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ENVIRONMENTAL REPORT
To Planning
From: Lisa Smith, Environment Section
Ref: 26/60123 Board of Management Urbleshanny National School, Carrowhatta Td,
Scotstown, Co, Monaghan
Agent: Aidan Sherlock
Permission for the construction/placement of a modular classroom building to the east of the school
site, the construction associated steps/ramps and all associated site works.
The site is located within the Blackwater (Monaghan)_10 waterbody which has been classified as Good
Status, with an WFD objective of Protect. The site is located on an area of low groundwater
vulnerability which is underlain by a locally important poor Aquifer. Urban Waste Water and Urban
Run-off have been identified as significant pressure on this waterbody. The Blackwater river flows
approx.100m from the boundary of the site.
Additional information was requested:
Submit a Water Protection Plan checklist.
Submitted.
Submit a Confirmation of Feasibility letter from Uisce Éireann confirming that Scotstown Wastewater Treatment
Plant has capacity to accept the hydraulic and organic loading arising from the proposed development.
Response from agent:
It is noted that with this proposed development the student/wastewater loadings from the school will
not increase.
Submit a Construction and Environmental Management Plan (CEMP) for agreement. 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” and shall include the
identification of potential pathways to the groundwater aquifer and the River Blackwater. The CEMP shall be
prepared by a suitably qualified person and 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.
Submitted. Response from the agent states that there will be little to no building works with the
development as it involves the placement of a modular building.
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Planning subject to the following conditions:
1. The applicant shall ensure completely separate foul and surface water drainage systems are in place.
2. The site shall be managed in a manner which prevents the discharge of polluting matter to any ground
or surface waters.
3. The applicant shall ensure that mitigation measures outlined in the CEMP are implemented and that
adequate measures are in place for any construction phase to ensure there is no discharge of polluting
matter/sediment laden waters to any watercourse.
4. Any hazardous liquid waste, chemicals, greases, hydraulic fluids or oil/fuel storage containers
temporary or otherwise to be bunded and located within the Compound Area. Please note that bunds
are to be designed to contain 110 % of the capacity of the largest storage container located within the
bund.
5. 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.
6. If infilling material is required to be imported onsite the applicant shall conform to one of the following;
i. Economic operator shall utilise EPA Article 27 notification in moving 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 and prior to acceptance of material a valid permit must be issued by
Monaghan County Council in accordance with the Waste Management (Facility Permit and
Registration) Regulations 2007 as amended.
or
iii. Buy topsoil material as a product for final landscaping purposes only. Documentation demonstrating
purchase shall be submitted to Planning Authority.
7. 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
Signed:
A/Assistant Scientist
Date: 13/08/2026
26/60123
Approved: Date: 17/08/2026