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30/06/2026
Ref No: 25/60504
TO: Danny Collins
C/O Joe Mc Cabe
The Stables
Drumconrath Road
Carrickmacross
A81 YX28
Re: Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended)
NOTIFICATION OF DECISION
Monaghan County Council has by order dated 30/06/2026 decided to GRANT permission to the above
named for development of land, in accordance with the documents submitted namely for:- permission
for a development consisting of the retention of modular staff building and storage shed extension,
construction of vehicle maintenance shed, connections to existing services and all associated site works.
at Magheross, Carrickmacross subject to the 5 condition(s) set out in the Schedule attached.
Signed on behalf of Monaghan County Council
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ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
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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.
30/06/2026
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 (30/06/2026). 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
25/60504 Danny Collins, Magheross, Carrickmacross, County Monaghan
1.
(a) All vehicle maintenance, repair and servicing activities, including the use of the
maintenance shed and open maintenance bay, shall be restricted to the hours 08:00
to 19:00 Monday to Friday, and 08:00 to 16:00 on Saturdays. No maintenance, repair
or servicing activities shall take place on Sundays or Public Holidays, unless otherwise
agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.
(b) The maintenance shed and open maintenance bay shall be used for minor
maintenance works only, including cleaning, inspection and light component
replacement. No engine testing, engine revving, or major mechanical repair works
shall take place on-site.
(c) All noise-generating equipment and activities shall be managed such that disturbance
to surrounding properties is minimised.
(d) Any external lighting installed on the site shall be of full cut-off design, shall be cowled
and directed downward, and shall not result in light spillage onto adjoining properties
or public roads.
(e) The modular staff building shall be used solely for purposes ancillary to the established
bus depot use. The building shall not be used for any separate commercial, industrial
or office use independent of the authorised use of the site.
Reason: In the interests of proper planning and orderly development.
2.
(a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €1458 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) The development contribution shall be paid in full to the Council within six months
from the date of the final grant of permission, or in accordance with a to-be-agreed
phased payment schedule.
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.
3.
(a) Within one month of the date of the final grant of planning permission, the developer
shall submit a costed landscaping scheme for the site for the agreement of the
Planning Authority.
(b) Prior to the first planting season following the final grant of planning permission, a
security by way of a cash deposit for the amount as agreed by the Planning Authority
under (a) above shall be lodged with the Planning Authority by the developer to
ensure the satisfactory completion of the submitted and agreed landscaping scheme.
(c) This security shall remain in place until the landscaping comprised within the agreed
landscaping scheme is completed to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority in
accordance with the submitted and agreed details, and for a further period of one
year following completion of the works.
Reason: To secure a satisfactory/appropriate design standard
4.
(a) Developer 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 or drains. These measures shall take account of the guidance
produced by Inland Fisheries Ireland (IFI).
(b) Developer shall ensure that separate foul and surface water drainage systems are in
place.
(c) Any fuels, oils, greases, hazardous liquid wastes and hydraulic fluids within the site
area shall be stored on-site, away from any watercourses in a bunded, leak-proof, and
lockable storage area. Note that bunds are to 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.
(d) All storm water arising from the proposed development shall discharge to an
appropriately sized and suitable class 1 interceptor prior to discharge. The interceptor
shall be provided with appropriate warning device to indicate when required levels for
maintenance have been reached and should be fitted with a sampling chamber, which
has easy access. An inspection manhole shall be installed on the outflow pipe from the
oil interceptors.
(e) Fuel/oil interceptors shall be serviced regularly, maintained, and installed as per
manufacturer recommendations to prevent any discharge of pollutants to ground or
surface waters. Maintenance records shall be kept by the developer.
(f) Sludge/silt/solid waste arising from desludging on-site shall be collected by a suitably
permitted collector in accordance with the Waste Management Act 1996 (as
amended).
(g) Any construction and demolition waste, or excess soil and stone, generated during the
construction phase that cannot be reused on-site shall be disposed/recovered at an
appropriately permitted facility in accordance with the requirements of the Waste
Management Act 1996 (as amended).
(h) Prior to the commencement of development, the developer shall submit a water
protection plan checklist.
Reason: In the interest of environmental protection.
5.
The development shall be carried out in accordance with the plans and documents submitted
on the 12/12/2025 as amended on the 12/06/2026, except as may otherwise be required in
order to comply with the above conditions. The development shall also comply with all
previously granted planning permissions relating to the site, except where otherwise modified
by this permission.
Reason: In the interest of proper planning and to ensure coherent development of the site.