HomeMy WebLinkAbout2568 - Chief Executives OrderMONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (as amended)
Chief Executive's Order No: P464-26
Reference Number: 25/68
Name of Applicant: Sinead Murphy
Address: Lagan
Castleblayney
Co. Monaghan
Nature of Application: Permission to erect a storage shed for machinery and cattle feed and
exit on to public road by existing entrance and all associated works
Location of Development: Lagan
Castleblayney
Co Monaghan
ORDER:
I hereby decide, pursuant to the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended)
and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) to grant permission for the above
development in accordance with documents submitted, subject to the 5 condition(s) set out in the
Schedule attached hereto.
I further decide that PERMISSION be granted subject to the same conditions on the expiration of the
period for the taking of an appeal to An Coimisiun Pleanala against this decision if there is then no
appeal before An Coimisiun Pleanala.
Adrian Hughes
SENIOR PLANNER
Date
25/68 Sinead Murphy, Lagan, Castleblayney, Co Monaghan
1.
a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €134.00 in accordance with the
General Development Contribution Scheme 2021-2026, made by the Council under Section 48 of
the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), towards expenditure incurred or proposed
to be incurred by the Council in the provision of community, recreation and amenity public
infrastructure and facilities in the area.
b) The sum attached to this condition shall be revised from the date of the grant of planning permission
to the value pertaining at the time of payment in accordance with the Wholesale Price Index for
Building and Construction (Materials and Wages).
c) No works shall commence until payment of the development contribution is made in full, or until
Monaghan County Council has agreed in writing to a schedule of phased payments of the sum.
Reason: It is considered appropriate that the developer should contribute towards the expenditure
incurred or proposed to be incurred by the Council in the provision of community, recreation and
amenity infrastructure and facilities in the area.
2.
a) The development/facility hereby approved shall be operated in accordance with the European
Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2022 as amended.
b) All slatted units, dairy parlours, silage pits and manure storage areas shall be designed and built in
accordance with Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine specifications.
c) contaminated surface water run-off shall be disposed of directly in a sealed system. all soiled waters
shall be directed to a storage tank. no effluent or slurry shall discharge or be allowed to discharge
to any stream, river, watercourse, groundwater body or to the public road.
d) All uncontaminated roof water from buildings and yard water shall be separately collected and
discharged in a sealed system to existing drains, streams or adequate soak pits and shall not
discharge or be allowed to discharge to the foul effluent drains, foul effluent or slurry storage tanks
or to the public road.
e) All organic fertiliser generated by the development hereby approved [and existing development
within the farmyard] shall be conveyed through properly constructed channels to the proposed [and
existing] storage facilities and shall not discharge or be allowed to discharge to any stream, river,
watercourse, groundwater body or public road.
f) All organic fertiliser generated by the proposed development shall be utilised in accordance with
the details submitted to the Planning Authority and in accordance with the European Union (Good
Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2022 as amended.
g) There shall be no increase in the number of livestock being accommodated at this site unless
otherwise agreed with in writing by the Planning Authority and in accordance with an approved
Farm Waste and Nutrient Management Plan.
h) Any construction and demolition waste or excess soil generated during the construction phase
which cannot be reused on site in accordance with Section 3 (1)(c) and Section 39 (1) of the Waste
Management Act 1996 as amended, shall be disposed/recovered at an appropriately permitted
facility in accordance with the requirements of the Waste Management Act 1996 as amended
i) All waste oils and any other hazardous waste materials shall be stored appropriately and collected,
recovered or disposed of in accordance with the Waste Management Act 1996 as amended, and
records of such shall be kept on site.
j) All hazardous liquid waste or oil/fuel storage containers, temporary or otherwise, shall be bunded.
(ii) All bunds will be designed to contain 110 % of the capacity of the largest storage container
located within the bund. (iii) There shall be no overflow drain facility from any bunds on site and all
filling and off -take points shall be located within a bund
k) Facilities shall be provided for the collection and segregation of recyclable waste. Wastes shall be
collected for recycling/reuse whenever feasible or otherwise disposed of in accordance with the
Waste Management Act 1996 as amended.
The applicant shall immediately inform the Planning Authority & Inland Fisheries Board of an
accidental spillage of wastewater, organic fertiliser, fuel, machine oil or any other substance which
may threaten the quality of any watercourse or groundwater body.
m) The applicant shall ensure that adequate measures are in place for the construction phase to
ensure there is no discharge of polluting matter/sediment laden waters to any watercourse. These
measures shall take account of the Guidance produced by Inland Fisheries Ireland titled
"Requirements for the Protection of Fisheries Habitat during Construction and Development
Works at River Sites". This document is available to download at
https://www.fisheriesireland.ie/documents/624-guidelines-on-protection-of-fisheries-during-
construction-works-in-and-adjacent-to-waters/file.html (Guidance).
Reason: In the interest of environmental protection and public health.
3.
Prior to commencement of any development, an updated/clarified legal agreement providing for
visibility spays to the south-east shall be submitted to and agreed in writing with the planning authority.
This signed legal agreement shall be witnessed by a solicitor.
Reason: In the interest of traffic/road safety.
4.
a) Roofing material shall be dark green, dark grey, dark blue or black in colour.
b) No unpainted metal sheeting shall be used for roofing or on the external finish of the structure.
Reason: In the interest of visual amenity.
5.
The development shall be carried out in accordance with plans and documentation submitted on
27/08/2025, as amended by additional information on 22/04/2026 and 07/05/2026, except as may
otherwise be required in order to comply with the above conditions.
Reason: In the interest of orderly development and to prevent unauthorised development.
Adrian Hughes
Senior Planner
Date