Commons

48 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Commons, from 131 m² to 1,139 m². The dashed line is the townland's boundary. 30 neighbouring parcels touch it.

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• R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 66 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 2 parcels The zoning objective in the plan
• S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 0 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

Source: Tailte Éireann and the Department of Housing (MyPlan), national zoning, CC BY 4.0.

• 4 Sept 2025Conditional

  (1) the demolition of the existing toilet block building (2) the construction of a new building to incorporate new toilet facilities (3) all associated site works,

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560371

• 14 Jul 2025Conditional

  construct 4 no. dwellings houses. The proposed development will consist of: 2 no. 2 bed semi-detached (two-storey) dwellings and 2 no. 2 bed semi-detached (single-storey) dwellings; provision of new vehicular/pedestrian access (to each dwelling); all associated external works including new boundary fences/walls, landscaping and connection to existing public services (storm drainage, foul drainage, water mains, etc.) located in the public footpath/roads

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560289

• 23 Jun 2025N/a

  ERECT 4No. DWELLING HOUSES. THE PROPOSED DEVELOPMENT WILL CONSIST OF 2No. 2 BED SEMI-DETACHED (TWO STOREY) DWELLINGS AND 2NO. 2 BED SEMI-DETACHED (SINGLE STOREY) DWELLINGS; PROVISION OF NEW VEHICULAR/PEDESTRIAN ACCESS AND; ALL ASSOCIATED EXTERNAL WORKS INCLUDING NEW BOUNDARY FENCES/WALLS AND LANDSCAPING.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560261

• 19 Jun 2025Conditional

  retain a 24.82 Sq.m Extension to the side of an existing dwelling

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560255

• 4 Feb 2025Conditional

  Alterations and extension to domestic dwelling house including single storey extension to rear with pitched and flat roofs, 2no. rooflights, inner courtyard and all associated works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560034

• 25 Jun 2024Conditional

  Retention of extension built to rear of dwelling house which differs from that permitted under PD12/70072. Permission to widen existing vehicular access to dwelling house off Cleveragh road with associated site works including dropping of public footpath to front

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460221

• 4 Sept 2023Conditional

  Addition of a velux-type window to the front, replacement of window with a door, closing up of existing door, demolition of an extension, addition of pedestrian entrance in the boundary wall. Only one building affected.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360231

• 22 Jul 2023N/a

  Addition of 2 velux-type windows to the front of the house. Addition of a pedestrian entrance to the lay-by at the front of the house. Narrowing of central window to the front. Demolition of 8sqm extension to the Northwest

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360184

• 29 Jun 2023Conditional

  retention for change of use of dwelling house for short term letting with all associated works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2360161

• 14 Jul 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of full retention permission for the following; retention of a two storey extension to the rear of the existing domestic dwelling and all associated ancillary works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 21273

• 10 May 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of (1) The retention of a single storey extension to rear of dwelling house, (2) The retention conversion of attic space for use as habitable space with all associated works, (3) The retention of detached domestic garage constructed on site with all associated works

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 21166

• 13 Aug 2020Conditional

  development consisting of (1) the subdivision of the existing plot to provide revised site boundaries for the existing dwelling (2) construct a two storey type domestic dwelling (3) construct a new site entrance (4) to connect to the existing public foul sewer mains and all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20268

• 13 Aug 2020Conditional

  development consisting of the construction of a new site vehicular entrance/parking area for the existing dwelling on site. To amend the existing site boundaries and all associated ancillary works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 20269

• 11 Sept 2019N/a

  Development consisting of the construction of a new site vehicular entrance/parking area for the existing dwelling on site. Amendment of the existing site boundaries and all associated ancillary works.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 19374

• 11 Sept 2019N/a

  Development consisting of the following: 1. the sub division of the existing plot to provide revised site boundaries for the existing dwelling. 2. construction of a two storey type domestic dwelling. 3. construction of a new site entrance. 4. connection to the existing public foul sewer mains and all associated ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19375

• 26 Aug 2019Conditional

  development consisting of (a) Convert part of attic space to living accommodation, (b) Construct a two storey extension to side of dwelling house and (c) Construct a single storey extension to rear of dwelling house

