Planning permission is being sought for the construction of a human crematorium near Castleblayney.
The single storey building, including a chapel of rest, would be built adjacent to and within the same complex as a previously approved pet crematorium building in Broomfield.
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The application also includes plans for additional car parking at the site, alongside connections to the wastewater treatment system and disposal system that has been approved for the pet crematorium.
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The planning statement notes that the applicant wishes to erect a pet crematorium and a human crematorium as “an overall integral development operated as one”.
It continues that there's a “growing need” for a human crematorium in Monaghan because the nearest facility is in Cavan Town or Belfast.