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eRES – existing and infill residential use: what this zoning means in Sligo
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CouncilSligo
Common zoning typeR2: Existing residential
Areas with this zoning839
Land213.5 ha, 8.1% of the plan
Largest area3.4 ha
Parcels on the RZLT map 2026 with this zoning785
RZLT land580.0 ha
What the plan says
Objective: Protect and enhance the residential amenity of established residential areas and their communal or public open space and allow for small-scale infill development which is appropriate to the character and pattern of development in the immediate
Measured in this plan
The median area is 0.13 ha and the smallest 0.00 ha. No earlier plan in the data uses this zoning name.
- 54.0540, -8.7215: 3.45 ha
- 54.2729, -8.5091: 3.07 ha
- 54.3095, -8.5503: 2.55 ha
- 54.1680, -8.6095: 2.29 ha
- 54.2724, -8.5000: 2.13 ha
- 54.3067, -8.5582: 2.04 ha
- 54.2675, -8.4989: 1.99 ha
- 54.2704, -8.5010: 1.86 ha
- 54.2747, -8.4883: 1.84 ha
- 54.2215, -9.0915: 1.73 ha
- 54.2587, -8.4692: 1.71 ha
- 54.2602, -8.4577: 1.69 ha
- 54.4668, -8.4564: 1.63 ha
- 54.2714, -8.5070: 1.54 ha
- 54.2690, -8.4958: 1.45 ha
- 54.1790, -8.5033: 1.44 ha
- 54.1823, -8.4894: 1.43 ha
- 54.0911, -8.5190: 1.42 ha
- 54.3071, -8.5544: 1.34 ha
- 54.1702, -8.6103: 1.32 ha
- 54.2751, -8.5054: 1.30 ha
- 54.3072, -8.5484: 1.27 ha
- 54.0850, -8.5114: 1.20 ha
- 54.2134, -9.0806: 1.18 ha
- 54.2191, -9.0920: 1.18 ha
- 54.2591, -8.4718: 1.15 ha
- 54.3066, -8.5627: 1.13 ha
- 54.2717, -8.4944: 1.11 ha
- 54.2647, -8.4726: 1.10 ha
- 54.2605, -8.4667: 1.07 ha
Type R2 in comparable councils
- Sligo: 214 ha
- Kilkenny: 230 ha
- Cavan: 243 ha
- Longford: 182 ha
- Leitrim: 176 ha
On the RZLT map, 785 parcels in Sligo carry this zoning. On land in scope, the tax is 3% of market value a year.
Next to it by size in this plan
- GB – green belt, 1,746.4 ha
- OS – open space, 166.7 ha
- BIE – business, industry, enterprise, 100.5 ha