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Planning permission

  • 20-04-2012 9:21pm
    #1
    Tim Robbins
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,023 ✭✭✭


    Hi,
    What is the maxium size you can extend your house by without planning permission? Is it 12.5M squared?

    Also, if it is 12.5M Squared, can you then put a conservatory on at the end of this without planning permision?

    Many thanks


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  • #2
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,547 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Tim Robbins wrote: »
    Hi,
    What is the maxium size you can extend your house by without planning permission? Is it 12.5M squared?

    Also, if it is 12.5M Squared, can you then put a conservatory on at the end of this without planning permision?

    Many thanks
    The exemptions allow for 12m2 at first floor level on a semi d or terraced house with a total of 40m2 permitted to the rear subject to certain restrictions.

    I'll get you a link for the details in a minute or two


  • #3
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,547 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    Here ya go :)


  • #4
    DoubleBogey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭DoubleBogey


    3. Any above ground floor extension shall be a distance of not less than 2 metres from any party boundary.

    Does this mean you cannot build an extension bordering your neighbour? My neighbour has revealed plans to build a 2 storey rear extension bordering us. Ours is a terraced house and theirs is an end of terrace, so semi-d. Their wall would be right on the boundary and 1.5 feet away from our bedroom window (adjacent, not facing)


  • #5
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,547 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    DoubleBogey wrote: »
    Does this mean you cannot build an extension bordering your neighbour? My neighbour has revealed plans to build a 2 storey rear extension bordering us. Ours is a terraced house and theirs is an end of terrace, so semi-d. Their wall would be right on the boundary and 1.5 feet away from our bedroom window (adjacent, not facing)
    If they are proposing to build within the limits of the Exempted Development then, no, they cant do that. There's nothing to stop them applying fr planing permission though which may or may not be granted.


  • #6
    DoubleBogey
    Closed Accounts Posts: 141 ✭✭DoubleBogey


    muffler wrote: »
    If they are proposing to build within the limits of the Exempted Development then, no, they cant do that. There's nothing to stop them applying fr planing permission though which may or may not be granted.

    Yes they say they don't need planning permission up to 40m sq. If they did apply for planning permission, you say it may or may not be granted, would you know on what grounds something like this would be rejected? Is our objection due to being almost on top of us be sufficient grounds for rejecting it or would there need to be structural reasons?


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  • #7
    muffler
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 46,547 ✭✭✭✭muffler


    DoubleBogey wrote: »
    Yes they say they don't need planning permission up to 40m sq. If they did apply for planning permission, you say it may or may not be granted, would you know on what grounds something like this would be rejected? Is our objection due to being almost on top of us be sufficient grounds for rejecting it or would there need to be structural reasons?
    They can build, as you will see in the link I posted above, up to 40m2 without planning BUT subject to the conditions listed. If they propose to build on the boundary wall at first floor level then they will definitely need PP.

    If they make an application for PP then you are fully within your rights to lodge an objection. I made a personal decision a long number of years ago not to get involved in objections and therefore I cant offer you any advice other than to say that your objection needs to contain valid reasons as to why the extension would interfere with you/your house. Other people posting here may give you a few tips.

    As is normal in these situations I would suggest you talk to your neighbors first and see if you can reach some form of mutual agreement or compromise.


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