Observation pack · Monaghan County Council

Mullantornan Magheracloone , Carrickmacross , Co. Monaghan.

permission for the development consists of: 1) Retain and complete the importation of inert materials, stone and topsoil to raise the level of the site as previously granted under 24/60213, 2) Retain and complete partially constructed domestic garage (currently at floor level – substructure complete), and 3) All ancillary site development works

Observations close 11 Nov 2026 24 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 7 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 1 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660444 · full record
Authority: Monaghan County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: PRE_VALIDATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 0
Floor area: —
Site area: 3,657 m²
Received: 7 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 14 Oct 2026, 01:45
Decision due: 1 Dec 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/2660444/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660444 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 11 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Recorded monument × 1
R174010

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2460212	Conditional	2 Aug 2024	1	0 m	permission to erect a two storey dwelling and attached sun room, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works
2460213	Conditional	2 Aug 2024	1	0 m	permission to erect a two storey dwelling and attached sun room, treatment plant, percolation area, new entrance and all associated site works
2360206	Conditional	15 Nov 2023	1	469 m	permission for development consisting of; the construction of a two storey style dwelling house, detached garage, wastewater treatment system, boundary fencing, domestic entrance and all associated site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
320691	—	Granted with conditions	19 Dec 2024	0 m
320693	—	Granted with conditions	19 Dec 2024	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

7 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 11 Nov 2026
7 Oct 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.