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HomeMy WebLinkAbout2660067 - Notification of Decision 26/06/2026 Ref No: 26/60067 TO: Gola Eggs Ltd. C/O Paraic Fay The Mews 23 Farnham St Cavan H12 T9W2 Re: Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) NOTIFICATION OF DECISION Monaghan County Council has by order dated 26/06/2026 decided to GRANT permission to the above named for development of land, in accordance with the documents submitted namely for:- permission to construct 1 No. poultry house and 1 No. Manure loading area together with all ancillary structures (to include meal storage bin(s) and soiled water tank(s)) and site works associated with the above development at Gola English, Scotstown, Co. Monaghan at Gola English, Scotstown subject to the 8 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. pp 26 / 06 / 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 (26/06/2026). 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 26/60067 Gola Eggs Ltd., Gola English, Scotstown, Co. Monaghan 1. a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €6,108.00 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) All buildings shall be designed and built in accordance with Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine specifications b) contaminated surface water run-off shall be collected in a sealed system c) All soiled waters shall be directed to a leak proof storage tank. d) no effluent or slurry shall discharge or be allowed to discharge to any stream, river, watercourse, groundwater body or to the public road. e) All contaminated surface water arising on the concrete aprons shall discharge to an appropriately sized leak-proof tank f) All drainage works shall be carried out in accordance with these agreed details. g) All soiled waters shall be collected, stored and utilised in accordance with the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2025. h) All uncontaminated roof water from buildings and yard water shall be separately collected and discharged in a sealed system to existing drains, streams or adequate soakpits and shall not discharge or be allowed to discharge to the foul effluent drains, foul effluent and slurry storage tanks or to the public road i) An inspection manhole shall be installed for sampling and inspection purposes and shall be located on the surface/storm water line prior to discharge from the site. j) All organic fertiliser generated by the development hereby approved [and existing development within the farmyard] shall be conveyed through properly constructed channels to the proposed [and existing] storage facilities and shall not discharge or be allowed to discharge to any stream, river, watercourse, groundwater body or public road in accordance with the requirements of the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations, 2025. k) All organic fertiliser generated by the proposed development shall be utilised in accordance with the details submitted to the Planning Authority and in accordance with the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations , 2025 l) Organic fertiliser shall be taken offsite by the contractor/haulier as stated in the planning application. This contractor must be registered with the Department of Agriculture Food and Marine and the organic fertiliser shall be utilized in accordance with the requirements of the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2025, as amended. Any changes in contractor shall be agreed in writing with the Planning Authority. m) There shall be no change in poultry type or increase in the numbers of poultry being accommodated at this site unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning Authority. n) 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 o) 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 issued by 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. p) Prior to the commencement of development, the applicant shall submit a site specific Construction & Demolition Resource Management plan for approval. Applicant shall consider Best Practice Guidelines for the preparation of Resource & Waste Management Plans for construction and demolition projects. q) 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 r) All hazardous liquid waste or oil/fuel storage containers, temporary or otherwise, shall be bunded. All bunds will be designed to contain 110 % of the capacity of the largest storage container located within the bund. 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 s) 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 t) The applicant shall immediately inform the Planning Authority & Inland Fisheries Board of an accidental spillage of wastewater, organic fertiliser, fuel, machine oil or any other substance which may threaten the quality of any watercourse or groundwater body. u) Prior to the commencement of development, the applicant shall submit a Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) for approval. This plan shall be sufficient to 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. The Construction and Environmental Management Plan shall take account of best practice and the guidance produced by Inland Fisheries Ireland titled “Guidelines on Protection of Fisheries during Construction Works in and Adjacent to Waters 2016”. The CEMP shall include the location details of the monitoring points where daily visual checks and weekly surface water monitoring (physical& chemical parameters) shall be carried out. v) The applicant shall ensure that adequate measures are in place for the construction phase to ensure there is no discharge of polluting matter/sediment laden waters 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”. w) During the construction phase of development, the applicant shall immediately inform the Planning Authority & Inland Fisheries Board of an accidental spillage of polluting mater or any other substance which may threaten the quality of any watercourse or groundwater body. Reason: In the interest of environmental protection and public health. 3. a) Prior to the commencement of development, the applicant/developer shall submit to the Planning Authority, for agreement in writing, an ammonia management programme confirming details of ammonia emission reduction measures in respect of both the existing poultry unit within the application site and the poultry unit hereby approved. Submitted details shall include relevant timeframes for the implementation of the programme and shall have regard to Best Available Techniques (BAT). b) No development shall commence until the details required under (a) above have been submitted and agreed in writing with the Planning Authority. c) The ammonia management programme required under (a) above shall be reviewed annually, and a copy of same shall be submitted to Monaghan County Council on an annual basis. d) In the event that the proposed development is not operating within the specified emission limits and terms of the agreed ammonia management programme, or where the applicant/operator fails to annually review the ammonia management programme and submit a copy of same to Monaghan County Council on an annual basis, the applicant/operator shall cease the use of the poultry house hereby approved within a time frame specified by the planning authority which shall be no less than two weeks. Reason: In the interest of environmental protection and public health. 4. a) Visibility splays of 50 metres in both directions shall be provided from a point in the entrance 2.4 metres from the road edge and 1.05 metre above ground level where the laneway meets the public road. Sight distances shall be measured to the nearside road edge in both directions. Where it is necessary, hedges shall be removed / trimmed back in order to achieve this sight distance. b) The line of any new fence or hedge shall be positioned behind the visibility splays. Any new trees or shrubs shall be planted back from the visibility splays to allow for future growth and some species shall require additional set back. All planting shall be kept trimmed and shall not impede on the visibility splays. c) The area between road edge and new boundaries shall be soled with 300mm of 100mm stone blinded with quarry dust and rolled to level and camber of existing road. d) Any new boundary or entrance work shall be located not less than 3 metres from the public road carriageway with level margin to allow for passing vehicles on public road along full site frontage. e) The discharge of surface water from the public road onto the site through road surface drainage and road subsoil drainage shall remain unimpeded. f) Provision shall be made within the site for surface water drainage and no surface water shall be allowed flow onto the public roadway. g) No development exempt or otherwise shall be erected over the public sewer, drain or water- main. h) Before any work is commenced on this development a security, by way of a cash deposit, in the sum of €2,250.00 shall 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 Reason: In the interest of traffic safety and to ensure a satisfactory standard of development. 5. a) The existing trees and hedgerows bounding the site boundary shall be permanently retained in this development, shall be reinforced with additional planting and shall be protected from damage at all times, particularly during building operation. b) The required planting shall be fully implemented in the first available planting season. c) Landscaping works within the site area shall be permanently retained thereafter being planted. Any plant which fails shall be replaced. d) Trees shall be allowed to mature and shall not be topped when trimming hedgerows. Reason: In the interest of visual amenity and orderly development. 6. The mitigation measures contained within the Natura Impact Statement dated January 2026 as prepared by Noreen McLoughlin of Whitehall Environmental Ltd, submitted to the Planning Authority on the 05/03/2026, shall be implemented in full. Reason: In the interest of environmental protection. 7. a) Roofing material shall be dark green, dark grey, dark blue or black in colour. b) No unpainted metal sheeting shall be used for roofing or on the external finish of the structure. Reason: In the interest of visual amenity 8. The development shall be carried out in accordance with plans and documentation submitted to the Planning Authority on 05/03/2026, as amended by additional information on 11/06/2026, except as may otherwise be required in order to comply with the above conditions. Reason: To ensure a satisfactory standard of development.