Observation pack · Monaghan County Council
2 Mall Road , Monaghan , Co. Monaghan
permission for a material change of use from a residential dwelling to a psychotherapy practice and installation of external signage to the front of the property, and associated works
Observations close 4 Nov 2026 11 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 30 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 24 Nov 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2660425 · 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
- 581 m²
- Received
- 30 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
- Decision due
- 24 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/2660425/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2660425at 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 4 Nov 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| G5 Open space and amenity | Recreation/Amenity: To protect and provide for recreation, open space and amenity. | monaghan county development plan 2025 2031 | 7 Jul 2025 → 1 Jul 2031 |
| M2 Major town centre | Town Centre: To provide, protect and enhance town centre facilities and promote town centre strengthening. | 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
- NIAH-recorded building × 2store/warehouse · canal (section of)
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660165 | Refused | 9 Sept 2026 | 0 | 440 m | permission for development. The proposed development will consist of the extension of the existing ground-floor retail unit through amalgamation with the adjoining premises to provide an enlarged retail floor area, including internal alterations and reconfiguration works. The development will further consist of the change of use and conversion of the existing unoccupied first and second floors into 2 No. self-contained one-bedroom studio apartments, together with all associated site development works. The proposed works pertain to Protected Structures identified in Appendix 1(b) — the Record of Protected Structures for Monaghan Town — within the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025–2031, specifically Reference Nos. 41001180 and 41001179. Significant further info received included an Architectural heritage impact assessment, water protection checklist, waste management plan , revised drawings and press notice. |
| 2560432 | Conditional | 8 Sept 2026 | 49 | 446 m | planning Permission for development. The development will consist of: New housing development to include 49 no. dwellings comprising; 22 no. 3 bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, 9 no. 4 bed two-storey semi-detached dwellings, 5 no. 2 bed single-storey semi-detached dwellings, 1 no. 4 bed single-storey semi-detached dwellings, 11 no. 2 bed terraced dwellings, 1 no. 2 bed two-storey semi-detached dwelling, boundary treatments, retaining walls, hard and soft landscaping, public lighting, connection to all main public services, new entrance and access road onto public road with all ancillary and associated site works. Significant further information received included revised drawings/maps, water protection plan checklist, stage 1/2 RSA plan, Bespoke oxrete specification, CSPrinles responses , Uisce Eireann confirmation of feasibility, updated press/ publication documents, revised storm/foul sewer sections, additional house F plans - 2 bed single storey dwelling. |
| 2660056 | Conditional | 14 Aug 2026 | 0 | 345 m | permission for a development which will consist of the following: First floor extension to rear of existing two storey office building and all associated site development works |
| 2660206 | Conditional | 7 Aug 2026 | 0 | 349 m | permission for the installation of a single biomass boiler enclosure and new 2,000 litre LPG tank located to the rear of the site at, Beech Hill College, Dublin Rd, Tirkeenan, Monaghan H18 P997 |
| 2660210 | Conditional | 10 Jul 2026 | 0 | 109 m | permission for development consisting of the following: - 1. Full restoration of the 1930’s original glazed walkway known as the Arcade, built at the same time of a school building to connect to the main former convent structure. 2. Full restoration including thermal upgrades to the 1959 glazed walkway constructed at the same time as the Concert Hall to connect all areas of the convent / school. Proposed works include the replacement of the patent aluminium glazing bars and laminated glass roof with a natural slated roof. This application relates to a protected structure and is adjacent to other protected structures |
| 2660147 | Conditional | 10 Jun 2026 | 0 | 298 m | permission for the reconfiguration of original fixed pews and the installation of free-standing individual seating, at Monaghan Methodist Church Dawson Street, Monaghan - Protected Structure (NIAH Ref: 41303137) |
| 2560087 | Conditional | 10 Feb 2026 | 0 | 278 m | planning permission for development which will consist of the material change of use of the existing ground floor and lower ground floor of vacant/former public house to apartment accommodation together with all ancillary site development works |
| 2587 | Conditional | 20 Jan 2026 | 0 | 310 m | permission to demolish part of existing two storey dwelling/commercial shop and provide two-storey and single storey extensions and convert remainder of building to two semi-detached two storey dwelling houses connect to existing sewer connection, open new access to public road and all associated works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 322359 | — | Granted with conditions | 14 Oct 2025 | 363 m |
| 314501 | — | Other | 3 Dec 2024 | 167 m |
| 317882 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Jun 2024 | 480 m |
| 316750 | — | Granted | 12 Sept 2023 | 396 m |
| 316788 | — | Granted | 6 Sept 2023 | 396 m |
| 316894 | — | Granted | 5 Sept 2023 | 396 m |
| 316764 | — | Granted | 5 Sept 2023 | 442 m |
| 316815 | — | Other | 5 Sept 2023 | 494 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
- 30 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 4 Nov 2026
- 30 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 14 Oct 2026, 01:45. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Monaghan County Council before relying on it.