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Home My WebLink About2660242 - Notification of Decision 25/08/2026 Ref No: 26/60242 TO: Patrick Corrigan John Butler Dromard Killanny Carrickmacross, Co Monaghan A81K272 Re: Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) NOTIFICATION OF DECISION Monaghan County Council has by order dated 25/08/2026 decided to GRANT permission to the above named for development of land, in accordance with the documents submitted namely for:- permission for development consisting of a new slatted shed with underground slurry storage tank and all associated site works at Drumgowna, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan, 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. p.p. 25/08/2026 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 25/08/2026. 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 26/60242 Patrick Corrigan, Drumgowna, Carrickmacross, Co. Monaghan 1. a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €450.00 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) Prior to the commencement of the development, the applicant shall submit to the Planning Authority a Construction and Demolition Resource Management Plan for the proposed development works for agreement in writing. The plan shall be prepared using ‘Best Practice Guidelines for the preparation of resource & waste management plans for construction and demolition projects’ (EPA, 2021). b) No development shall commence until the information required under a) above has been agreed in writing with the Planning Authority. c) All works shall be carried out in accordance with the agreed Construction and Demolition Resource Management Plan. Reason: In the interest of environmental protection. 3. a) Prior to the commencement of the development, the applicant shall submit to the Planning Authority a N & P statement for the farmer importing the slurry. b) No development shall commence until the information required under a) above has been agreed in writing with the Planning Authority. Reason: In the interest of environmental protection. 4. a) The development/facility shall be operated in accordance with the European Union (Good Agricultural Practice for Protection of Waters) Regulations 2025. b) The development hereby approved will comply with the following drainage arrangements; (i) Contaminated surface water run-off shall be disposed of directly in a sealed system. (ii) All soiled waters shall be directed to a storage tank. (iii) No effluent or slurry shall discharge or be allowed to discharge to any stream, river, watercourse, groundwater body or to the public road. (iv) 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 c) 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. 22 weeks storage capacity for organic fertiliser must be provided to serve the enterprise. d) 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. e) 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. f) 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. g) 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. (iv) 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 h) 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. i) 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”. Reason: In the interest of environmental protection and public health. 5. There shall be no increase in the number of livestock being accommodated at this site unless otherwise agreed with in writing by the Planning Authority and in accordance with an approved Nutrient Management Plan. Reason: In the interest of orderly development. 6. All slatted units, dairy parlours, silage pits and manure storage areas shall be designed and built in accordance with Department of Agriculture, Food & the Marine specifications. Reason: In the interest of orderly development. 7. a) Roofing material shall be dark green, dark grey, dark blue or black in colour unless otherwise agreed in writing. 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 10/06/2026 as amended by further Information submitted to the Planning Authority on 04/08/2026, except as may otherwise be required in order to comply with the above conditions. Reason: In the interest of orderly development