Observation pack · Monaghan County Council

Balladian , Ballybay , Co. Monaghan

Permission will consist of; the construction of an overhanging canopy to one side of the building to provide a 6 bay covered concreted feeding passage and alterations to the internal layout of the shed as previously granted under planning permission reference number 24/60462 and all other associated site works

Observations close 18 Nov 2026 4 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 14 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20

The application

Reference: 2660458 · full record
Authority: Monaghan County Council
Type: RETENTION
Status: INCOMPLETED APPLICATION
Site area: 4,331 m²
Received: 14 Oct 2026

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/2660458/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660458 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 18 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.

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Distance	Description
2460462	Conditional	13 May 2025	0 m	permission for the construction of an agricultural building with a slurry storage tank under within an existing farm complex and all other associated site works.
2442	Conditional	30 Jul 2024	329 m	permission for a development consisting of material change of use from existing single storey environmental education and visitor centre which is currently being used as a temporary HSE Community Outreach Centre under previously granted planning permission 21/182 to a pre-primary school including all associated site works
2360071	Conditional	23 Jun 2023	329 m	permission for proposed Material Change of Use of Existing 1st Floor Public Meeting Rooms to accommodate a Pre School Classroom and Material Change of Use of existing 1st Floor Public Meeting Room to accommodate a School Classroom and a material Change of use of Existing 1st Floor Store Room to accommodate Bathroom and all Associated Works at The Farmhouse, Clones Rd, Derryvally, Ballybay, Co. Monaghan for Monaghan Waldorf School.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
321627		Granted with conditions	8 Jul 2025	438 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

14 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 18 Nov 2026
14 Oct 2026 Decision

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