Comhairle Contae Mhuineacháin Monaghan County Council – Notice under Section 15(1) (a) of the Derelict Sites Act, 1990 (as amended)

Notice under Section 15(1) (a) of the Derelict Sites Act, 1990 (as amended)

NOTICE OF INTENTION TO ACQUIRE DERELICT SITE COMPULSORILY, UNDER THE DERELICT SITES ACT 1990, AS AMENDED
Notice is hereby given that Monaghan County Council (hereinafter referred to as the “Local Authority”), in exercise of the powers conferred on them by Section 14 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, as amended, intends to acquire compulsorily, under the said Act, the derelict site described hereunder.
A map of the said derelict site has been deposited at the Planning reception of Monaghan County Council, 1 Dublin Street, Monaghan, H18 X982, and may be inspected there during its public opening hours Monday to Friday, excluding bank holidays.

Any owner, lessee or occupier (except a tenant for a month) may, on or before 01 November 2022 submit to the Local Authority an objection to the proposed compulsorily acquisition of the derelict site. Any such objection must be in writing stating the grounds of the objection and addressed to the Local Authority at Planning Section, Monaghan County Council, 1 Dublin Street, Monaghan, H18 X982.

The Derelict Sites Act, 1990 (as amended by the Planning and Development Act, 2000) provides that if an objection is made to the proposed compulsory acquisition of a derelict site and the objection is not withdrawn, the derelict site shall not be acquired compulsorily by the Local Authority without the consent of An Bord Pleanála.

Description of Derelict Site proposed to be acquired:
Derelict site at McCurtain Street, Clones, Co. Monaghan, comprising of three no. two storey terraced houses, arched entryway and rear garden areas, bounded to the west by public footpath/road, to the north by dwelling house and rear gardens, to the east by rear gardens and to the south by dwelling house and rear gardens.
(Area: 517 square metres)

Dated this 29th day of September 2022

Signed: Adrian Hughes
A/Director of Planning, Economic Development
Monaghan County Council