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MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL
04/08/2026
Ref No: 25/60319
TO: PJ Murray
C/O Owen Cunningham
Thornford Lodge
Broomfield
Castleblayney
A75HE16
Re Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended)
NOTIFICATION OF DECISION TO REFUSE
Monaghan County Council has by order dated 04/08/2026 decided to REFUSE permission to the above
named for the development of land, in accordance with the documents submitted namely for:-
permission for the development will consist of: to construct a new bungalow style dwelling house,
establish new entrance onto public road L3442, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and
percolation area, together with all associated site development works at Cashel Annayalla Castleblayney
for the 2 reason(s) set out on the Schedule attached.
Signed on behalf of Monaghan County Council.
______________________ ________________________________
Date ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
04/08/2026
If you are aggrieved by this decision you may appeal it within four weeks from the day of the decision,
by forwarding your grounds of appeal to The Secretary, An Coimisiún Pleanála, 64 Marlborough Street,
Dublin 1, D01 V902. This is a strict time limit.
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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. You must give enough details to allow An Coimisiún
Pleanála to identify the application you wish to appeal. 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. 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. The appeal
must be fully complete, with your name and address, the subject matter of the appeal, the full
grounds of appeal and supporting arguments and material, appropriate fee and evidence of payment
of submission fee to the Planning Authority. You must pay the correct fee to An Coimisiún Pleanála.
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25/60319 PJ Murray Cashel, Annayalla, Castleblayney, Co. Monaghan.
1. The site of the proposed development is within a portion of the site area for a dwelling house
granted permission under planning file number 02/273. The site area also contains an existing
laneway and access onto the public road that were not permitted under planning file number
02/273, and are considered to be unauthorised development and in contravention of Condition 4
of planning file number 02/273.
To permit the proposed development would materially contravene a condition attached to an
existing permission for development and would be contrary to the proper planning and
sustainable development of the area.
2. Section 15.9.1 (Rural Character) and Policy RCP 1 of the Monaghan County Development Plan
2025-2031 seek to ensure that new rural housing does not further erode the rural character of an
area.
Having regard to the nature of the site as a residual roadside plot arising from the subdivision of
roadside lands for residential development, the Planning Authority considers that the proposal
would represent an incongruous form of development which would fail to respect and would
further erode the rural character of the area.
Accordingly, the development would, if permitted, be contrary to Section 15.9.1 (Rural Character)
and Policy RCP 1 of the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031 and be contrary to the
proper planning and sustainable development of the area.