Cartron
Townland in the civil parish of Calry, barony of Carbury, Co. Sligo; in Irish An Cartún
Parcel 730388
- Area
- 439 m²
- Buildings
- 2 buildings touch it, 158 m² on the ground
- Zoning
- R2 eRES – existing and infill residential use (Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030) The objective
- Townland
- Cartron
Planning applications on this parcel
No planning application touches this parcel in the national file, which goes back to 2010.
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 this parcel.
Recorded monuments around it
No zone of notification of a recorded monument touches this parcel.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands on this parcel.
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).
Ground and risks
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- No susceptibility class on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1099 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Download this parcel: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its neighbours and buildings, for a drawing program; GeoJSON, in WGS 84, for a map; KML, for Google Earth.
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann, CC BY 4.0. A parcel is the land of a title, not an address. The owner's name is in the Land Registry of Tailte Éireann: a copy of the folio can be ordered on landdirect.ie, for a fee.
- Area
- 40.3 ha
- 100 acres
- Land parcels
- 324
- registered freehold, median 273 m²
- Zoning
- R2
- eRES – existing and infill residential use
- Planning
- 31
- applications since 2010
Land parcels
Registered freehold land, Tailte Éireann
324 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Cartron, from 9 m² to 72,898 m² (7.29 ha, 18.01 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 11 neighbouring parcels touch it.
Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.
Zoning
Development plans, national zoning
- R2eRES – existing and infill residential use (Existing residential)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 279 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S5NC – neighbourhood centre uses (only in Sligo Town) (Mixed/general community services/facilities uses)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 15 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - M1MIX – mixed uses (Mixed Use, general development, opportunity/proposal site)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 12 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G1OS – open space (Open space, park)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 10 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - S3CF – community facilities (Community facilities)
Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 3 parcels The zoning objective in the plan - G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
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.
Planning applications
Sites that touch the townland, newest first
22 Jan 2026Conditional
development consisting of the retention and completion of ground floor extension as permitted under application ref. 2560187 with some minor alterations and permission for the construction of a first-floor extension over, creating a two storey extension to the side of existing dwelling and all ancillary siteworks - CONDITION NO. 2 COMPLIED WITH
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2660020
10 Jan 2026N/a
The development will consist of permission to erect a first floor extension to the side of the existing dwelling, and all ancillary siteworks.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2660005
22 Aug 2025Conditional
for change of use from fast food restaurant to retail unit
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560356
9 May 2025Conditional
to demolish and replace the existing converted garage with a single storey extension, alterations to the elevations of the existing dwelling, and all ancillary siteworks
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560187
6 Apr 2025N/a
Permission to demolish the existing garage conversion and erect a two-storey extension to the side of the existing dwelling, and all ancillary siteworks.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560125
29 Aug 2024Conditional
to carry out alterations to the front, side and rear elevations and roof and all ancillary siteworks and permission for retention of an attic level window
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2460282
2 Apr 2024Conditional
Permission for change of use of existing unit from previous use as cafe to use as a childcare facility with all associated works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2460096
31 Oct 2023Conditional
to extend existing ground floor garage conversion forward to front wall of house and construct a first floor extension above garage conversion to side of two storey house
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360295
9 Oct 2023Conditional
Development consisting of to apply plaster rendering to the external walls of the building.
