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Monaghan County Council
19/05/2026
Ref No: 25/70
TO: Fiona Lynskey
Re: Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended)
NOTIFICATION OF DECISION
Monaghan County Council has by order dated 19/05/2026 decided to GRANT permission to the above
named for development of land, in accordance with the documents submitted namely for:- permission
to erect a one and a half storey dwelling house, insert a filter unit and percolation area and exit on to
public road by new entrance at Acres, Knockatallan subject to the 7 condition(s) set out in the Schedule
attached.
Signed on behalf of Monaghan County Council
DMINISTR E OFFICER
DATE
Provided there is no appeal against this DECISION a grant of planning permission will issue at the
end of four weeks (see footnote).
NO WORKS CAN COMMENCE ON FOOT OF A'NOTIFICATION OF DECISION' ON AN APPLICATION.
THE DEVELOPMENT IS ONLY AUTHORISED WHEN A'NOTIFICATION OF FINAL GRANT' IS ISSUED.
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Monaghan County Council
1 Dublin Street,
Monaghan,
H18 X982, Ireland.
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Footnote:
An appeal against a decision of a Planning Authority under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as
amended) may be made to An Coimisiun Pleanala, 64 Marlborough Street, Dublin 1, D01 V902. (Tel.
(01) 8588100) during office hours.
1. You have four weeks beginning on the date the planning authority makes its decision which
was (19/05/2026). This is a strict time limit.
2. You must put your appeal in writing (either typed or handwritten).
3. You must clearly state your own name and address. If someone is acting for you, like a planning
agent they must clearly state their own name and address as well as your name and address.
4. You must give enough details to allow An Coimisiun Pleanala to identify the application you
wish to appeal.
5. You must provide your planning grounds of appeal (reasons and arguments) for your appeal
and any items you wish to support your grounds of appeal.
6. If you are a third party, you must include the written acknowledgement given to you by the
planning authority to confirm it received your submission at planning application stage.
7. You must pay the correct fee.
For more information on how to make an appeal see www.pleanala.ie
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Planning Offices
Monaghan County Council
1 Dublin Street,
Monaghan,
H18 X982, Ireland.
Failtionn an tUdaras Aitiuil roimh chomhfhreagras i nGaeilge
25/70 Fiona Lynskey, Acres, Knockatallan, Co. Monaghan
1.
a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €1,763 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.
2.
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
29/04/2026 and in accordance with the requirements of the document entitled 'The
Environmental Protection Agency Code of Practice Domestic Waste Water 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) The 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.
Reason: In the interest of public health and environmental protection.
3.
a) Prior to any other works commencing, visibility splays of 70 metres, measured to the
nearside road edge in each direction, shall be provided from a point in the centre of the
entrance 2.4 metres from the road edge at a height of between 1.05 metres and 2 metres
above ground level to an object height of between 1.05 metres and 2 metres above
ground level in both directions. The visibility splays shall be retained and kept clear from
obstructions thereafter.
b) Where it is necessary to remove hedges, fences, embankments or other obstructions in
order to achieve the required visibility splays, they shall be reinstated behind the visibility
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splays. Any new trees or shrubs shall be planted back from the visibility splays to allow for
future growth and some species will require additional set back. All existing planting shall
be kept trimmed behind visibility splays.
c) Where the existing roadside hedge/embankment is to be removed, the roadside verge
shall be widened (by grading back or infilling where necessary using appropriate inert
material) to include the entire area within the visibility splays, top soiled, and grassed to
the satisfaction of the Planning Authority.
d) The new entrance shall form a bellmouth of 4 metres radius with edge of new boundary.
Recessed entrance shall be of sufficient dimensions to contain a stationary vehicle off the
public road. Entrance gates shall open inwards only.
e) Entrance/access road shall be surfaced with concrete or bitmac from edge of public road
for a minimum of 5 metres and the surface shall be graded back so that its level at 3
metres from the edge of the carriageway is a minimum of 100mm below road level.
