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Is planning required?

  • 06-09-2009 8:04am
    #1
    irishguy
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    Would anyone know would it be possible to get planning for a rear pedestrian entrance to a back garden (of a terraced house). The back of the house is adjoining a road (with a footpath), none of the other houses have done this. I am not sure how additional entrances to a property are handled in planning?


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  • #2
    muffler
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    In a word yes. Any entrance/exit on to a public road will require permission. Just because others have done it and didn't get permission doesn't make it OK though.


  • #3
    irishguy
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    muffler wrote: »
    In a word yes. Any entrance/exit on to a public road will require permission. Just because others have done it and didn't get permission doesn't make it OK though.

    I said NONE of the other houses have done this which makes me think it would not be possible.


  • #4
    PCPhoto
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    do you really want to give a criminal easier access to your home ?


  • #5
    DOCARCH
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    As far as I am aware, a pedestrian entrance (as opposed to vehicular entrance) does not need planning permission - check with your planning office.


  • #6
    muffler
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    irishguy wrote: »
    I said NONE of the other houses have done this which makes me think it would not be possible.
    Apologies. I misread your post.


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  • #7
    Essexboy
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    muffler wrote: »
    In a word yes. Any entrance/exit on to a public road will require permission. Just because others have done it and didn't get permission doesn't make it OK though.

    theoretically Yes but would the local authority do anything about it?

    A farmer on my road made an entrance onto the road and, when challenged by the County Council, said there had always been an entrance there (a blatant lie). The council went away and did nothing.

    My impression is that local authorities are very reluctant to take enforcement action - not that I condone acting unlawfully, far from it.


  • #8
    Poor Uncle Tom
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    Essexboy wrote: »
    theoretically Yes but would the local authority do anything about it?

    A farmer on my road made an entrance onto the road and, when challenged by the County Council, said there had always been an entrance there (a blatant lie). The council went away and did nothing.

    My impression is that local authorities are very reluctant to take enforcement action - not that I condone acting unlawfully, far from it.
    Not the case....

    Planning permission is required for any entrance onto a public road.


  • #9
    Essexboy
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    Poor Uncle Tom wrote: »
    Not the case....

    Planning permission is required for any entrance onto a public road.


    Planning permission is required for any entrance onto a public road.[/

    Yes, I agree, but in this case the local authority - Sligo County Council - did not enforce the rule. My impression is that they were looking for any excuse not to do so.


  • #10
    DOCARCH
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    Just bear in mind that the OP said pedestrian entrance. Planning permission is required for all vehicular entrances but not generally for pedestrian entrances.


  • #11
    muffler
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    DOCARCH wrote: »
    but not generally for pedestrian entrances.
    Not generally? :confused:


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  • #12
    DOCARCH
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    muffler wrote: »
    Not generally? :confused:

    Like Velux roof windows to the rear of a roof - not mentioned specifically in list of planning exemptions - many councils (the Dublin LAs do) consider the provision of pedestrian entrance onto a public footpath as an exempt development.

    That's why I said the OP should check with their LA first or alternatively do a Section 5 application.


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