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Monaghan Fire & Civil Protection
Monaghan Fire Station
Annahagh
Monaghan
Co. Monaghan
12/02/2026
Planning Section,
Monaghan County Council,
The Glen,
Monaghan
Planning App. Ref. No. 25/60533
Applicant Fine Living Timber Frames Ltd
retention permission for an existing external yard storage
building with full permission sought for a change of use from
an existing retail outlet (RB Coogan) to a timber frame
manufacturing facility with ancillary office and staff facilities;
etc.
No objections to the Planning Application subject to the following conditions:
1. The proposed development shall obtain a fire safety certificate in accordance with S.I. No.
305/1991 – Building Control Regulations, 1991, prior to construction (Individual applications
required for individual buildings).
2. The proposed works shall be designed and constructed in accordance with the requirements of
Part B Fire Safety 2024, of the Second Schedule of the Building Regulations, 1997-2024.
a. Adequate means of escape shall be provided from the building so as to satisfy travel
distance as outlined in Technical Guidance Document B.
b. Where the building constitutes ‘High risk’ as defined in Appendix D of Technical
Guidance Document Part B Fire Safety 2024, please submit your application as Purpose
Group 6 (b) and ensure adequate provisions are in place to comply with the
requirements specified.
c. Ventilation - Single storey Industrial buildings exceeding 4,000m2 in area requires roof
ventilation facilities and provisions of inlet air in accordance with Section 6.7 of Technical
Guidance Document Part B Fire Safety 2024.
3. Any buildings work to be retained shall obtain a Regularisation Fire Safety Certificate in
accordance with S.I. No. 351/2009 Building Control (Amendment) Regulations, 2009.
4. Fire Hydrants shall be located in accordance with Section 5.3 of Technical Guidance Document
Part B Fire Safety 2024.
5. Fire Hydrants shall be in accordance with BS 750:2012 and shall deliver a minimum rate of flow
as per Monaghan Fire & Civil Protection ‘Guidance document for fire-fighting water supplies’.
6. Fire Brigade Vehicle access shall be provided in accordance with Clause 5.4 of Technical
Guidance Document Part B Fire Safety 2024 including turning facilities where dead-ends exceed
20.0m.
7. The proposed works shall be designed and constructed in accordance with Part M Access & Use,
of the Second Schedule of the Building Regulations, 1997-2022.
8. The proposed works shall obtain a Disability Access Certificate in accordance with S.I. No.
351/2009 - Building Control (Amendment) Regulations 2009, prior to construction.
Regards
Dermot Brannigan
Chief Fire Officer