Ballybay Courtyards, Ballybay Town Centre on the R162, Co. Monaghan

What’s proposed

permission for the construction of a car park with 43 parking spaces, including 3 disabled bays, 2 parent & child bays, and 4 Electric Vehicle charging bays connecting to the entrance of Ballybay Courtyard off the R162. The works will include soft landscaping planting, installation of pedestrian footways, dropped kerbs, paved areas and boundary wall. Works also to include relocation of gas tank, site clearance and earthworks, installation of ducts, drainage, lighting and attenuation and all associated site works. An Appropriate Assessment Screening Report has been completed on the proposals and concluded the following: "No impacts are likely, as a result of the proposed works, on the conservation objectives or overall integrity of any Natura 2000 site." In accordance with Article 81(ca) and 120(1B)(b)(I) of the above-mentioned regulations, Monaghan County Council, as the competent authority, has concluded from a Screening Determination, based on an examination of the nature, size and location of the proposed development that there is no real likelihood of significant effects on the environment arising from the proposed development and as such has determined that an EIA is not required. The details of which are available to the general public. At any time before the expiration of 4 weeks from the date of publication of this notice, any person may apply to An Bord Pleanála for a screening determination as to whether the proposed development would be likely to have significant effects on the environment