Observation pack · Monaghan County Council

98 Avenue , Clones , Co. Monaghan

permission for (1)Partial demolition of car park wall to extend the car parking area to the rear of the property.(2)The Construction of a new wall to the rear of the car park (2m high) to the extent of the landholding (52.16m²).(3)Installation of a Deposit Return Scheme Unit (27m²) and all ancillary site works

Observations close 23 Sept 2026 2 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 19 Aug 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 13 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2660343 · full record
Authority: Monaghan County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 917 m²
Received: 19 Aug 2026
We first saw it: 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
Decision due: 13 Oct 2026
Decision: N/a

The national dataset truncates descriptions (80 characters for DLR, 70 for Fingal) and omits the applicant. The full description and the drawings are on the council register linked in step 1.

How to submit an observation

Read the file on the council register.Drawings, planning statement and site notices are at http://www.eplanning.ie/MonaghanCC/AppFileRefDetails/2660343/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660343 at the top, give your name and the address the authority should reply to, and confine it to planning matters — zoning objective, height, overlooking, traffic, drainage, heritage. What you say here is what you can later appeal on.
Pay the €20 fee.Every submission needs it; without it the observation is invalid and is returned. Monaghan County Council takes it online with the submission or at the counter.
Submit before 23 Sept 2026.Online through the register above, or in writing to the Planning Department, Monaghan County Council. The test is the date the authority receives it, not the date you post it.
Keep the acknowledgement.The council's receipt is your proof of a valid observation — see below.

Statutory basis. Section 34(1) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) requires a planning authority to consider any submission or observation made to it in accordance with the Regulations. Article 29 of the Planning and Development Regulations 2001 (as amended) sets the window: a submission or observation must be received by the authority within five weeks beginning on the date of receipt of the application, and must be accompanied by the prescribed fee of €20. A submission received after the window, or without the fee, is invalid and the authority must return it.

After you submit: keep the acknowledgement. Under the 2024 Act it secures your right to appeal — only the applicant and a person who made a valid observation may bring the council's decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála, within four weeks of the decision. Making a valid observation is also what buys a right of appeal: under s.37(1) of the 2000 Act, only the applicant and a person who made a valid submission or observation to the planning authority may appeal the decision to An Coimisiún Pleanála (within four weeks of the decision). Missing the five-week window closes both doors.

What the site is zoned

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
266	Conditional	10 Sept 2026	0	415 m	permission for change of use from previously approved commercial premises to domestic accommodation to include all existing services together with all ancillary site works, Significant Further Information received relates to submitted, change of use document
2615	Conditional	8 May 2026	0	0 m	permission to convert existing disused dry cleaners to accommodation unit , connect into all existing site services together with all ancillary site works at Lower Fermanagh Street , Clones Co Monaghan H23 V205
2560486	Conditional	7 Apr 2026	0	11 m	planning for a development which will consist of demolition works to the rear of McGarry's, a Protected Structure (Clones Town Council RPS Ref 34) with the enlargement of the proposed storage area (221m²) ancillary to the previously approved retail area development
2560444	Conditional	25 Mar 2026	16	0 m	permission will consist of (1) demolition of a derelict structure on-site, (2) construction of 16no. residential units consisting of 4no. two bed townhouses (two-storey) and 12 no. duplex apartments in 2 separate blocks (two-storey), consisting of 6no. one-bed and 6no. two-bed units (3) car parking with new vehicular entrance, (4) boundary treatment, (5) bicycle and bin storage provision, (6) soft and hard landscaping, (7) connection to existing site services and all ancillary site development works
2560017	Conditional	14 Jan 2026	0	181 m	Permission for a mixed use development that will incorporate the provision of a retail unit, a betting office and 4no. 2 bed apartment units, 1no. 1 bed apartments unit, associated amenity space to the rear, connection to services and all associated site development works to include for site drainage infrastructure, attenuation and connection to the foul, storm and water networks on lands at Fermanagh Street, Clones Town. Significant Further information received relates to submitted, Daylight Assessment, revised project description, part V proposal
2560266	Conditional	5 Jan 2026	0	340 m	Retention permission and permission for development on lands at O’Duffy Street, Largy, Clones, Co. Monaghan. The development will consist of the following works: The retention permission consists of: • The Retention of the change of use for an existing workshop / manufacturing area from an agricultural sales building. Permission is also sought for: • The erection of a new Workshop building with associated two storey admin block to include for Offices, Sanitary rooms, Meeting rooms and canteen with associated building signage. • The demolition of the existing building. • The upgrade to the existing entrance way. • Associated site layout works to provide for parking areas along with Ev Parking spaces, associated footpaths, new boundary treatments and hard and soft landscaped areas and all other associated site works. • Provision of associated lighting. • The erection of a Bicycle shelter. • Erection of Site Signage
2560385	Conditional	10 Nov 2025	0	59 m	planning permission for the following development to an existing building to include the following: • Demolitions of existing single-storey front lobby • Alterations and refurbishment of existing ground & first floor offices; • Alterations to the existing façade, including new openings, cladding and signage; • Alteration of existing foul & storm drainage connections as necessary; • Together with all associated works
2560363	Conditional	29 Oct 2025	0	152 m	retention permission, to retain and continue the development consisting of (1) the retention of a single-storey ground-floor rear extension and associated first-floor balcony to House No. 3; (2)Retention of a bike and bin store extension at the lower ground-floor level, to be used as a communal space; (3) Alterations to the internal layout of House No. 3; (4) And all associated site works

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
316732	—	Granted	21 Sept 2023	99 m

If neighbours here have appealed before and lost, the inspector's report on that case is the single most useful thing to read.

What has happened on this file

19 Aug 2026 New application · observations close 23 Sept 2026
19 Aug 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Monaghan County Council before relying on it.