(Monaghan Rd R183 Site) , Moraghy , Castleblayney
- 3 Feb 2023Received
- 2 Nov 2023Conditional
- 6 Dec 2023Final grant
- 5 Dec 2028Permission expires
- Status
- Granted with conditions
- Decision
- Conditional · 2 Nov 2023
- Council
- Monaghan County Council
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Site
- 7.60 ha
What’s proposed
permission to construct a new food production facility with a floor area of c.38,356m² on a site extending to c.7.14 hectares. The development includes the following; intake & storage, food prep areas including cooking, packing hall, parking and palletising, dispatch & cold storage, waste management, mezzanine floors, staff access corridors, office accommodation & staff facilities over 4 floors that includes canteen & roof garden, an energy centre building over 3 floors with internal refrigeration & mechanical plant rooms & external plant at roof level & a fully enclosed plant room to house a non-bio WWTS. The facility will vary in height. It includes all internal site roadways, circulation & yard areas including HGVs loading & unloading areas, intake and dispatch yards & trailer parking areas, car & cycle parking, LPG/Biogas refueling area & storage tanks for water, cooking oil, chemicals & gases related to the production activities, construction of underground attenuation drainage system, landscaping & boundary treatments includin fencing, ESB substation 38KV, signage on the building & 4 x totem pole signs fronting on to the R183 Monaghan Rd, 1.2MW solar array at roof level, rainwater harvesting, waste storage area, pump house, site lighting, compressors & roof mounted air handling & communications equipment & antennae including alteration of site levels & stabilisation works including removal of rock and its replacement on site & the construction of retaining structures. The demolition of existing buildings & structures. It will include the repositioning & upgrading of an existing HGV access & a security building an associated traffic control entrance barriers & gates, a new non-HGV vehicular access for staff & visitors onto the R183 with associated access controls & dedicated pedestrian/cycle access. Works on the public road, including the provision of bus stop and lay-by on the south side of the R183 between the two vehicular entrances, alterations to road markings, provision of a footpath, cycle lane & public lighting along the south side of the R183, connecting the existing footpath to the east & other site works. A new foul water sewer & discharge manhole will be constructed along the R183 in an eastward direction connecting to the existing network points east of the application site. An EIAR will accompany this application. Significant Further Information has been submitted
2340 is a planning application to Monaghan County Council for permission to construct a new food production facility with a floor area of c.38,356m², received on 3 Feb 2023; permission was granted with conditions on 2 Nov 2023.
Planning details
- Reference
- 2340
- Local authority
- Monaghan County Council
- Status
- Granted with conditions · register status “APPLICATION FINALISED”
- Received
- 3 Feb 2023
- Observations close
- 10 Mar 2023 (closed 1288 days ago)
- Decision due
- 2 Nov 2023 · decided 2 Nov 2023
- Decision
- Conditional on 2 Nov 2023
- Proposed development
- permission to construct a new food production facility with a floor area of c.38,356m² on a site extending to c.7.14 hectares. The development includes the following; intake & storage, food prep areas including cooking, packing hall, parking and palletising, dispatch & cold storage, waste management, mezzanine floors, staff access corridors, office accommodation & staff facilities over 4 floors that includes canteen & roof garden, an energy centre building over 3 floors with internal refrigeration & mechanical plant rooms & external plant at roof level & a fully enclosed plant room to house a non-bio WWTS. The facility will vary in height. It includes all internal site roadways, circulation & yard areas including HGVs loading & unloading areas, intake and dispatch yards & trailer parking areas, car & cycle parking, LPG/Biogas refueling area & storage tanks for water, cooking oil, chemicals & gases related to the production activities, construction of underground attenuation drainage system, landscaping & boundary treatments includin fencing, ESB substation 38KV, signage on the building & 4 x totem pole signs fronting on to the R183 Monaghan Rd, 1.2MW solar array at roof level, rainwater harvesting, waste storage area, pump house, site lighting, compressors & roof mounted air handling & communications equipment & antennae including alteration of site levels & stabilisation works including removal of rock and its replacement on site & the construction of retaining structures. The demolition of existing buildings & structures. It will include the repositioning & upgrading of an existing HGV access & a security building an associated traffic control entrance barriers & gates, a new non-HGV vehicular access for staff & visitors onto the R183 with associated access controls & dedicated pedestrian/cycle access. Works on the public road, including the provision of bus stop and lay-by on the south side of the R183 between the two vehicular entrances, alterations to road markings, provision of a footpath, cycle lane & public lighting along the south side of the R183, connecting the existing footpath to the east & other site works. A new foul water sewer & discharge manhole will be constructed along the R183 in an eastward direction connecting to the existing network points east of the application site. An EIAR will accompany this application. Significant Further Information has been submittedAs published by the register.
- Site area
- 7.60 ha from the mapped boundary, not the council's figure
- Applicant
- Not published — the national feed carries no applicant name council register
Full planning report for 54.12275, -6.74763
Zoning, appeals, sold prices, flood and heritage — the whole area in one PDF.
No account, no payment. Not a statutory planning search.
Appeal
Not appealed.
Commencement
No commencement notice matched to this reference.
Zoning at the site
No zoning objective covers this site in the current plan.
Designations within 250 m
No OPW flood extent nearby.
No other designation nearby.
Provenance
Register row from the national planning applications feed (NPAD), fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44 (store id 440704). Deadlines were computed by the store from the received / decided dates under the Planning and Development Act 2000 and are recorded as events, not recomputed here. Council register: http://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2340/0.
Source: npad · fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
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