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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT
File Ref: 26/30
Applicant: Seamus Meegan
Advertised Development Description: Permission for alterations and renovations to an
existing single storey dwelling house, permission for a single storey extension to the rear of
the existing dwelling house, permission for a new domestic wastewater treatment system to
include new site boundaries with all associated site development works.
Location: Killyboley, Inniskeen.
Site Details
Sheltered site, accessed via a private lane, featuring an old, single -storey farmhouse in
disrepair.
The existing farmhouse
Relevant Planning History
No planning applications are recorded for the site on the Council's (c.1995 -present) GIS
system.
Submissions/Observations/Objections
None.
Referrals
Environmental Health Officer ([HO): Conditionally satisfied.
An Taisce (re a nearby ringfort): No response.
DHLGH (re a nearby ringfort): Comments received and noted.
Heritage Council: No response.
Appropriate Assessment
Under Article 6(3) of the EU Habitats Directive and Regulation 30 of SI no. 94/1997
"European Communities (Natural Habitats) Regulations" (1997) any plan or project which
has the potential to significantly impact on the integrity of a Natura 2000 site (i.e. an SAC or
SPA) must be subject to an Appropriate Assessment. This requirement is also detailed under
Section 177(U) of the Planning and Development Acts (2000-2010).
The site is removed from any Natura 2000 sites and there are no significant pathway
connectors in the vicinity.
Having regard to the context and the development as proposed, and the activities associated
with the development proposal both during and post construction works, it is taken that it is
not necessary for an Appropriate Assessment to be carried out in relation to this
development.
Planning Assessment
Section 15.9.3 (Restoration of Vernacular Buildings and Dwellings) and Section 15.10.1
(Alterations and Extensions to Dwellings) of the County Development Plan 2025-2031
pertain:
■ The Council encourage restoration/adaption over the demolition of vernacular buildings.
■ The renovations and alterations would acceptably accord with the existing house.
■ Site is not visible from the public domain/road(s).
■ No overshadowing, overlooking or (being) overbearing concerns.
Conclusions
■ A conditional grant of permission is recommended.
■ A community, recreation and amenity development contribution is due as per the
separately attached calculation sheet.
■ The Department's archaeological submission is noted. Given the c.200m separation
distance and the absence of works within the vicinity of the Recorded Monument, no
impacts arise.
Recommendation
That Permission is GRANTED subject to the following conditions:
1. (a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €636 in accordance
with the General Development Contribution Scheme 2021-2026 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 and in accordance with the
requirements of the document entitled 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 new dwelling and permanently maintained
thereafter. Signed and dated copies of the contract, which shall be for a minimum period of
three years, shall be submitted to, and agreed in writing with the Planning Authority within
two months of the installation.
(c) Surface water soakaways shall be located such that the drainage from the new 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 new 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) The associated private well shall be a minimum of 30m uphill of proposed on -site
wastewater treatment system.
Reason: In the interest of public health and environmental protection.
3. Proposed landscaping shall be carried out in the first planting season following
commencement of building operations and shall be permanently retained thereafter.
Any plant which fails shall be replaced.
Reason: In the interest of visual amenity.
4. The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the plans and documents
submitted on the 13/04/2026, except as may otherwise be required in order to comply with
the above conditions.
Reason: In the interest of proper planning and sustainable development.
Ben Clerkin
Planner
03/06/2026
2026
Category
Dev Type
Rate
Number
Floor Area /
Contributions
/ Units
Calculation
Due (€)
3 (c)
Residential
<40sgm
Net
Comm, Rec
extensions
Exempt
additional
and
(including
domestic
Amenity...
garages and
>40sgm
floor area
new internal
€12 per sqm
=
floor space)...
93sqm
53 x €12
Contributions Due (€)
€636
Exemptions / Reductions under Part 18 of Development Contribution Scheme (if
applicable)
Category
Dev Type
% Reduction
Calculations
Exemption /
(a) — (m)
Reduction (€)
Total Amount Due
Contributions Due — Discount
Total Due (€)
€636
Checked / Date
AP
AO
SEP
S. Finnegan
03/06/2026
03/06/2026