HomeMy WebLinkAbout2660119 - F.I. Request Letter
22/05/2026
Board of Management St. Daig`s National School
Gerard Rust
Dunbin Knockbridge
Dundalk
County Louth
A91XT92
Re: Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended).
Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended).
26/60119 - permission for alterations to three existing classrooms and a resource room to form
three special education needs classrooms with external exit doors, alterations to one existing
classroom to form a multi sensory room and office with staff toilets, the construction of a two storey
extension at the rear of the south west facing school building and bounded by the north west facing
school building to provide four classrooms to include alterations to existing school building to
provide access, alterations and extension to existing resource room at first floor level, alterations to
existing ground floor corridor and storage and an extension to the existing ground floor boiler house,
alterations to part of the boundary wall and the gate of the adjacent 'Open eir' property to the east
of the school to include realignment and extension to the existing footpath and all associated site
works to include alterations to existing car parking facilities at Inishkeen Glebe County Monaghan.
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Dear Sir/Madam,
With reference to the above application, I am to inform you that the information submitted is not
adequate to enable a decision to be made.
In accordance with the provisions of Article 33 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001
(as amended) you are hereby requested to submit further information as set out on the attached
page.
Article 33(3) states that “where a requirement under sub-article (1) or sub-article (2) (Clarification)
is not complied with within the period of 6 months from the date of the requirement for further
information, or such additional period, not exceeding 3 months, as may be agreed by the Planning
Authority, the planning application shall be declared to be withdrawn”.
It should be noted that you will be required to give notice in an approved newspaper under article
35(1)(a) and erect a site notice in accordance with Article 35 (1)(b) of the Planning and Development
Regulations 2001 (as amended) if the further information received is considered to contain
significant additional data.
Please Note: 4 copies of Additional Information to be submitted. In the case of Significantly
Different Information, 6 copies of additional information to be submitted.
Yours faithfully,
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
26/60119 Board of Management St. Daig`s National School
Inishkeen, Glebe, County Monaghan
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
Note: You and/or your assigned agent should liaise with Planning Section prior to the preparation
and submission of this Further Information.
The submission should take a coherent account of any issues that overlap/interlink.
Should the Further Information materially/significantly alter the proposed development, you are
obliged to re-advertise same in accordance with Article 35 of the Planning and Development
Regulations 2001 (as amended).
No inference is given in requesting this Further Information that planning permission will ultimately
be forthcoming.
1. Whilst the proposed development includes alterations to existing external areas, the information
submitted does not adequately demonstrate that an acceptable quantity of usable and
functional social/play space would remain, having regard not only to overall area but also to
layout, accessibility and supervision.
Accordingly, please submit revised details, supported by annotated site layout drawings, clearly
identifying all areas of external play space post-development and demonstrating their usability,
accessibility, and capacity to cater for the needs of students.
2. As per Section 15.24 and Table 15.5 of the County Development Plan 2025-2031, acceptable
circulation space and set down/pick-up facilities are needed to cater for school operations.
In the context of an established village centre school site, it is acknowledged that set down and
pick-up arrangements differ from those achievable on a greenfield site. It is also noted that the
students to be accommodated by the development are already present on-site, albeit in
substandard arrangements. To allow for a fully informed assessment, and notwithstanding the
information submitted, please submit revised details, including annotated drawings and a
supporting statement, which:
i. Clearly establish how the relevant students are currently set down and picked-up;
ii. Demonstrate how these current arrangements interact with the existing operational
baseline of the school;
iii. Demonstrate that the formalisation and consolidation of this activity would not unduly
add to the existing conditions at the site and the surrounding area, having particular
regard to peak-time usage; and
iv. Confirm the current and proposed staff and student numbers on-site, and that the
proposal is not predicated on any increase in same.
3. The application includes correspondence from a third-party landowner (Open Eir) indicating
consent to works affecting adjoining lands; however, the referenced map outlining the extent of
such consent has not been submitted.
Accordingly, please submit the referenced map, clearly identifying the lands and works subject to
the third-party agreement.
In addition, having regard to the proposed use of the existing laneway to the east of the site to
facilitate access to the proposed parking area, please submit revised details demonstrating that
this access arrangement can operate safely and effectively. Such details shall have regard to
relevant design guidance, including the Design Manual for Urban Roads and Streets (DMURS),
and shall include, inter alia:
i. Confirmation of a legal right‑of‑way to use the laneway;
ii. The width and physical characteristics of the laneway;
iii. How vehicular movements can be safely accommodated, including avoidance of reversing
onto the public road; and
iv. How interaction with pedestrian movements would be managed.
4. Submissions regarding your application have been received. In the interest of clarity and to allow
for a fully informed decision, please review the planning file and respond to each submission
individually and the issues raised therein.
The planner dealing with this application is Ben Clerkin