Refusal decisions · 3–9 Aug 2026

43Refusals
43Substantive reasons
0Verification only
0Document not published
0Portal unavailable
0Manual review

37 of these refusals have page-cited grounds from a checked review. Browse the decision-date inventory.

What this means

Applications were most often refused because the proposal did not fit its site or surroundings, conflicted with zoning or rural-housing policy, created access or road-safety problems, lacked enough technical evidence to demonstrate its impacts were acceptable or harmed the amenity of neighbouring homes.

43 of 43 records carry official reason text

79 published statements, 1.8 per analysed application

21 refused on more than one ground, up to 6

Most common pairs

  1. 16 Design + Zoning/policy
  2. 14 Design + Transport/access
  3. 11 Design + Residential amenity

All ten refusal themes

Applications · statements
  1. 01 Design, scale, character or visual impact 28
  2. 02 Zoning, land use, settlement policy or rural housing need 19
  3. 03 Traffic, access, parking or road safety 19
  4. 04 Missing or insufficient evidence, surveys or technical detail 17
  5. 05 Residential amenity, privacy, light or noise 16
  6. 06 Wastewater, effluent, groundwater or public health 15
  7. 07 Unauthorised development, retention or procedural history 15
  8. 08 Surface-water drainage or flood risk 6
  9. 09 Ecology, habitats or Natura impacts 6
  10. 10 Built heritage or archaeology 4
Themes overlap, so an application can appear under more than one theme.
How this is counted

Week of 3–9 Aug 2026. Official refusal reasons were analysed for all 43 refusals this week. Every figure comes from the official refusal reasons.

A reason can support more than one theme. Counts show affected applications and published reason statements.

Standard statutory conclusions are tracked separately and are not treated as refusal causes on their own.

  • Proper planning and sustainable development39
  • Development plan cited33
  • Undesirable precedent cited14

3 published reason statements did not fit the ten substantive themes.

Refusal decisions · 3–9 Aug 2026

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Refused

Cashel, Annayalla, Castleblayney, Monaghan

Cashel, Annayalla, Castleblayney

Monaghan County Council · 2560319

What was proposed

permission for the development will consist of: to construct a new bungalow style dwelling house, establish new entrance onto public road L3442, new sewerage wastewater treatment system and percolation area, together with all associated site development works

Refusal reasons
  1. The site of the proposed development is within a portion of the site area for a dwelling house granted permission under planning file number 02/273. The site area also contains an existing laneway and access onto the public road that were not permitted under planning file number 02/273, and are considered to be unauthorised development and in contravention of Condition 4 of planning file number 02/273. To permit the proposed development would materially contravene a condition attached to an existing permission for development and would be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
  2. Section 15.9.1 (Rural Character) and Policy RCP 1 of the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025- 2031 seek to ensure that new rural housing does not further erode the rural character of an area. Having regard to the nature of the site as a residual roadside plot arising from the subdivision of roadside lands for residential development, the Planning Authority considers that the proposal would represent an incongruous form of development which would fail to respect and would further erode the rural character of the area. Accordingly, the development would, if permitted, be contrary to Section 15.9.1 (Rural Character) and Policy RCP 1 of the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031 and be contrary to the proper planning and sustainable development of the area.
Chief Executive’s Order P790-26 — refusal schedule, page 2
Open official case Planning case · 2560319