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2394
15 Sept 2023N/a
development consisting of the following: to apply plaster rendering to the external walls of the building
Retention · Sligo County Council, 2390
17 Aug 2022Conditional
development consisting of (a) construction of a first floor extension above existing garage to side of two storey house, (b) construction of a single storey extension to rear of house and (c) conversion of existing garage to living accommodation
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22282
25 Jul 2022Conditional
development consisting of construction of detached single storey garden room with all associated works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 22258
13 Sept 2021Conditional
Development consisting of the construction of a first floor extension above an existing garage to side of two storey house
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21368
15 Jun 2021N/a
development consisting of the construction of a two storey extension (incorporating existing single storey part of dwelling) to south elevation of existing terraced dwelling
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 21231
15 Jun 2021Refused
Development consisting of location of a mobile shop unit & sandwich board signage on 3 no spaces of the existing car park
Permission · Sligo County Council, 21232
16 Mar 2021N/a
development consisting of the conversion of four existing two storey houses into 8 No. Apartments (each existing house will comprise 1 No. 1 Bed apartment on the ground floor and 1 No. 2 Bed apartment on the first floor) with revisions to elevations and to conduct all associated site works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 2191
23 Dec 2020Conditional
development consisting of (1) construction of first floor extension to south elevation (2) construction of 2 storey extension to east elevation to replace existing single storey extension all to existing terraced dwelling house
Permission, 2 homes · Sligo County Council, 20454
2 Sept 2020Refused
development consisting of extension to ground floor store/garage, build and extend the first floor area above the store/garage up to roof level, and create an attic storage area
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 20291
22 Nov 2019Conditional
development consisting of the construction of single storey extension to front and side of existing dwelling house with associated works
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19475
14 Nov 2019Conditional
development consisting of the following: (1) Permission for retention of single storey playroom extension (11m2) to rear of existing creche and retention of change of use of first floor of property from single residential unit (42m2) as previously permitted under PD 4627 to creche with associated works. (2) Permission to amend the terms of current Planning Permission Reference PD 4627, by removing Condition no. 2, so that the numbers of children allowed to attend the creche is not limited by condition or Planning Permission
Retention · Sligo County Council, 19461
20 Aug 2019Conditional
development consisting of the pay-to-use waste portable compactor for dry recyclables and a pay-to-use portable waste compactor for residual waste and food waste
Permission · Sligo County Council, 19344
10 Apr 2019Conditional
development consisting of the construction of single storey extension to front of existing dwelling house with associated works.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 19135
4 Dec 2018Conditional
Development consisting of the build and the extension of the first floor area above the existing garage up to roof level, move existing bathroom on first floor, and replace existing garage door at front of house.
Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 18474
9 Jul 2018Conditional
for development consisting of increasing the number of children permitted to attend playschool from 15 (as permitted under condition no. 2 of Planning Permission Ref: PD 03/33) to 22 children with associated works
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18261
25 Apr 2018Conditional
for development consisting of amendments to previously approved planning permission under PL 16/359 to include the following works: 1. Construction of a 322m2 extension to northern side of existing school to provide a new ASD unit. 2. Renovation of two classrooms on existing north side of school to accommodate the new ASD unit. 3. Construction of a 38m2 extension to create a new entrance to west of school. 4. Construction of a 27m2 extension to staff room on west side of school. 5. Provision of new concrete retaining wall to accommodate extension of existing playground and stepped access from lower car park on Ard Na Mara road. 6. Provision of site works to include on street car parking on Sunset Drive and new security fencing to entire site. 7. All associated site works including connections to foul & surface water sewers.
Permission · Sligo County Council, 18137
The 25 most recent of 31 applications.
Source: National Planning Applications, Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage, CC BY 4.0. Applicants are not shown.
Nature and heritage
Designated sites and recorded monuments
Designated sites
- Special Area of Conservation: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) SAC 000627
- Special Protection Area: Cummeen Strand SPA 004035
- Proposed Natural Heritage Area: Cummeen Strand/Drumcliff Bay (Sligo Bay) 000627
Recorded monuments
No recorded monument lies in the townland of Cartron.
Architectural heritage
No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Cartron.
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).
Ground and risks
Radon, landslides, flooding
- Radon
- About 1 in 10 homes in this area is likely to have high radon levels. Testing a home
- Landslides
- Susceptibility low, low (inferred), on the 1:50,000 map; parts are made ground and water.
- Terrain model
- LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1099 (ZIP).
- Flooding
- The flood maps of the Office of Public Works: floodinfo.ie.
Radon Risk Map of Ireland, Environmental Protection Agency; Landslide Susceptibility Classification, Geological Survey Ireland; both 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.
Homes sold
Property Price Register
No address of the register names Cartron with five sales or more. The sales of the area are on the page of Co. Sligo.
The townland
- Name
- Cartron · An Cartún
- Area
- 403,475 m² (40.35 ha, 99.7 acres)
- Civil parish
- Calry, and its townlands
- Barony
- Carbury
- Electoral division
- Sligo North, the unit of the census
- Census 2022
- Sligo North electoral division: 6,127 people in 2,245 households; 30% of households own their home; 28% of homes were built since 2001; 12% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 1% were holiday homes.
- Neighbouring townlands
- Ballytivnan, Rathquarter, Shannon Eighter
- Placenames
- Cartron 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.