You must complete a Planning Application Form, available from Sligo Borough Council and submit it with the required documents and the appropriate fee to the planning section. The documents that shall be submitted with your application will depend on the type of development. They will need to show clearly and in sufficient details the development proposals, what the development will look like when finished, how it will relate to the site and to the adjoining structures and property.

Please click here for Downloads Section where you can download and Application Form and also Guidelines for completing the Form together with a detailed list and templates of documents required to be submitted with your Application Form.

In general however you must always submit

NB – 6 copies of All Documents including Application Form, Public Notices, Plans and Maps are required by Sligo Borough Council.

The scales listed above, or more detailed plans or maps where appropriate, are those recommended to ensure that your application can be dealt with quickly. Advice is available from the planning Section to help you make your planning application.

Full details of the information to be contained in the notices are given in the explanatory notes to the application forms. Sample notices are also available from the Planning Section and are also available in our Downloads Section. The Notices must be accurate. The public notices must not be ambiguous or inaccurate. If they are or if the planning authority (or An Bord Pleanala on appeal) consider the notices misleading or inadequate for public information, you will be asked to publish and/or erect a further notice.

You must give public notice of your intention to apply for planning permission in an Approved Newspaper nor more than 14 days prior to the receipt of your planning application by the Borough Council. The working of the Notice is a governed by the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 – 2010. Please go to our Downloads Section for Guidelines for Newspaper Notices.

The Site Notice must be erected in place on the date of receipt of the planning application. The date of erection of the Site Notice should be given on the application.

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