HomeMy WebLinkAbout2660123 - F.I. Request Letter
22/05/2026
Board of Management Urbleshanny National School
C/O Aidan Sherlock
Dawson St
Monaghan Town
Monaghan
H18 A257
Re: Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended).
Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended).
26/60123 - permission for the construction/placement of a modular classroom building to the east
of the school site, the construction associated steps/ramps and all associated site works at
Carrowhatta Td. Scotstown Co, Moanaghan.
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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Authority, the planning application shall be declared to be withdrawn”.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
26/60123 Board of Management Urbleshanny National School Carrowhatta Td,
Scotstown, Co, Moanaghan
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION
1. Following a site inspection, the Planning Authority notes that there is an existing astro-surface
playing pitch facility and associated fencing within the application site red line boundary, however
according to our records, it appears that planning permission has not been obtained for this
development. The applicant is therefore requested to provide clarification with regard to same
and/or submit mitigating drawings/documentation.
2. Section 15.24 ‘Car Parking Standards’ of the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031
States that all development proposals shall be required to provide within the site boundary, suitable
provision for servicing, parking and manoeuvring of vehicles associated with the proposal. As per
Table 15.5 ‘Car Parking Standards’, car parking spaces are calculated at a rate of ‘1 per classroom
and 1 per teaching staff’, for educational/schools-type development. The applicant is therefore
requested to provide additional information to demonstrate how the proposal satisfactorily
complies with aforementioned Section 15.24 ‘Car Parking Standards’ and associated Table 15.5.
3. In the interests of public health and environmental protection, the applicant is requested to submit
the following information;
a) A Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) prepared by a suitably qualified
person. The CEMP shall;
(i) Take account of best practice and the guidance produced by Inland Fisheries Ireland
(IFI) entitled ‘Guidelines on Protection of Fisheries during Construction Works in and
Adjacent to Waters 2016’;
(ii) Demonstrate that adequate measures will be in place for the construction phase to
ensure there is no discharge of polluting matter/sediment laden waters to any waters;
(iii) Include the identification of potential pathways to the groundwater aquifer and the
River Blackwater;
(iv) Include the location details of the monitoring points where daily visual checks and
weekly surface water monitoring (physical& chemical parameters) shall be carried out.
b) A Confirmation of Feasibility letter from Uisce Éireann confirming that Scotstown Wastewater
Treatment Plant has the capacity to accept the hydraulic and organic loading arising from the
proposed development.
c) A fully completed Water Protection Plan checklist.
4. In the interests of clarity and appropriate design, the applicant is requested to submit the
following;
a) A revised site layout plan showing;
(i) Existing and proposed ground levels at/near the location where the proposed
modular building is proposed.
(ii) Proposed finished floor levels of the proposed modular building.
b) Specific details of the proposed external ramp/step construction.
The applicant shall note that, subject to clarification/details provided in respect of item 1 above, the
proposed development may need to be re-advertised and new site notice(s) erected, in accordance with
Article 35 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended).
The planner dealing with this application is Brian McGeary