Observation pack · Monaghan County Council

Crosses , Monaghan , Co. Monaghan

permission to retain & complete dormer style / two-storey dwelling house and detached garage, insert new filter unit and percolation area and exit onto public road by upgraded existing entrance and all associated works (previous planning 02/493)

Observations close 7 Oct 2026 8 days left

5 weeks from receipt (received 2 Sept 2026) · s.34 Planning and Development Act 2000 · art. 29 Regulations 2001 · fee €20 · council decision due 27 Oct 2026

The application

Reference: 2688 · full record
Authority: Monaghan County Council
Type: PERMISSION
Status: NEW APPLICATION
Applicant: not published by the national dataset — see the council register
Units: 1
Floor area: 297 m²
Site area: 2,843 m²
Received: 2 Sept 2026
We first saw it: 22 Sept 2026, 16:10
Decision due: 27 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/2688/0.
Write your observation.Quote 2688 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 7 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

No current zoning polygon covers this site in the store.

Designations on or near the site

Recorded monument × 2
Hearth · Hearth

Nearby precedents within 500 m, last 5 years

Decisions

Reference	Decision	Decided	Units	Distance	Description
2560147	Conditional	23 Sept 2025	1	269 m	permission for the development will consist of: A new two-storey detached dwelling, installation of new wastewater treatment system, new entrance, new gates & piers together with all ancillary and associated site works
2560146	Conditional	23 Sept 2025	1	372 m	planning permission for a development which will consist of: A new two-storey detached dwelling, installation of new wastewater treatment system, new entrance, new gates & piers together with all ancillary and associated site works
2460236	Conditional	3 Apr 2025	1	328 m	*** APPEALED - ACP - GRANT/MODIFIED permission for continuation of permitted development on the site (under Monaghan County Council permission reg. ref. nos. 2022 and 22350, comprising (1) three single storey buildings, of modular/prefabricated construction, containing a total of twenty-five units which have already been authorised under reg. 2022, with all of these dwellings providing a kitchenette, shower room with toilet and an all-purpose (living and sleeping), room, as well as three further detached buildings which together contain a further twenty-nine units, which have already been authorised under permission reg. 22350. These latter units contain two bedrooms and a kitchen / family room, as well as bathroom and hallway accommodation. All of the above dwellings are used for asylum seekers and accommodate households of generally between one and three residents each, but could extend to cater for five residents each, depending on family size. (2) groundworks for these units comprising the laying of a foundation slabs and the creation of connections to the on-site network and the sewage pump station which serves this Direct Provision centre. (3) a prefabricated laundry building; (4) two retaining walls; (5) the conversion of a vacant building into seven individual cooking facilities and two storerooms; (6) the conversion of an existing building which was formerly used as a playroom into an outlet for the supply of convenience goods to residents of this centre; (7) six plant rooms which contain heat pumps for the modular blocks at item heading (1) above. (8) two playgrounds; (9) The development utilises an existing vehicular access to the site, an existing water supply and an existing Irish Water wastewater pipeline connection (which was permitted by the Council under permission reg. 20281); (10) The removal of existing loose stones from the site, the levelling of the land, the provision of communal open spaces, as well as a separate area for recreational purposes; (11) all ancillary site works connected with the implementation of planning permission nos. 2022 and 22350, Significant further information received relates to Road Safety Audit, Traffic & Transport Assessment, Quality Audit, Flood Risk Assessment & Site Drainage Plan.
2460319	Conditional	11 Oct 2024	1	30 m	permission for the development of ground-mounted photovoltaic solar panels with a maximum actual square metreage of 230 m2 distributed over a grass area at Cross Water Treatment Plant, Crosses, Milltown, Co. Monaghan, H18 EV91
2460147	Conditional	23 Jul 2024	0	104 m	permission for alterations to existing detached garage to include: Increase existing eaves height by 1500mm to accommodate useable 1st floor storage, Alterations to front and east elevations, Alterations to existing roof, New 1st Floor Roof/Terrace to rear and all associated works
