Planning running out . . . .

stackerman

Just a very quick question for you all, I have had a no of ans to this.
I have a site with full planning, which has just under 2 years left on it. Considering it would take the guts of a year to build and the current economy time is running out.
So how far along does a house build have to be to secure the planning ? I've been told
- up to roof level
-roof on
and many more.
I could really do with 3 years to get the house fully fin but dont want to leave any reason for the council to hastle me, especially as I have an arsehole of a neighbour who would just love the chance to stir it up :mad:
Any advice would be great

RKQ

Self build takes time.... 9 months, a year or three! (It takes as long as it takes!)
The Council are not usually in the habit of "hasseling" people. So, I'd take a common sense approach. I've yet to see a Council take a self-builder to Court because the Council felt the house wasn't completed within 5 years!

Why would the Council want such bad publicity or waste the Courts time?

Send in your Commencement Notice soon and get on with the build. If it takes three years then it takes three years. Don't wait till the last minute to start.

Note in order to comply with Building Regs, as existed on your grant of permission date, the house must be substancially complete by a certain date. Otherwise you will need to upgrade insulation levels - not a bad idea. This law may be more important than your worries about your neighbour.

topcatcbr

As far as i know substancially complete as RKQ said is up to wall plate level. However it would make no sense to stop at wall plate level. It is in your interest to get the roof on min before you take any break in construction as leaving the construction open to the elements could cause a degredation in the construction. It will at least cause the inside to remane damp for when you want to start building again causing defects in timber and plaster.

gman2k

Once you are advanced with the contruction, you could apply for an extension of duration of the planning permission.

sydthebeat

keving wrote: »

Just a very quick question for you all, I have had a no of ans to this.
I have a site with full planning, which has just under 2 years left on it. Considering it would take the guts of a year to build and the current economy time is running out.
So how far along does a house build have to be to secure the planning ? I've been told
- up to roof level
-roof on
and many more.
I could really do with 3 years to get the house fully fin but dont want to leave any reason for the council to hastle me, especially as I have an arsehole of a neighbour who would just love the chance to stir it up :mad:
Any advice would be great

ifyou can get your build up to blockwork complete... then you have an option to appy for an extension of the permission period (time).

but note... you need to have had applied and BEEN GRANTED your extension of time before your permission runs out. You need to explain why you need an extension and how much of an extension you require.
On a one off build at blockwork complete, id suggest anything over 6 months is pushing it...

its simply a case of filling out a 2-3 page form and sending in €62 application fee...

muffler

Id advise to run pretty much along the lines of what others have said - get the blockwork completed and you can then apply for an extension of the original permission as mentioned above by syd.

After you have the "substantial works carried out you may apply for anything up to a 3 year extension of the duration of original permission but please be aware that such application may only be made during the final year of the original permission.