Checking planning permission

BenEadir

Hi all,

How can I check whether a boundary wall on a property adjacent to my own is compliant with planning permission received? I'm concerned that the owner of the property (many years ago before I moved in) added 3 ft to the height of the wall without getting planning.

I'm in the DLRCC area BTW.

Ben

sydthebeat

http://planning.dlrcoco.ie/swiftlg/apas/run/wphappcriteria.display

try this, input the address and look for desicion dates from say 1990 to now.

otherwise go to the council office and ask.

also note, you can build up to 2.0 m at the side or rear of a dwelling without permission.

BenEadir

Thanks Syd, much appreciated.

rayjdav

This is one of the circumstances whereby the (in)famous "seven year rule" could actually apply, but not to your benifit I'm afraid.

Section 157 4a(ii) basically is that if a development has being executed and it is at least 7 years from the date of expiration of the decision as granted, then the Council have no powers to issue enforcement. In a nutshell, if the wall was part of a granted permission, and the decision was issued in May 1999 or before, then the Council have no recourse to take action. Alternatively, if the wall was not part of granted permission, and works commenced in May 2004 or prior, once again the Council can do Jack Squat...

But to check, as Syd said, online ePlan or similar but if older permission, chance that files were not uploaded and trip on the 46A to DLRDCC required..

BenEadir

Hi Ray,

The wall was originally part of a development which had planning permission. Long story short is the developer built houses which breached a restrictive covenant in the title deeds. The party to whom the covenant benefitted went to the high court and the case settled on the basis that the builder would increase the height of the wall from xft per the planning permission to x + 3 ft and seek planning for same.

Don't think planning for the increased height was ever sought or granted but as this was back in 1982 or so I guess there's feck all anyone can do about it now, much and all as I'd like a spin on the 46A!!!

Ben

sydthebeat

BenEadir wrote: »

but as this was back in 1982 or so I guess there's feck all anyone can do about it now, much and all as I'd like a spin on the 46A!!!

Ben

thats the nuts there

BenEadir

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