2460090	Refused	7 May 2024	1	467 m	permission to include; the erection of six detached buildings, providing an aggregate floorspace of 2,458.3 sq. metres in three single-storey terraces of ten modular residential units, two single storey terraces of eleven modular units and one single-storey terrace of nine modular residential units, resulting in a total of sixty one units of 40.3 sq. metres each, within this overall development. Each of these units, all of which are to be used to accommodate asylum seekers, will contain two bedrooms and a kitchen / family room, as well as bathroom and hallway accommodation. The development will utilise an existing vehicular access to the site, an existing water supply and an existing public sewer connection. The application also includes the installation of four new pump houses, the demolition of existing agricultural sheds with an aggregate floor space of 2,773 sq. metres, the levelling of the land, the provision of communal open space, as well as a separate area for outdoor recreational purposes and all ancillary site works. Future residents of this development will enjoy immediate and direct access to the existing recreational, dining and support services available at this facility.
2389	Conditional	13 Jul 2023	0	328 m	permission for the continuation of permitted development on the site (under Monaghan County Council permission ref: 20/22 & 22/350, comprising (1) three single storey buildings, of modular / prefabricated construction, containing a total of twenty-five units which have already been authourised under ref 20/22, with all of these dwellings providing a kitchenette, shower room with toilet and an all-purpose (living & sleeping) room as well as three further detached buildings which together contain a further twenty-nine units, which have already been authourised under ref 22/350. These latter units contain two bedrooms and a kitchen / family room, as well as bathroom and hallway accommodation. All of the above dwellings are used for asylum seekers and accommodate households of generally between one and three residents each, but could extend to cater for five residents each, depending on family size. (2) groundworks for these units comprising of the laying of foundation slabs and the creation of connections to the on-site network and the sewerage pump station which serves this direct provision centre. (3) a prefabricated laundry building; (4) two retaining walls; (5) the conversion of a vacant building into seven individual cooking facilities and two storerooms; (6) the conversion of an existing building which was formerly used as a playroom into an outlet for the supply of convenience goods to residents of this centre; (7) six plant rooms which contain heat pumps for the modular blocks at item heading (1) above; (8) two playgrounds; (9) the development utilises and existing vehicular access to the site, an existing water supply and an existing Irish Water wastewater pipeline connection (which was permitted by the council under ref 20/281); (10) the removal of existing loose stones from the site, the levelling of the land, the provision of communal open spaces, as well as a separate area for recreational purposes; (11) all ancillary site works connected with the implementation of planning permissions ref 20/22 and 22/350. Significant Further Information relates to revised plans and a planning report
22350	Conditional	1 Feb 2023	1	328 m	permission consisting of the erection of 3 detached buildings, providing an aggregate floorspace of 1,168.7 sq. metres in two single-storey terraces of ten modular residential units and one single-storey terrace of nine modular residential units, resulting in a total of twenty-nine units of 40.3q. metres each, within this overall development. Each of these units, all of which are to be used to accommodate asylum seekers, would contain two bedrooms and a kitchen / family room, as well as bathroom and hallway accommodation. The development would utilise and existing vehicular access t the site, an existing water supply and an existing wastewater pipeline (which was permitted by the Council under permission reg. 20281), although the application also includes the installation of three new pump houses. The proposed development includes the removal of existing loose stones from the site, the levelling of the land, the erection of a reinforced concrete retaining wall, the provision of communal open spaces, as well as a separate area for recreational purposes and all ancillary site works.

Appeals

ACP case	Type	Outcome	Decided	Distance
322345	—	Granted with conditions	15 Aug 2025	328 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

2 Sept 2026 New application · observations close 7 Oct 2026
2 Sept 2026 Decision

Generated from the Planning Register store; nothing was fetched live for this page. Source: national planning dataset, fetched 22 Sept 2026, 16:10. Not legal advice — confirm the deadline with Monaghan County Council before relying on it.