Observation pack · Monaghan County Council

Mullan Village , Emyvale , Monaghan

permission for the development consisting of an extension to the public walkway together with footpaths, lighting, landscaping and all associated site works

Observations close 17 Nov 2026 9 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 13 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 7 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660452 · 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: 553 m²
Received: 13 Oct 2026
We first saw it: 28 Oct 2026, 01:34
Decision due: 7 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/2660452/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660452 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 17 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

Nothing designated within 100 m of the site.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
269012	Conditional	24 Sept 2026	0	473 m	permission for development including connection to group sewage treatment system, car park and all associated site works. The development consists of the renovation and combined two-storey extension of two derelict structures and change of use to a gin distillery with bar, function room, storage, co-working office space, community facilities and signage. Significant further information received 3/8/21.
2460270	Conditional	20 Sept 2024	0	22 m	(i) permission for development consisting of a part single storey/part 2-storey extension to the existing factory, connection to existing on-site wastewater treatment system, new hard standing areas, the extension and reconfiguration of existing car park, boundary fences, compensatory flood water storage area and all associated site works. (ii) planning permission is also being sought for the change of use of the ground floor of an existing building from manufacturing/storage to a restaurant/café including kitchen and lounge areas, elevational changes, first floor fire escape gantry, connection to existing wastewater treatment system and all associated site works. (iii) retention permission is being sought for the change of use of the first floor of an existing building from manufacturing/storage to a restaurant/café, amendments to the internal layout, alterations to elevations and new roof coverings. The first-floor restaurant space is currently being used as a canteen for factory workers
2360046	Conditional	30 May 2023	1	10 m	permission to consist of the construction of a single storey dwelling, single storey garage, connection to group sewage treatment system and all associated site works
22218	Conditional	5 Oct 2022	0	5 m	permission to construct a new public walkway together with footpaths, lighting, landscaping and all associated site works
21235	Conditional	19 Jan 2022	0	404 m	permission for a development consisting of the construction of a new public playpark together with footpaths, lighting, and all associated site works
21556	Conditional	29 Nov 2021	0	187 m	permission for a proposed new treatment system, reed bed percolation area, ancillary plant shed and all associated site works

Appeals

No appeals within 500 m in the last 5 years.

What has happened on this file

13 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 17 Nov 2026
13 Oct 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 28 Oct 2026, 01:34. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Monaghan County Council before relying on it.