HomeMy WebLinkAbout2620 - Chief Executives OrderMONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL
PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (as amended)
Chief Executive's Order No: P495-26
Reference Number:
Name of Applicant
Address:
26/20
Sean & Hannah McDonnell
Noel McGahon
Essexford
Dundalk
Co.Louth
Nature of Application: Permission for (1) alterations and renovations to an existing single
storey dwellinghouse (2) single storey extension & a storey and a half
extension to the side & rear of existing dwelling house (3) a new
domestic garage (4) to relocate the existing site entrance on the
private laneway & (5) a new domestic waste water treatment system.
to include new site boundaries with all associated site development
works
Location of Development: Dunelty
Inniskeen
Carrickmacross
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 8 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
26/20 Sean & Hannah McDonnell, Dunelty, Inniskeen, Carrickmacross
1.
a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €2426 in accordance
with the General Development Contribution Scheme 2021-2026 (as revised) 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.
a) Prior to the commencement of development, the applicant shall provide revised
drawings and specifications confirming the materials, colour and detailing of all
external finishes for the dwelling and garage hereby approved.
b) The external finishes of the garage hereby approved shall match the existing dwelling
in respect of materials, colour and detailing, unless otherwise stated on the plans and
specifications agreed under (a) above.
c) The development shall be carried out in accordance with the details agreed under (a)
above.
Reason: In the interest of visual amenity
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a) The proposed effluent treatment and disposal system shall be located, constructed
and maintained in accordance with the details submitted to the planning authority on
the 25th March 2026 and in accordance with the requirements of the document
entitled The Environmental Protection Agency Code of Practice Domestic WasteWater
Treatment Systems (Population Equivalent <= 10) 2021. No system other than the type
proposed in the application shall be installed without the prior written agreement of
the Planning Authority.
b) A maintenance contract for the effluent treatment and disposal system shall be
entered into from the first date of occupancy of the dwelling and permanently
maintained thereafter. Signed and dated copies of the contract, which shall be for a
minimum period of 3 years, shall be submitted to, and agreed in writing with the
planning authority within 2 months of the installation.
c) Surface water soakaways shall be located such that the drainage from the dwelling
and paved areas of the site shall be diverted away from the location of the polishing
filter.
d) Within two months of the first occupation of the dwelling, the developer shall submit
a report from a suitably qualified person with professional indemnity insurance
certifying that the proposed effluent treatment and disposal system has been installed
and commissioned in accordance with the approved details and is working in a
satisfactory manner and that the polishing filter is constructed in accordance with the
standards set out in the EPA document.
e) A French drain shall be installed upgradient of the proposed wastewater treatment
system to protect the system from surface water flow.
Reason: In the interest of public health and environmental protection.
4.
a) Tree and hedgerow planting, as required, shall be supplemented with native tree
species at irregular intervals.
b) Planting shall be carried out in the first planting season following commencement of
building operations and shall be permanently retained thereafter.
c) Any plant which fails in the first planting season shall be replaced. Trees shall be
allowed to mature and shall not be topped when trimming hedgerows.
Reason: In the interest of visual amenity.
5.
a) Surface water from the site shall not drain onto the public road or otherwise interfere
with the existing public road drainage system.
b) The discharge of surface water from the public road onto the site through road surface
drainage and road subsoil drainage shall remain unimpeded.
Reason: In the interest of traffic safety and to ensure a satisfactory standard of
development.
6.
The garage hereby approved shall be used solely for purposes ancillary to the residential
dwelling within the site area, and not for any separate purposes.
Reason: In the interest of orderly development.
7.
Any construction and demolition waste or excess soil generated during the construction phase
which cannot be reused on site shall be disposed/recovered at an appropriately permitted
facility in accordance with the requirements of the Waste Management Act 1996 as amended.
Reason: In the interest of environmental protection and public health.
8.
The development shall be carried out in accordance with plans and documentation submitted
to the Planning Authority on the 25th March 2026, except as may otherwise be required in
order to comply with the above conditions.
Reason: To ensure a satisfactory standard of development.
Adrian Hughes
Senior Planner
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Date