Covid 19
Planning Service – Revised Arrangements

In order to protect the health, safety and wellbeing of members of the public and staff, Monaghan County Council Planning Department wishes to advise that the public counter at No.1 Dublin Street is now closed. Notwithstanding this, the Planning Office remains operational.

The following procedures are currently in place;

1. General Planning Queries – While you may continue to call on 047 30532 as normal, you should note that access to staff through this number is limited. As such it is recommended that you should contact the Planning Authority via email on planning@monaghancoco.ie . You can also continue to correspond in hard copy via An Post to the offices of the Planning Authority at No. 1 Dublin Street, Monaghan.

2. Pre-Planning Meetings – Presently all face to face pre-planning meetings have been suspended. You are requested to conduct all pre-planning discussions by email on planning@monaghancoco.ie

3. Planning Applications – All planning applications should be lodged through An Post to the offices of the Planning Office. Similarly, responses to requests for additional information should be submitted in the same manner Viewing a Planning Application – To view a planning application, please go to our website at  https://monaghan.ie/planning/ where you can access and view the planning applications which have been submitted. Submissions/Observations – If you wish to make a submission or observation on a planning application, it should be submitted via e-mail to planning@monaghancoco.ie Please ensure that you submit a phone number with your submission, so as to enable the Planning Department to contact you for the payment of the prescribed fee by Credit/Debit Card. Alternatively, a submission or observation may be lodged via An Post, in which case it should be accompanied with a postal order or cheque to the value of €20.00. Please note that a submission cannot be accepted without payment of the prescribed fee of €20.

4. Unauthorised Development – In relation to unauthorised development, please correspond by post or via email to planning@monaghancoco.ie

5. Development Contributions – If you have any queries or wish to make a payment in respect of Development Contributions please contact the Planning Authority via email on planning@monaghancoco.ie

 

COVID-19

On 16 April  2020, the Minister and the Government extended orders which resulted in the following;

Extension of the Appropriate Period

The period 29 March 2020 to 9 May 2020, inclusive, may now be disregarded when calculating any appropriate period, specified period or other timelines detailed in the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended)

Exempted Development

That up until 20 April 2020, a change of use from premises selling food for consumption on the premises to one providing food for consumption off the premises, shall be considered as exempted development.

 

Planning applications, accompanied by the appropriate fee made payable by cheque/ postal order only, may be submitted by post or placed in the drop box at the main entrance of the County Council Offices, Glen Road.

FAQ
Order made under Section 251A of the Planning and Development, Act 2000, as amended, on 29 March 2020

 

Frequently Asked Questions. Extension Of Orders Originally Made On 29 March 2019 Under Section 251A Of The Planning And Development, Act, 2000 As Amended On 16 April 2020. (PDF)

Further Revised Development Contributions Scheme
A further revised General Development Contribution Scheme for the period up to 2019 was adopted by Monaghan County Council and became effective on 14th May 2018.
This Scheme was a further revision of the Development Contribution Scheme and incorporated the recommendations of a review of the scheme and also clarifications and corrections to anomalies arising during the application of the scheme over the last four years.

Copies of the explanatory accompanying document and the revised General Development Contribution Scheme are available to view here.

Monaghan County Council

Notice of Transboundary State Development

Notice is hereby given pursuant to article 132(1) of the Planning and Development Regulations, 2001 (as amended), that the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government has received information from the Department of Infrastructure, Northern Ireland in relation to the following proposed development in Northern Ireland.

Applicant: Ready Egg Products Ltd

Planning Application Reference: LA10/2019/0508/F

Location: Lands circa 1.3km east of Clabby approx. 625m south east of 115 Aghintain Road approx. 270m north east of 99 Clabby Road and approx. 410m north of 87 Clabby Road townlands of Mullaghsilogagh and Furnish, Clabby, Tempo

Nature of development: Proposed 3no. free range poultry houses with internal egg stores (to contain 62000 birds per house giving an overall site capacity of 186000 birds) with 6no. heat exchangers, 6no. feed bins, 3no. underground wash tanks, concrete hardstanding and turning areas, access and associated site works.

 

The proposed development is subject to an environmental impact assessment procedure and has potential transboundary effects. Full details of the planning application including the environmental information and reports can be viewed by searching the above planning reference at www.planningni.gov.uk

 

Following consideration of the application, including the environmental information and any representations made, Fermanagh & Omagh District Council may:
(a) grant planning permission, either unconditionally or subject to such conditions as it thinks fit; or

(b) refuse planning permission.

 

Information on this planning application is available for inspection, or purchase at a fee not exceeding the reasonable cost of making a copy, at the office of the Planning Authority, Monaghan County Council, The Glen, Monaghan during its public opening hours.

 

A submission or observation in relation to the proposed development may be made in writing to Monaghan County Council by 5pm on 20^th September 2019.

 

Paul Clifford

Director of Services

22^nd August 2019

Privacy Notice

Public Realm and Economic Plans For Castleblayney and Carrickmacross

 

Publication of Castleblayney Public Realm and Economic Plan

Castleblayney Public Realm And Economic Plan 2019 (PDF)

The purpose of the Plan is to:

Build on and promote Castleblayney’s existing economic, architectural and cultural assets to enhance the attractiveness of the Town as a place to live, work and visit. In doing so, the Plan will also act as a catalyst to attract additional investment. To this end, the Plan seeks to establish the most effective presentation, management and development of Castleblayney’s public realm and to promote its economic assets and opportunities through the identification of a number of intervention opportunities and associated projects.

 

Publication of Carrickmacross Public Realm and Economic Plan

Carrickmacross Public Realm And Economic Plan 2019 (PDF)

The overarching purpose of the Plan is to:

Enhance and improve the way Carrickmacross Town functions on a day-to-day basis, with resulting long-term socio-economic, cultural and economic benefits for residents, businesses and visitors. The Plan seeks at its core to identify and detail a number of intervention opportunities and associated projects, fundamental to the future development, management and promotion of the town. Key to this is the formulation of a Shared Vision for the Town that focuses on spaces, buildings and walk-ways in a way that acknowledges the Town’s unique heritage assets and characteristics.