Gradient of access road shall be not greater than 1:20 (5%) for the first 5 metres from
boundary and 1:10 (10%) thereafter.
f) A french drain, consisting of 300mm diameter concrete pipes and backfilled to ground
level with suitable granular filter material shall be placed along the entire site frontage and
discharge to the nearest appropriate watercourse or drainage pipeline. Suitable gullies
shall be placed at the start, end, and intersection of other drains and at not greater than
40 metres intervals. If a road opening licence is required a separate application shall be
made to Monaghan County Council and no works shall commence until a licence is
granted.
g) Cattlegrid/ACO Drain/gullies shall be installed at proposed entrance and constructed in
such a manner as to prevent water from the entrance flowing onto the public road.
Similarly, measures shall be taken to prevent road surface water from flowing onto the
entrance. The discharge from the above drainage shall be piped to an appropriate
drainage pipeline or watercourse.
h) Provision shall be made within the site for surface water drainage and no surface water
shall be allowed flow onto the public roadway. The discharge of surface water from the
public road onto the site through road surface drainage and road subsoil drainage shall
remain unimpeded.
i) No development exempt or otherwise shall be erected over the public sewer, drain or
water -main, unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.
j) Before any work is commenced on this development a security, by way of a cash deposit,
in the sum of €2,250, shall be paid to the Planning Authority by the developer to ensure
the satisfactory completion of all surface water drainage/boundary work within and
abutting the site area, to prevent runoff of surface water onto the public roadway and to
ensure that no damage is caused to public roadway and any such damage is repaired
satisfactorily. Failure to carry out all entrance works to a standard to the satisfaction of the
Planning Authority will result in forfeiture of part or all of the cash security.
Reason: In the interest of traffic/road safety.
4.
a) Prior to the commencement of development, a security by way of a cash deposit for the
amount of €5,000, or as otherwise agreed in writing, shall be lodged with the Planning
Authority by the applicant/developer to ensure the satisfactory completion of the
landscaping works in accordance with plans and documentation received on the 29th April
2026.
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b) This security shall remain in place until all landscaping proposed is completed to the
satisfaction of the Planning Authority in accordance with the submitted landscaping
scheme and for a further period of two years following completion of the works, or as
otherwise agreed by the Planning Authority.
Reason: To secure a satisfactory form of development.
5.
a) The planting details and associated site works as indicated on plans submitted to
i. the planning authority on 29th April 2026 shall be fully implemented prior to the
commencement of development, or in the first available planting season following
commencement of building operations, whichever is the sooner.
b) All landscaping works within the site area, as detailed on plans submitted to the Planning
Authority on 29th April 2026, shall be permanently retained thereafter being planted. Any
plant which fails in the first planting season shall be replaced.
c) Only that portion of the roadside hedgerow, which must be lowered or uprooted to
provide adequate sight distances shall be removed. All other trees and hedgerows
bounding this site shall be permanently retained in this development, shall be reinforced
with additional planting and shall be protected from damage at all times, particularly
during building operations.
d) The line of the recessed entrance shall be planted with a double staggered row of trees (at
maximum 3 metre centres) and a hedgerow of species native to the area to form a
naturalised hedgerow similar to existing hedgerows in the vicinity. Species shall include
thorn, beech, oak, hazel, sycamore and holly.
e) Notwithstanding the submitted landscaping proposal, the site boundaries shall be
supplemented with native tree species at irregular intervals. Species shall include oak,
sycamore and beech and shall be, at a minimum, 4.5m tall at time of planting. Trees shall
be allowed to mature and shall not be topped when trimming hedgerows.
f) Any boundary fencing shall be of stained wood.
Reason: In the interest of visual amenity.
6.
a) Ground levels and finished floor levels shall be in accordance with the submitted plans.
b) Any facilitating cut and/or fill shall be graded to a natural contour to reflect the existing
topography of the area.
Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and securing a satisfactory standard of
development.
7.
The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the plans and documents
submitted on the 3rd September 2025, as amended by plans and documents submitted on
the 29th April 2026, except as may otherwise be required in order to comply with the above
conditions.
Reason: In the interest of proper planning and sustainable development.
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Planning Offices
Monaghan County Council
1 Dublin Street,
Monaghan,
H18 X982, Ireland.
Failtionn an tUdaras Aitiuil roimh chomhfhreagras i nGaeilge