Observation pack · Monaghan County Council
Unit 8B , North Road Monaghan , Co Monaghan
permission for change of use from convenience shop to takeaway and erect new signage to front elevation and all associated works
Observations close 6 Oct 2026 5 days left
5 weeks from receipt (received 1 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 26 Oct 2026
The application
- Reference
- 2686 · 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
- 960 m²
- Received
- 1 Sept 2026
- We first saw it
- 18 Sept 2026, 15:44
- Decision due
- 26 Oct 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/2686/0.
- Write your observation.Quote
2686at 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 6 Oct 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 |
|---|---|---|---|
| M2 Major town centre | Town Centre: To provide, protect and enhance town centre facilities and promote town centre strengthening. | MO-037:DP: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 MO-037:DP:monaghan-county-development-plan-2025-2031 · fetched 27 Sept 2026, 19:37
| Source | Licence | Fetched | Link |
|---|---|---|---|
| MONAGHAN MO-037:DP:monaghan-county-development-plan-2025-2031 | — | 27 Sept 2026, 19:37 | open |
Designations on or near the site
- NIAH-recorded building × 15house · house · house
- Recorded monument × 2Burial · R175687
Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years
Decisions
| Reference | Decision | Decided | Units | Distance | Description |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2660165 | Refused | 9 Sept 2026 | 0 | 318 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. |
| 2560394 | Conditional | 4 Sept 2026 | 0 | 204 m | permission for the construction of a single-storey extension to the existing bus station by enclosing the existing internal courtyard area, the reconfiguration of the entire internal layout of the building to improve accessibility and functionality, the replacement of the existing roof finish, the reconfiguration of external fenestration and recladding of the existing building using fibre cement façade materials, the reconfiguration of existing bus circulation to provide 4 no. new bus bays, the installation of a new canopy to the rear of the building to provide additional covered waiting areas for customers with the installation of c. 118 Sq M of solar voltaic(SV) panels on same, new boundary treatments around the site, the provision of a dedicated guide dog relief area with associated landscaping works, the reconfiguration of the car parking layout, including the creation of designated pedestrian walkways and a new drop-off area, the construction of new pedestrian crossings at each vehicle entrance, and all associated site and development works necessary to facilitate the proposed development, Significant further information received relates to submitted, Landscape plan, Façade Brochure, Asbestos Risk Assessment, Asbestos survey report, Drainage Report, Surface water & SuDs proposal and a water protection checklist |
| 2660174 | Refused | 19 Jun 2026 | 0 | 361 m | permission for 1) retention permission of the attached pergola structure to the side and rear of the existing dwelling house 2) and associated works carried out outside the curtilage of the dwelling house together with all associated site works |
| 2660147 | Conditional | 10 Jun 2026 | 0 | 283 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 | 347 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 |
| 2560236 | Conditional | 7 Jan 2026 | 0 | 17 m | retention permission for internal alterations to a two-storey Protected Structure (NIAH Reg. No. 41303070), together with planning permission for a material change of use from office to tourism related guest house accommodation, comprising 6 no. bedrooms, ancillary accommodation, internal and external refurbishment works, and all associated site works, Significant Further Information received relates to submitted Amended Architectural Impact Assessment report, |
| 2560393 | Conditional | 13 Nov 2025 | 0 | 429 m | retention of existing 2 storey extension & single storey conservatory and all associated site works, permission to alter the existing single-storey conservatory to include blocking up existing glazing, construction of new window to the rear, & removal of glazed roof and construction of new flat roof, and permission for minor alterations to existing floor layout to include the addition of one extra bedroom to the ground floor |
| 2579 | Conditional | 10 Nov 2025 | 1 | 357 m | permission to erect a two-storey kitchen & bedroom extension to rear of the three-storey property, change of use of existing shop from commercial to domestic, connect to existing services and all associated works |
Appeals
| ACP case | Type | Outcome | Decided | Distance |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| 501714 | — | pending | 16 Jul 2026 | 361 m |
| 500588 | — | Invalid | 12 Jan 2026 | 17 m |
| 322359 | — | Granted with conditions | 14 Oct 2025 | 245 m |
| 314501 | — | Other | 3 Dec 2024 | 245 m |
| 317882 | — | Granted with conditions | 24 Jun 2024 | 107 m |
| 316725 | — | Granted | 20 Oct 2023 | 470 m |
| 318066 | — | Granted | 20 Oct 2023 | 470 m |
| 316815 | — | Other | 5 Sept 2023 | 157 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
- 1 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 6 Oct 2026
- 1 Sept 2026 Decision
Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 18 Sept 2026, 15:44. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Monaghan County Council before relying on it.