AMBITIOUS PLANS FOR A PRIVATE HOSPITAL IN SLIGO HAVE CROsSED THEIR FINAL PLANNING HURDLE, NOW THAT AN APPEAL AGAINST THE PROJECT HAS BEEN REJECTED.

RADTIP PROPERTIES PLAN TO BUILD A 3 -  STOREY, 75 - BED HOSPITAL AND 60 - BED REHABILITATION UNIT , ON THE SOUTHERN OUTSKIRTS OF SLIGO CITY, ON A 5 HECTARE SITE OFF THE INNER RELIEF ROAD, ACCESSED FROM THE SUMMERHILL ROUNDABOUT.

WHILE AN APPEAL WAS MADE AGAINSTS THE DEVELOPMENT, WHICH IS SET TO BE KNOWN AS THE “SLIGO CLINIC , AN BORD PLEANALA HAS NOWUPHELD THE PERMISSION GRANTED BY SLIGO BOROUGH COUNCIL FOR THE 40 MILLION EURO PROJECT.

 THE OBJECTION TO THE DEVELOPMENT HAD BEEN LODGED BY A LOCAL RESIDENT WHO HAD QUESTIONED WHERHER THE ZONING ON THE SITE WAS APPROPRIATE TO A HOSPITAL AND ARGUED THAT THERE WOULD BE A SEVERE IMNPACT ON TRAFFIC IN THE AREA.

CONCERNS HAD ALSO BEEN RAISED LOCALLY OVER THE ARCHAELOGICAL SIGNIFICANCE OF THE SITE AND ITS IMPACT ON NEARBY PROTECTED STRUCTURES.

HOWEVER, AFTER A SITE VISIT AND AN ASSESSMENT OF THE APPLICATION AN BORD PLEANALA UPHELD THE PERMISSION GRANTED.