Faughts

101 registered freehold parcels lie mostly in Faughts, from 20 m² to 121,146 m² (12.11 ha, 29.94 acres). The dashed line is the townland's boundary; 26 neighbouring parcels touch it.

Download the townland: DXF, in Irish Transverse Mercator metres, with its boundary, parcels and buildings; GeoJSON or KML.

• G3GB – green belt (Conservation, amenity or buffer space, corridor/belt, landscape)
  Sligo County Development Plan 2024-2030, Sligo · 122 parcels The zoning objective in the plan

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

• 21 Nov 2025Conditional

  Planning Permission for Amendments to a Previously Permitted Development of the existing Sudbury School, “Former Doonally School”, a protected structure (RPS No. 289) under the Sligo County Development Plan (Planning Register Number: PL 23/60158) The proposed amendments are outside the curtilage of the protected structure (RPS No. 289) and comprise: 1. Amendment to the position of the Sports Hall building to the rear of the school site. 2. Amendments to elevations of Sports Hall building including a new external ramp. 3. Proposed phasing of works granted permission in original planning application

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2560491

• 30 Jul 2025Conditional

  retention of a first-floor extension (37 m2) to an existing dwelling for domestic residential use, constructed in addition to a previously approved ground-floor extension

  Retention, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2560317

• 24 Jul 2025N/a

  The development consists of a 37?m² first-floor extension to an existing dwelling for domestic residential use. The extension was constructed above a previously approved ground-floor extension (Planning Ref: PL 07/1104), which comprised a garage, bathroom, and utility room. The height of the development is in line with the original ridge height of the existing house, which is 59.5 metres. The property is not a protected structure.

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 2560305

• 11 Dec 2024Conditional

  to construct domestic dwelling house along with domestic garage, new treatment system and percolation area and all ancillary site development works - CONDITION NO. 12 COMPLIED WITH

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2460461

• 8 Nov 2023Conditional

  for the construction of a new extension to the side and rear of our existing dwelling house, alterations to the existing dwelling house, new effluent treatment system, new percolation area, and all associated site works

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 2360303

• 29 Jun 2023Conditional

  (A) Proposed development to the existing Sudbury School, “Former Doonally School”, a protected structure (RPS No. 289) under Sligo and Environs Development Plan, to consist of: (1) Internal works within main school building consisting of reorganisation of non-original fittings in kitchen, upgrading of non-original radiators in school building, and new heating system to Schoolmaster’s House. (2) Internal works to the 1960 Rear Extension of school building. (3) Additional School Accommodation extending from the 1960 Rear Extension of school building. (Floor Area = 545 m² plus 360 m² of covered external space). (B). Development outside the curtilage of the protected structure to consist of: (4) Demolition of existing 1970s prefabricated accommodation (floor area = 47 m²) and of shed structure (10 m²) at rear of site. (5) Retention of (i) barn structure to rear of school site (floor area = 55 m² ) used for sports equipment storage, and (ii) timber-clad art workshop space (floor area = 24 m²) Total floor area for retention = 79 m². (6) New Sports Hall (837 m² plus 335 m² of covered external space). (7) Landscaping works to rear part of site including new Multi-Sports Outdoor Pitch, Running Track and Grassed overflow car-parking area. (8) Replacement of existing vehicular access to ‘Lizzie’s Cottage’ with new access at eastern end of the site including one accessible and a disabled access drop-off area. Geometry of new site entrance in compliance with Co. Sligo Development Plan 2017-2023. (9) Extension of existing proprietary tertiary effluent treatment system and polishing filter with a new enlarged version to cater for max. 160 people (students and staff) .(10) Carrying out all associated ancillary site works to include provision of services, storm water attenuation pond, landscaping and boundary treatment

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 2360158

• 18 Aug 2022Conditional

  development consisting of change of use of existing cottage from residential use to educational use. Refurbishment of cottage and all associated site works. Access to site via existing site entrance.

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 22283

• 22 Jul 2022Conditional

  development consisting of the demolition of an existing single storey dwelling and outbuildings, the erection of a new dwelling house with associate out buildings, provision of waste water treatment system and percolation area, landscaping, alteration to the existing site entrance and ancillary works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 22255

• 9 Nov 2021Conditional

  Development consisting of retention of garage and outbuildings at dwelling house

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 21441

• 10 Jul 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of (1) retention of an attic dwelling conversion (103.65 m2) including 4 dormer windows to the front, (2) retention of existing lounge window as a replacement of two lounge windows to the front and (3) retention of garage to the rear (37.21 m2).

  Retention · Sligo County Council, 19280

• 11 Jan 2019Conditional

  Development consisting of: 1. Demolition of existing semi-detached two-storey derelict dwellings, 2. Construction of two-storey dwelling house and domestic garage with provision of new on-site effluent treatment system, provision of new site entrance to serve the dwelling house, 3. And provision of agricultural entrances and access lane to serve lands at rear and all associated site development works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 196

• 6 Dec 2017Conditional

  PP - for development consisting of (1) demolition of existing external shelter and flat roof kitchen/utility to rear of existing building; (2) carrying out of change of use to existing building from day care centre to democratic school (total relevant floor area = 235.18 sq.m) - consisting of 3 no multi-purpose rooms, kitchen, library, lobby, general hall with ancillary corridors/stairwell and associated sanitary, office/storage accommodation; (3) carrying out of essential repairs, internal alterations and associated elevational changes to existing building; (4) construct new vehicular entrance, exit, car park and drop off area to the western side of the site; (5) replacing existing septic tank system with a proprietary tertiary effluent treatment system and polishing filter (previous planning permission PL13/327 refers); (6) carrying out all associated ancillary site works to include provision of services landscaping and boundary treatment at "Former Dunally School" (protected Structure RPS No. 289 under Sligo and Environs Development Plan)

  Permission · Sligo County Council, 17456

• 4 Dec 2017Conditional

  Development consisting of 1)demolition of existing single storey dwelling, outbuildings and decommissioning of existing effluent treatment system; 2) construction of single storey dwelling house and domestic garage with provision of new on-site effluent treatment system, relocation of site entrance and all associated site works.

  Permission, 1 home · Sligo County Council, 17453

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 Faughts.

Recorded monuments

No recorded monument lies in the townland of Faughts.

Architectural heritage

No building of the National Inventory of Architectural Heritage stands in the townland of Faughts.

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

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.

Terrain model

LiDAR of the Office of Public Works, flown in 2011, at 2 m: tile OPW_1131 (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.

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

Name

Faughts · Na Fachta

Area

798,747 m² (79.87 ha, 197.37 acres)

Civil parish

Calry, and its townlands

Barony

Carbury

Electoral division

Calry, the unit of the census

Census 2022

Calry electoral division: 1,792 people in 654 households; 88% of households own their home; 24% of homes were built since 2001; 8% of dwellings stood vacant on census night, and 2% were holiday homes.

Neighbouring townlands

Ballyglass, Barroe, Bellanurly, Doonally, Hazelwood Demesne, Lisgorey

Placenames

Faughts 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.