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MONAGHAN COUNTY COUNCIL
18/09/2026
Ref No: 26/60327
TO: Damien and Belinda Hamill
C/O Ronan Fitzpatrick
Old Train Station
North Road
Monaghan
H18 YK54
Re Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended)
NOTIFICATION OF DECISION TO REFUSE
Monaghan County Council has by order dated 18/09/2026 decided to REFUSE permission to the above
named for the development of land, in accordance with the documents submitted namely for:-
permission for a development which will consist of an agricultural shed, access lane and all associated
site works at Kilnadreen and Derrynagrew, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan for the 2 reason(s) set out on the
Schedule attached.
Signed on behalf of Monaghan County Council.
______________________ ________________________________
Date ADMINISTRATIVE OFFICER
18 / 09 / 2026 pp
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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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26/60327 Damien and Belinda Hamill, Kilnadreen and Derrynagrew, Monaghan, Co. Monaghan
1. The proposed development is contrary to Section 15.13 (Agricultural Development) and Policy
AGP 1 of the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, which require that agricultural
development be demonstrated as necessary for the operation of an agricultural enterprise.
The Planning Authority is not satisfied that the proposed development constitutes a bona fide
agricultural building or that it is necessary for the operation of an agricultural enterprise. The
application is not accompanied by a completed Agricultural Development Planning Application
Form, and insufficient information has been submitted regarding the agricultural holding,
agricultural activities undertaken, existing agricultural buildings serving the holding, the
intended use of the structure and the justification for its scale.
Accordingly, the need for the proposed development has not been adequately demonstrated.
The proposal is therefore contrary to Section 15.13 (Agricultural Development) and Policy AGP
1 of the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031 and contrary to the proper planning
and sustainable development of the area.
2. The proposed development is contrary to Strategic Objective SO 10 and Policy NRP 4 of the
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031, which seek to maintain the strategic
capacity and safety of the national roads network and to avoid the generation of increased
traffic from existing accesses onto National Roads. The proposed development would use an
existing access onto the N2 National Road. Having regard to the scale of the proposed
structure, the greenfield nature of the site, the absence of a demonstrated agricultural need
and the lack of information submitted regarding the nature of the proposed use and
associated traffic generation, the Planning Authority is not satisfied that the proposal would
not result in an unacceptable intensification of use of the existing access onto the N2 National
Road.
The proposal would therefore be contrary to Strategic Objective SO 10 and Policy NRP 4 of the
Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031 and contrary to the proper planning and
sustainable development of the area.