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19351

• 25 Sept 2017Conditional

  for development consisting of the construction of a single storey domestic extension to a domestic house, re-connect to the public water and sewerage lines together with all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17362

• 7 Jun 2017N/a

  demolition of existing domestic house and construction of a single storey domestic house with living accommodation in the roof space, reconnection to the public water and sewerage lines, together with all associated ancillary works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17220

• 13 Apr 2017Conditional

  construction of a single storey extension to the rear of existing dwelling house with all associated works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17145

• 12 Apr 2017Conditional

  development consisting of the demolition of the existing toilet block and the construction of a new 77m2 single storey toilet building (a variation to the previously approved toilet block under PL 16/459) and alterations and extension to the existing stand, including a new escape stairs and recladding of the elevations and associated site works

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17139

Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.

Designated sites

No designated site (Special Area of Conservation, Special Protection Area, Natural Heritage Area or proposed one) touches the townland of Commons.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Commons.

Architectural heritage

• Sligo Cemetery, graveyard/cemetery, 1840–1860 · National interest
  Description

  Town cemetery, built c. 1850. Entered through gatescreen from public road to west, laid out on grid pattern in south-west to north-east direction with ground falling from upper cemetery with more elaborate grave markers to lower, much simpler, cemetery. Bitmac paths, grassed areas and shrubs between graves. Wide variety of grave markers, loculi and mausolea in stone, wrought- and cast-iron. Entrance screen with central pair of wrought iron carriage gates, flanked by moulded ashlar limestone piers, pedestrian gates and boundary fences on plinth walls terminating at north and south ends in ashlar piers. Rubble stone boundary walls to remainder of site. Gate lodge, to south-east of main entrance, separately recorded (32324002). Located on Dublin Road to south of town adjacent to Gaelic sports grounds.

• Sligo Cemetery, gate lodge, 1840–1860 · National interest
  Description

  Detached single-storey limestone gate lodge, built c. 1850. Octagonal on plan, entrance portico breaking forward from north elevation, much-plainer two-storey pitched-roof building extending to rear (south). Roof missing, central corbelled ashlar chimney. Ashlar walling, plain plinth, string course at ground floor ceiling level, frieze with recessed circular and rectangular moulded panels, moulded cornice, plain blocking course stepping up over portico. Segmental-headed window openings, stone sills, blocked-up. Doric columned entrance portico, recessed splayed doors missing. Located at entrance to cemetery, separately recorded (32324001), on Dublin Road.

Designated sites: National Parks and Wildlife Service. Recorded monuments: Sites and Monuments Record, National Monuments Service. Buildings: National Inventory of Architectural Heritage. Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Works at or in relation to a recorded monument need two months' written notice to the National Monuments Service (National Monuments (Amendment) Act 1994, section 12).

Radon

At the centre of the townland of Commons, about 1 in 5 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home

Landslides

The 1:50,000 map rates the landslide susceptibility here as low. Parts of the land are made ground.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1100 (ZIP).

Flooding

The Office of Public Works publishes its flood maps on floodinfo.ie.

Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency, and Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland, both under CC BY 4.0. LiDAR: contains Irish Public Sector Data (Geological Survey Ireland & the Office of Public Works) licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International (CC BY 4.0) licence.

No address of the register names Commons with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.

Name

Commons · An Coimín

Area

140,930 m² (14.09 ha, 34.82 acres)

Civil parish

St. John's, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Sligo East, the unit of the census

Census 2022

4,940 people lived in 2,073 households in the Sligo East electoral division. 55% of households owned their home. 12% of homes were built since 2001. 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Abbeyquarter South, Cleaveragh Demesne, Cornageeha, Knocknaganny, Tonaphubble

Placenames

Commons on logainm.ie, the Placenames Database of Ireland

Townlands, civil parishes, baronies and electoral divisions, National Statutory Boundaries, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. Census 2022, Small Area Population Statistics by electoral division, Central Statistics Office, CC BY 4.0. A townland is the smallest land division of Ireland, and the unit of a rural address. Old registers such as the 1901 and 1911 censuses file it under its civil parish and barony.