Observation pack · Monaghan County Council

Derrycreevy , Castleblayney , Co. Monaghan

Permission for the development will consist of a two-storey dwelling house, single storey domestic garage, new vehicular entrance, provision of entrance piers, installation of a wastewater treatment system and percolation area together with all ancillary site development works

Observations close 2 Dec 2026 17 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 28 Oct 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 22 Dec 2026

The application

Reference: 2660483 · full record
Authority: Monaghan County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Units: 1
Floor area: 306 m²
Site area: 3,906 m²
Received: 28 Oct 2026
Decision due: 22 Dec 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/2660483/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2660483 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 2 Dec 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	Units	Distance	Description
2560296	Conditional	18 Feb 2026	1	421 m	permission for the construction of a two-storey dwelling house with an attached single storey wing, a detached single-storey domestic garage, new entrance, gates and piers, installation of a wastewater treatment system with polishing filter together with all ancillary and associated site works, Significant further information received relates to submitted, Revised drawings and Landscaping quote
2460194	Conditional	13 Sept 2024		215 m	permission for retention of the following: existing single storey boiler house/ store, detached single storey garage for use ancillary to the dwelling, renewal and repair of existing proprietary wastewater treatment system and infiltration area and change of boundaries from that shown on the original planning permission 02/730
22306	Conditional	1 Nov 2022		230 m	permission for development consisting of demolition of existing single story rear extension. Demolition of existing lowered sections of roof of the West and East of the property including existing dormers to make way for new pitched roof of the same size constructed at the same height as the house's main roof form including construction of two new full height pitched roof dormer to front extension. Extension of existing balcony at first floor level to the full width of the property. Formation of new balcony at first floor level to West elevation. Construction of new single storey double pitched roof extension to the rear of existing property. Installation of PV panels to south facing roof pitch. Convert existing double garage into habitable accommodation.

What has happened on this file

28 Oct 2026 New application · observations close 2 Dec 2026
28 Oct 2026 Decision

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