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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2560418 - Notification of Decision 27/05/2026 Ref No: 25/60418 TO: Thomas Kerr Ted Duffy Market Square Drumillard Little Castleblayney A75 FP70 Re: Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) NOTIFICATION OF DECISION Monaghan County Council has by order dated 26/05/2026 decided to GRANT permission to the above named for development of land, in accordance with the documents submitted namely for:- permission to refurbish and convert a 3 storey terrace town house to apartments with localised external staircase to the rear for access to first and second floor apartments and extension/refurbishment of rear building, this consists of 2no. 1 bed apartments, 1no. studio apartment and maintaining shop front on ground floor including all associated site works at 2 Main Street, Cornamucklaglass subject to the 9 condition(s) set out in the Schedule attached. Signed on behalf of Monaghan County Council ________________________________________ ADMINISTRATIVE 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. P.P. 27/05/2026 Footnote: An appeal against a decision of a Planning Authority under the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) may be made to An Coimisiún Pleanála, 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 (26/05/2026). 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 Coimisiún Pleanála 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 25/60418 Thomas Kerr, 2 Main Street, Cornamucklaglass, Ballybay, Co Monaghan 1. a) Before any work is commenced on this development a security, by way of a cash deposit, in the sum of €2,250.00 is to 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 satisfactory. b) Where works are proposed to be carried out on the public footpath, these works must be approved through the application of a Road Opening Licence. The Road Opening Licence must be applied for by a registered contractor on the Map Road Licencing system. Reason: To ensure a satisfactory standard of development. 2. a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €5,900 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 car parking spaces that will facilitate the proposed development. 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 car parking spaces that will facilitate the proposed development. 3. a) Prior to commencement of development, the developer shall submit to the planning authority for approval in writing: i. A revised internal floor plan of the second floor one bedroom apartment, ensuring that the floor areas comply with the requirements set out in Section 3 of ‘Sustainable Urban Housing; Design Standard for New Apartments’ (July 2025), having particular regard to the floor area of the double bedroom. ii. Revised elevations of the proposed development ensuring that all window and doors are shown correctly, having particular regard to those for the ground floor studio apartment. b) The development shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed revised plans. Reason: In the interest of visual amenity and securing a satisfactory standard of development. 4. a) Prior to commencement of the development, the applicant shall submit a revised site-specific Construction & Demolition Resource Management plan for approval. Applicant to consider Best Practice Guidelines for the preparation of Resource & Waste Management Plans for construction and demolition projects. Note that it is not permitted to reuse or store waste materials such as damaged concrete blocks and surplus aggregate materials onsite, this must be collected by a suitability permitted collector in accordance with the Waste Management Act, 1996 as amended. b) The developer shall ensure that adequate measures and precautions are in place for the construction phase to ensure there is no discharge of polluting matter/sediment laden waters discharging from the site 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”. c) Applicant/developer is required to take all necessary precautions to prevent any risk of flooding or pollution occurring to roadways and adjoining properties/lands during all construction works/site works associated with this development/site and on completion of all works d) Monaghan County Council and Inland Fisheries Ireland shall be informed promptly of an accidental spillage of sediment laden waters, fuel, machine oil or any polluting discharge which may threaten the quality of any watercourse or groundwater body. e) The applicant shall ensure completely separate foul and surface water drainage systems are in place. f) 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 using authorised waste collectors authorised to collect the type of material for disposal/recovery at authorised treatment facilities. g) If waste material arising from the development works is proposed for recovery at the development site, a valid permit must be issued by Monaghan County Council in accordance with the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007 as amended h) If infilling material is required to be imported onsite the applicant shall conform to one of the following; i. If utilising EPA Article 27 notification to move soil infill material from one site to another, official correspondence from the EPA granting approval shall be submitted to the Planning Authority prior to commencement of development, or ii. If using waste material as infill a valid permit must be obtained from Monaghan County Council under the Waste Management (Facility Permit and Registration) Regulations 2007 as amended prior to acceptance of material, or iii. If buying topsoil material as a product for final landscaping purposes only, documentation demonstrating purchase shall be submitted to Planning Authority prior to acceptance of material. 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. k) All bunds will be designed to contain 110 % of the capacity of the largest storage container located within the bund. l) 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. m) 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. Reason: In the interest of environmental protection and public health. 5. Development within the site in respect of water services shall be to standards as required by Uisce Éireann. Reason: In the interest of public health and to ensure adequate water and/or wastewater facilities. 6. All hard and soft landscaping throughout the site shall be in accordance with the submitted details, and same shall be completed to a suitable standard prior to the occupation of any of the development. Any planting shall be carried out in the first planting season following commencement of building operations and shall be permanently retained thereafter. Reason: In the interest of visual amenity. 7. All service cables associated with the proposed development (such as electrical, telecommunications, communal television, public lighting, etc) shall be located underground. As applicable, suitable ducting shall be provided by the developer to facilitate the provision of broadband infrastructure. Reason: In the interest of proper planning and orderly development. 8. Ground levels and finished floor levels shall be as detailed on plans submitted to Planning Authority on 16/10/2025 as amended by additional information on 13/05/2026. Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and securing a satisfactory standard of development. 9. The development shall be retained and completed in accordance with plans and documentation submitted to the Planning Authority on 16/10/2025, as amended by additional information on 13/05/2026, except as may otherwise be required in order to comply with the above conditions. Reason: To ensure a satisfactory standard of development.