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PLANNING AND DEVELOPMENT ACT 2000 (as amended)
Chief Executive's Order No: P748-26
Reference Number: 25/103
Name of Applicant: Ruth Russell
Address: Noel Murphy
Cordevlis
Castleshane
Co. Monaghan
Nature of Application: Permission for retention of existing dwellinghouse and
wastewater treatment and their position on site where these vary
from the granted planning file No 7138, retain sunroom and
kitchen extension along with separate utility room and coal/fuel
store along with adjoining bedroom accessed from courtyard.
Retain shed buildings adjoining dwellinghouse along with trailer
unit used for storage. Retain entrances and accesses to the site,
dwelling house and sheds along with all walls, fences, gates,
walls, hedges ramps, steps and surface finishes. Retain
pumphouse and fuel storage tanks along with parking area for
one truck unit. Retain site boundary and fence positions. Retain
agricultural gate to small front field/access to wastewater area.
Retain disused pumphouse. Removal of 2n trailer units, Removal
of truck parking area and associated fuel storage tanks, closing up
of roadside access with new fence and hedge. Replacement
/Proposed new wastewater treatment system with associated
percolation area. Significant information included visual
inspection of existing wastewater treatment system report and
Site characterisation assessment report.
Location of Development: Feebane
Castleshane
Co. Monaghan
ORDER:
I hereby decide, pursuant to the provisions of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as
amended) and the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) to grant permission
and retention permission for the above development in accordance with documents submitted,
subject to the 8 condition(s) set out in the Schedule attached hereto.
I further decide that RETENTION be granted subject to the same conditions on the expiration of
the period for the taking of an appeal to An Coimisiun Pleanala against this decision if there is
then no appeal before An Coimisiun Pleanala.
U,k.)D I
Adrian Hughes
SENIOR PLANNER
Date
25/103 Ruth Russell, Feebane, Castleshane, Co. Monaghan
1.
a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €3,756.00 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) The development contribution shall be paid in full within six months from the
date of the final grant of permission or as otherwise agreed in writing.
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.
Within six months of the final grant of planning permission, the applicant shall submit to the
Planning Authority for written agreement, photographic evidence demonstrating the
following:
a) The permanent closure of access to the fuel storage area, including the
erection of boundary fence and native hedgerow.
b) The complete decommissioning and removal of the fuel storage tanks and all
associated infrastructure from the fuel storage area.
c) The removal of the two storage trailers from the application site.
Reason: In the interest of visual amenity, orderly site development, and the proper planning
and sustainable development of the area.
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a) 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 drains.
b) 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.
c) 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.
d) 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.
(i) All hazardous liquid waste or oil/fuel storage containers, temporary or
otherwise, shall be bunded.
(ii) All bunds will be designed to contain 110 % of the capacity of the
largest storage container located within the bund.
(iii) 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.
e) 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.
f) The site shall be managed in a manner which prevents the discharge of
polluting matter to any waters.
g) 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.
h) The applicant shall ensure completely separate foul and surface water drainage
systems are in place.
Reason: In the interest of environmental protection and public health
4.
a) The proposed effluent treatment and disposal system shall be located,
constructed and maintained in accordance with the details submitted to the
planning authority on the 08/12/2025 and 30/06/2026 and in accordance with
the requirements of the document entitled The Environmental Protection
Agency Code of Practice Domestic Waste Water 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 dwelling and
permanently maintained thereafter. Signed and dated copies of the contract,
which shall be for a minimum period of 3 years, shall be submitted to, and
agreed in writing with the planning authority within 2 months of the
installation.
c) Surface water soakaways shall be located such that the drainage from the
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 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.
Reason: In the interest of public health and environmental protection.
5.
The domestic garage hereby approved shall be used solely for purposes ancillary to the
residential dwelling within the site area and not for any separate purposes.
Reason: In the interest of orderly development.
6.
a) Existing mature trees and hedgerow defining the site boundaries shall be
permanently retained in this development. They shall also be reinforced with
additional planting as per the submitted landscaping plan and protected from
damage at all times, particularly during building operations.
b) Notwithstanding the submitted landscaping plan, the new site boundaries
shall be planted with native hedgerow species so as to form naturalised
hedgerows similar to existing hedgerows in the vicinity. Predominant species
shall be whitethorn, with blackthorn, hazel and holly also included. Planting
shall be in a double staggered row with 8 (eight) 2-3 year -old plants per
metre; 250mm apart, with 300mm between rows.
c) Hedgerow planting, as required, shall be supplemented as per the submitted
landscaping plan with native tree species at irregular intervals. Species shall
include ash, oak, sycamore and beech.
d) Planting as required shall be carried out in the first planting season following
commencement of building operations and shall be permanently retained
thereafter. Any plant which fails in the first planting season shall be replaced.
Trees shall be allowed to mature and shall not be topped when trimming
hedgerows.
e) Any boundary fencing shall be of stained wood
Reason: In the Interests of visual amenity.
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The terms and conditions of the original permission granted under planning file reference
71/38, shall be complied with except were modified by this permission.
Reason: To ensure a satisfactory standard of development.
8.
The development shall be retained in accordance with plans and documentation submitted on
08/12/2025 as amended by further Information submitted to the Planning Authority on
30/06/2026, except as may otherwise be required in order to comply with the above
conditions.
Reason: To ensure a satisfactory standard of development.
Adrian Hughes
Senior Planner
Date