused or part-granted — withdrawn and invalid applications are excluded. Categories with fewer than 30 decided applications are not listed, because a rate over a handful of applications would not mean anything.

Activity over time

Applications lodged, by year

Grant rate, by year of decision

Recently lodged in Sligo

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Contains Irish Public Sector Data licensed under CC BY 4.0. Settlement boundary: CSO Census 2022 urban areas (Tailte Éireann). Always confirm against the relevant authority’s official register.