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What are councils obligations with streetlighting

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  • 03-12-2009 11:48pm
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    KingPuck
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭


    Hi we're starting a new build in the next few weeks. Council want a very big chunk of my savings as "contributions".

    I heard somebody mention one time that if there are 8 houses in a row within a certain distance that the council is obliged to provide footpaths and street lighting...is there any truth in this? Can anybody add to it.

    They want us to pay the contributions before we build. I don't see why we should pay for services, i.e water, 12-18 months before we even move into the house.
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    KingPuck
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭KingPuck


    Sorry, house will be built 1.5 miles outside town...don't want to say which town yet though...Council officials could be listening...


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    gizmo555
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    KingPuck wrote: »
    Sorry, house will be built 1.5 miles outside town...don't want to say which town yet though...Council officials could be listening...

    Is it Killorglin? :)


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    KingPuck
    Registered Users Posts: 63 ✭✭KingPuck


    No Gizzmo it's not. Munster alright.


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    archtech
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    KingPuck wrote: »
    They want us to pay the contributions before we build. I don't see why we should pay for services, i.e water, 12-18 months before we even move into the house.

    Its a standard condition to pay contributions before you start to build, as there is no definition within any of the regulations to say when the development is fully complete. .... Is it when the house is occupied or when the landscaping, drive etc is done, which is often sometime after someone moves into the house. It is quiet clear to define what commencement of the development is in the case of a new house.

    I would suggest that you should talk to them, they may be acceptable to you paying the contributions in stages. Say pay 25 % on commencement with the rest spread over a set agreed period.

    You should note that development contributions usually go up every March (by approximately 8% per year) so putting them on the long finger can be costly.


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    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users Posts: 14,546 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    KingPuck wrote: »
    I heard somebody mention one time that if there are 8 houses in a row within a certain distance that the council is obliged to provide footpaths and street lighting...is there any truth in this? Can anybody add to it.
    I've never heard this. Check your development plan regarding rural services.
    KingPuck wrote: »
    They want us to pay the contributions before we build. I don't see why we should pay for services, i.e water, 12-18 months before we even move into the house.
    This is standard practice for a one off house. You should only be paying contributions for services which are being provided, ie., water, sewerage, surface water, community, parking.....
    If you can/have to provide your own parking, sewerage treatment, water, on site soakaways for surface water, then you will not have to pay for those services.


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