HomeMy WebLinkAbout2660304 - Notification of Decision
04/09/2026
Ref No: 26/60304
TO: Stephen McGrane
C/O Paul McGuigan
6 Plantation Terrace
Monaghan
Co.Monaghan
H18RP49
Re: Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended)
NOTIFICATION OF DECISION
Monaghan County Council has by order dated 04/09/2026 decided to GRANT permission to the above
named for development of land, in accordance with the documents submitted namely for:- permission
for construction of a storey and a half dwelling, single-storey detached domestic garage, new entrance
with gates and piers, new wastewater treatment system together with all associated site works at
Tiravera, Glaslough, Monaghan, subject to the 8 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.
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04 / 09 / 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 04/09/2026. 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
26/60304 Stephen McGrane Tiravera, Glaslough, Monaghan.
1.
a) The developer shall pay to Monaghan County Council a sum of €2,970.00 in accordance with the
General Development Contribution Scheme 2021-2026 (as revised) 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 development the applicant shall submit the following details for
agreement in writing;
i. A revised site layout plan showing the proposed driveway to follow the eastern boundary
of the site, before turning towards the dwelling hereby approved with levels of same.
b) The development shall be carried out in accordance with these details, or as otherwise agreed in
writing with the Planning Authority.
Reason: In the interest of visual amenity.
3.
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 16/07/2026
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
4.
a) Prior to any other works commencing, visibility splays of 50m, measured to the nearside road edge
in each direction, shall be provided from a point in the centre of the entrance 2.4m from the road
edge at a height of between 1.05m and 2m above ground level to an object height of between
1.05m and 2m above ground level in both directions. The visibility splays shall be retained and kept
clear from obstructions thereafter.
b) Where it is necessary to remove hedges, fences, embankments or other obstructions in order to
achieve the required visibility splays, they shall be reinstated behind the visibility splays. Any new
trees or shrubs shall be planted back from the visibility splays to allow for future growth and some
species will require additional set back. All existing planting shall be kept trimmed behind visibility
splays.
c) Where the existing roadside hedge/embankment is to be removed, the roadside verge shall be
widened (by grading back or infilling where necessary using appropriate inert material) to include
the entire area within the visibility splays, top soiled, and grassed to the satisfaction of the
Planning Authority.
d) The new entrance shall form a bellmouth of 4m radius with edge of new boundary. Recessed
entrance shall be of sufficient dimensions to contain a stationary vehicle off the public road.
Entrance gates shall open inwards only.
e) Entrance/access road shall be surfaced with concrete or bitmac from edge of public road for a
minimum of 5m and the surface shall be graded back so that its level at 3m from the edge of the
carriageway is a minimum of 100mm below road level. Gradient of access road shall be not greater
than 1:20 (5%) for the first 5m from boundary and 1:10 (10%) thereafter.
f) Cattlegrid/ACO Drain/gullies shall be installed at proposed entrance and constructed in such a
manner as to prevent water from the entrance flowing onto the public road. Similarly measures
shall be taken to prevent road surface water from flowing onto the entrance. The discharge from
the above drainage shall be piped to an appropriate drainage pipeline or watercourse.
g) Provision shall be made within the site for surface water drainage and no surface water shall be
allowed flow onto the public roadway. The discharge of surface water from the public road onto
the site through road surface drainage and road subsoil drainage shall remain unimpeded.
h) No development exempt or otherwise shall be erected over the public sewer, drain or water-main,
unless otherwise agreed in writing with the Planning Authority.
i) Before any work is commenced on this development a security, by way of a cash deposit, in the
sum of €2250, shall be paid to the Planning Authority by the developer to ensure the satisfactory
completion of all surface water drainage/boundary work within and abutting the site area, to
prevent runoff of surface water onto the public roadway and to ensure that no damage is caused
to public roadway and any such damage is repaired satisfactorily. Failure to carry out all entrance
works to a standard to the satisfaction of the Planning Authority will result in forfeiture of part or
all of the cash security.
Reason: In the interest of traffic/road safety.
5.
a) The planting details as indicated on plans submitted to the Planning Authority 16th July 2026, shall
be fully implemented prior to the occupancy of the dwelling hereby approved, or in the first
available planting season following commencement of building operations, whichever is the
sooner.
b) All landscaping works within the site area shall be permanently retained thereafter being planted.
Any plant which fails in the first planting season shall be replaced.
c) Only that portion of the roadside hedgerow, which must be lowered or uprooted to provide
adequate sight distances shall be removed. All other trees and hedgerows bounding this site shall
be permanently retained in this development, shall be reinforced with additional planting and
shall be protected from damage at all times, particularly during building operations.
d) The line of the recessed entrance shall be planted with a double staggered row of trees (at
maximum 3 metre centres) and a hedgerow of species native to the area to form a naturalised
hedgerow similar to existing hedgerows in the vicinity. Species shall include thorn, beech, oak,
hazel, sycamore and holly.
e) Notwithstanding the submitted landscaping proposal, the site boundaries shall be supplemented
with native tree species at irregular intervals. Species shall include oak, sycamore and beech and
shall be, at a minimum, 4.5m tall at time of planting. Trees shall be allowed to mature and shall
not be topped when trimming hedgerows.
f) Any boundary fencing shall be of stained wood.
Reason: In the interest of visual amenity.
6.
a) Ground levels and finished floor levels shall be in accordance with the submitted plans.
b) Any facilitating cut and/or fill shall be graded to a natural contour to reflect the existing
topography of the area.
Reason: In the interests of visual amenity and securing a satisfactory standard of development.
7.
The 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.
8.
The development shall be carried out strictly in accordance with the plans and documents submitted
on the 16th July 2026 , except as may otherwise be required in order to comply with the above
conditions.
Reason: In the interest of proper planning and sustainable development.