Planning on a cul de sac

jc7

I'm totally new the whole planning scenario & am only learning day-by-day.

Anyway, I (my dad) has a half acre site which is situated on a bohereen (cul de sac) which I would like to apply for planning on. I checked at the planning office & the last permission that was granted was back in 2002. There has been other applications in the meantime, but all have been turned down.

I think the predominant reason for the refusals are to do with the width of the road, it being a bohereen. This sounds a bit like BS to me, as half the country has roads like this....the not enough room for 2 cars scenario.

There was permission granted on this particular site before (years ago, when my dad had hair), but this has lapsed.

Am I better off going for full planning, or due to the previous refusals, just go for outline p.p.?
How would I get a positive outcome for my application? ,brown envelopes?)

The_Conductor

Brown envelopes be damned.
Get copies of the decisions on the previous planning applications- and draft your own application keeping the reasons planning was previously refused in mind. Speak to planning officials and find out what they are looking for- and how to avoid obvious traps.