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Carrickmacross-Castleblayney
Municipal District
PLANNING PERMISSION – ROAD CONDITION REPORT
Planning Application No. 26/60195
Previous Ref. No’s.
23/60153
Applicant: Grace McKenna
Proposed Development: outline permission for development for a dwelling
house, ancillary garage, waste water treatment
system, polishing filter, new entrance onto public road
and all associated works.
Location: Corcuilloge, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan
Adjoining Road No. R-179
Site Notice: Yes Date: 15th June 2026
Engineer’s Report
No Objection Subject to the Following Conditions:
1. Sight distance of 120 metres in both directions to be provided from a point in entrance 2.4
metres from the road edge and 1.05 metre above ground level were the entrance meets
R-179. Sight distances to be measured to the nearside road edge in both directions.
2. The line of any new fence, hedge or wall must be positioned behind the visibility splays.
Any new trees or shrubs to planted back from the visibility splays to allow for future growth
and some species will require additional set back. All planting must be kept trimmed and
must not impede on the visibility splays.
3. The Area within the visibility splays shall be cleared to provide a level surface no higher
than 250 mm above the level of the adjoining carriageway and shall be retained and kept
clear thereafter.
4. Area between road edge and new boundaries to be soled with 300mm of 100mm stone
blinded with quarry dust and rolled to level and camber of existing road.
5. Any new boundary or entrance work to be located not less than 4.0 metres from the public
road carriageway.
6. Entrance/Access road to be surfaced with concrete or bitmac from edge of public road for
a minimum of 5 metres.
7. Gradient of access road to be not greater than 1:20 (5.0%) for the first 5 metres from
boundary and 1:10 (10.0%) thereafter.
Monaghan County Council
Carrickmacross-Castleblayney
Municipal District
8. French drain consisting of 300 mm diameter concrete pipes backfilled to ground level with
suitable granular filter material to be placed along full site frontage. Drain to discharge to
the nearest watercourse. Suitable gullies to be placed at start, end, and intersection of
other drains and at not greater than 40 metres intervals. (Separate application to be made
to Monaghan County Council if this requires a road opening licence).
9. Applicant to install Cattlegrid/Gullies at proposed entrance and at the end of the laneway
in such a manner as to prevent water from the entrance and laneway flowing onto the
public road. Similarly, measures must be taken to prevent road surface water from flowing
onto the laneway. The discharge from the above to be piped to drainage pipeline
10. No development exempt or otherwise shall be erected over the public sewer, drain or
water main.
11. 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.
12. All site works required in relation to sight distance and drainage works to be carried out
prior to the commencement of any building operations. Failure to do this will result in
forfeiture of part or all of cash security.
Signed: Niall Cadden DATE: 16/06/2026
Niall Cadden
Assistant Engineer
Carrickmacross/ Castleblayney Municipal District.