IDA Monaghan Business & Technology Park, Knockaconny, Monaghan
Construction of a new two-storey research and innovation centre at the IDA Business & Technology Park.
20308 · Monaghan County Council · Lodged 31 July 2020
- Reference
- 20308
- Authority
- Monaghan County Council
- Register status
- Decided
- Type
- PERMISSION
- Received
- 31 July 2020
Summary
AI-generatedThe development consists of a new 1,639 square metre research and innovation centre. The two-storey building will house laboratories, offices, and meeting rooms, alongside car parking, landscaping, and an electricity substation.
- Storeys
- 2
- Floor area
- 1,639 m²
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Official record
Development description
Permission for the erection of a new research & innovation centre of 1,639 square metres floor area, comprising two storeys of laboratory, office and meeting accommodation, together with associated car parking, service area, landscaping, signage, substation unit and site development works
Land-use zoning
What this land is zoned for
“To provide for new industrial, enterprise and employment generating development and to facilitate the expansion of existing industrial and employment generating enterprises.”
National zoning type: Industrial, enterprise, employment
Objective set by the Monaghan County Development Plan 2025-2031 (2025–2031). The planning authority decides each application on its own merits — this is the zoning context, not a compliance assessment.
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Timeline
- Application received31 July 2020
- Decision due24 September 2020
- Decision issued7 September 2020
- Grant issued9 October 2020
- Permission expiry8 October 2025
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Cead pleanála a choinneáilt agus — cead chun forbairt a chríochnú. San áireamh sa chead tá
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