Observation pack · Monaghan County Council
Corlattallan , Emyvale , Co. Monaghan
permission for the development will consist of the construction of an ESB sub station, all associate ducting work and all ancillary and facilitating site works
Observations close 14 Oct 2026 window closed
5 weeks from receipt (received 9 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 3 Nov 2026
The five-week window has passed. Late observations are returned unread. If the council has decided, the next door is the appeal window — but under s.37 only the applicant and those who made a valid observation may appeal.
The application
- Reference
- 2660376 · 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
- 4.51 ha
- Received
- 9 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
- Decision due
- 3 Nov 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/2660376/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660376at 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 14 Oct 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
| Code | Objective | Plan | In force |
|---|---|---|---|
| G3 High amenity | Landscape Protection/Conservation: To protect important landscape features within the towns from development that would detrimentally impact on the amenity of the landscape, on the natural setting of the town or on the natural attenuation offered by flood plains. | monaghan county development plan 2025 2031 | 7 Jul 2025 → 1 Jul 2031 |
An application that accords with the zoning objective is hard to resist on principle; one that does not may be a material contravention, which the council can only grant by the s.34(6) procedure with its own notice and window.
Source: Monaghan County Council development plan zoning · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| Monaghan County Council development plan zoning | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
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 |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2560502 | Conditional | 4 Aug 2026 | 28 | 468 m | permission for development including the demolition of 1 No. existing bungalow and the provision of 30 No. dwellings comprising of: 8 No. 2 bed semi-detached bungalow dwellings 10 No. 2 bed semi-detached two-storey dwellings 8 No. 3 bed semi-detached two-storey dwellings 2 No. 4 bed semi-detached two-storey dwellings 2 No. 4 bed detached two-storey dwellings together with all boundary treatments, hard and soft landscaping, public lighting, new estate road, connection to the existing mains services and all ancillary and associated site works |
| 2560012 | Conditional | 6 Mar 2025 | 0 | 0 m | Permission consisting of alterations to the planning permission for the construction of a processing factory and associated site works under Register Reference 22/485; An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-316213-23 comprising: 1) Alterations to the approved Factory Building including the construction of 1,002 sq. m. of plant room mezzanines at first floor level, increasing the height of part of the building by 1.6 metres, changes to the elevations including the omission and repositioning of doors and loading doors and the introduction of additional windows, doors louvres and loading doors, and alterations to the external staircases; 2) construction of an additional floor (201 sq. m.) to the approved plant room and skip building and reducing the ground floor level by 4 metres; 3) Reduction of the floor area of the approved conveyor building by 68 sq. m. (to 187 sq. m. from 255 sq. m.); 4) Alterations to the approved site layout and the addition of 4 no. surface car parking spaces (to 209 no. from 205 no.) including provision of a truck wash area with a 21m x 4m high screen wall and reduced surface car parking to the north of the Factory Building, provision of a crate wash area and truck turning area to the east of the Factory Building; reduction of site levels and construction of retaining walls and a forklift access road to the south of the conveyor building and plant room and skip building, revisions to the car parking, conveyor building levels and yard area to the west of the Factory building; and construction of an additional Surface water attenuation pond to the north west of main car park; 5) widening and installation of an additional rack to the pipe racks and; 6) other ancillary site works associated with the development. The application relates to a development which comprises an activity that holds an IED (Industrial Emissions Licensing) license from the EPA (Environmental Protection Agency). An EIAR (Environmental Impact Assessment Report) and An AASR (Appropriate Assessment Screening Report) were submitted as part the application under Register Reference 22/485; An Bord Pleanála Reference ABP-316213-23. |
| 2360305 | Conditional | 27 Mar 2024 | 1 | 372 m | permission for development consisting of the 1) demolition of some existing structures on site, 2) construct 2no. 3 bedroom semi-detached 2 storey dwelling houses with connections to public services; and 3) all associated site works to facilitate the development |
| 2360256 | Conditional | 1 Mar 2024 | 0 | 8 m | permission for a development consisting of the construction of a Solar PV Energy Development comprising the installation of Solar Photovoltaic (PV) panels on ground mounted frames/support structures within existing field/site boundaries; inverters; all ancillary underground cabling and ducting; internal site access tracks; perimeter security fencing; security entrance gate; CCTV structures; 1 No. temporary construction compound; with access from an existing vehicular access from the N2 (National Road); and all associated site development works. The application relates to development which comprises or is for the purposes of an activity requiring an Industrial Emissions Licence. |
| 23167 | Conditional | 23 Feb 2024 | 0 | 346 m | permission for development consisting of (1) demolishing existing single storey commercial buildings (2) construction of new steel portal frame cooking plant and process building complex containing lorry loading areas , process and cooking areas, packaging, storage, and ancillary amenities areas (3) ESB substation (4) underground and over ground storage tanks and bunded area (5) car parking (6) landscaping (7) boundary fencing on all boundaries (8) signage (9) upgrade existing entrance (10) connect to mains services (11) ancillary site works. Environmental Impact Assessment Report (EIAR) screening has been included as part of this application, Significant Further Information relates to submission of a Construction Waste management plan (CWMP), Environmental Impact Assessment Screening Report, Stage 1&2 Road safety audit, |
| 22341 | Conditional | 21 Jul 2023 | 0 | 265 m | development consisting of Permission to Demolish (a) 1 no. single storey prefabricated structure incorporating farm shop (b) disused 1 no. poultry house and meal bins and Retention Permission is sought to retain (1) 2 no. polytunnels and storage building of nursery. Permission is sought to construct of (1) new single storey farm shop (2) a carpark layout and bicycle stand, EV charging port and (3) create connection to existing site services. (4) all ancillary and associated facilitating works. The application relates to a development which comprises an activity that holds and IED licence from the EPA. Significant Further Information received relates to a submission of a Road Safety Audit |
| 22485 | Conditional | 15 Mar 2023 | 0 | 0 m | development consisting of the construction (1) of a part single storey / part two storey factory development incorporating chilling, plucking and processing areas, offices, plant rooms, lairage and loading and unloading areas, canteen and hygiene facilities and single story conveyor linkage to existing factory facility (2) single storey skip storage and plant room (3) construction of 2 no. underground water storage tanks, (4) a single storey extension to the side of existing storage shed to incorporate an offal processing facility with permission being sought for the change of use of the existing storage shed for use as an offal processing facility, (5) provision of additional car parking facilities, security fencing and access roads, (6) connection to existing on-site mains foul sewer, water, and drainage services, (7) partial removal of existing concrete yard areas and associated structures, (8) installation of solar panels to roofs of structures, (9) construction of underground attenuation drainage system, (10) completion of all associated site structures and ancillary site works including a treated effluent wastewater drip irrigation system encompassing 9 plots of land spread over c15 hectares with a total disposal volume of up to 480m3 per day. The application relates to a development which comprises an activity that holds an IED (Industrial Emissions Licensing) license from EPA (Environmental Protection Agency), an EIAR (Environmental Impact Assessment Report) and an AASR (Appropriate Assessment Screening Report) have been submitted as part of this application. Significant further information received in relation to revised E.I.A.R report, revised site layout plan and revised site boundaries, |
| 21502 | Conditional | 22 Oct 2021 | 0 | 0 m | permission for change of use of existing duck processing plant to a day care centre, erection of an extension and changes to elevations and exit on to public road |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 316213 | — | Granted with conditions | 12 Sept 2024 | 7 m |
| 311130 | — | Refused | 22 Mar 2022 | 0 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
- 9 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 14 Oct 2026
- 9 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Monaghan County Council before relying on it.