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Need to be registered to make planning drawings?

  • 21-08-2010 9:28pm
    #1
    mikeyj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭


    Hi Guys,

    I'm a graduate civil engineer with specialist skills in GPS Surveying. Obviously I don't have my own business, or a job for that matter at the mo!! But I do know how to survey land, prepare drawings and how to submit a planning application.

    Has anyone here who is not insured etc. completed their own planning drawings and submitted them? Is it even allowed? Hopefully it is!! Keep me busy for a while!!

    Thanks for any advice!


Comments

  • #2
    gman2k
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 4,076 ✭✭✭gman2k


    Yes it's allowed. There are plenty of people out there with no recognised qualifications whatsoever submitting planning drawings.
    With a client however, it's important to get the application lodged correctly, with no refusals/ rejections etc because the application was made incorrectly.


  • #3
    Poor Uncle Tom
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14,547 ✭✭✭✭Poor Uncle Tom


    Any agent would be best advised to have PI insurance cover, to protect themselves.

    Case: Agent makes planning application for a commercial building, planning permission is granted, all is well. Two years later (one month ago) the site owner gets a buyer for the proposed development only to find the planning permission is for the building in the wrong location on the site (I found this out because I work for the buyer) and needs a new planning permission to sort it out. No problem so far, genuine mistake on the agent's behalf, all are in agreement, the agent will reapply for the planning permission but he hasn't got the €8,500 planning fee, and the owner is not stumping that up...:eek: and the buyer is about to walk away.

    Case: Agent makes application for planning permission for house, planning is granted but one of the conditions askes for the house to be moved 10m on the site and a revised layout to be sent to the planning authority, this was never done. Four years pass and the agent is asked to site the house for the builder, this is done in the wrong location taken from the old site map, the house is built and the mistake is only picked up at certification stage. Retention application (if it's successful) is likely to cost €5,000 with fees and charges, if the application is not successful, who knows what it will cost? The agent in this case has no PI cover.


  • #4
    mikeyj
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 35 ✭mikeyj


    Great advice there lads, thanks! This one is for a friend and its goin to be done fairly slowly so we'll make sure we have everything right. I'm aware of best practice in terms of obtaining permission first time round for a one off dwelling as we studied the guidelines in college.

    PS: any notion as to where to rent GPS equipment in cork for a reasonable price?


  • #5
    rayjdav
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,097 ✭✭✭rayjdav


    Mikeyj,

    For a planning application there is no initial need to submit a GPS survey. The way I do it is a few spots using just a dumpy, obviously to a relative TBM, transferred to an OS Map for the site. I have one so no additional cost involved. If a site requires a topo I usually wait for an RFI from the council requesting same, unless the site is way off the mark with gradients. Before planning is granted my philosophy is to keep costs, for all involved, down to a minimum. Only give the council the information they ask for and not to offer information needlessly...

    Also, without being cynical, forget most of what you learned in college. Introduction only, refer to relevant council for what is actually required.


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