Development fees

danyosan

does anyone know what sort of timeframe the councils give you to pay up the development fees? It does state that you should pay before you proceed with any development, but an architect told me that as long as they get it before you move in it's grand.

Don't trust him 100% so would love a 2nd opinion.

BTW be prepared for loads of questions over the next couple of months lads, looking to start our building around the end of march and there's loads I don't know!

kkelliher

Most LA now require full payment on lodging of the commencement certificate which is required prior to commencement onsite.

The fee increases every January in accordance with indexation if not paid previously.

There are fines for commencing onsite without commencement notice.

muffler

danyosan wrote: »

Don't trust him 100% so would love a 2nd opinion.

Best 2nd opinion you will get is to ring your local planning office and ask there.

I cant say if its the same all over the country but in Donegal you are expected to pay before you commence work. They will allow stage payments however you need to check this out with your own LA. To the best of my knowledge its March 1st that the fees increase in line with the Wholesale Price Index for Building and Construction published by the C. S. O. so you need to empty your wallet very soon.

danyosan

muffler wrote: »

Best 2nd opinion you will get is to ring your local planning office and ask there.

I cant say if its the same all over the country but in Donegal you are expected to pay before you commence work. They will allow stage payments however you need to check this out with your own LA. To the best of my knowledge its March 1st that the fees increase in line with the Wholesale Price Index for Building and Construction published by the C. S. O. so you need to empty your wallet very soon.

Thanks for that. I'll be giving them a call very soon.

Dizzyblonde

Fingal County Council take it in 4 stage payments, the last to be paid on completion.

AJL

I built my house in Kildare. In the house a year still owe them half the fees. I will pay up next month. I am not suggesting you do the same.. I just put forward a payment plan of 4 installments and they excepted this. This was after I started.
I suppose if I m honest this whole levy p**sses me off. I pay alot of taxes and dont mind paying for utilities etc. But charging me 14000 euros is ridiculous. Area I live in does not even have a kiddies playground. I said to hell with them I am not going to make it easy for them either!

Villain

Carlow look for payment once planning has been granted but they won't chase it up until the completion cert is sent in.

Depending on what services the fees cover it's always a good idea to ensure that the money is going towards them e.g. my parents built a house 4 years ago and they had to pay £3,000 towards a lane way however that lane hadn't been kept in good condition by the council, they paid all the other development charges but held the £3000 for the lane, so when the Council came looking for it they were very politely told that when the lane had the pot holes filled correctly they would get it, now many people had been looking for the pot holes filled and had contacted the council had done nothing however once they wanted their money the pot holes were filled very quickly.

Moral of the story if the fees include some specific cost for a local service make sure you get the service or a written comitment before paying!

gibo_ie

Get it in writing from them whatever they agree with you as my local council didnt give me this in writing then tried to get it to court!!!