Planning Conributions on Extensions

kkelliher

I think it is fair to say that the planning departments and law makers of this country have well and throughly lost the run of themselves and have once and for all put the deathnail in the Construction Industry.

It is now confirmed though a recent discussion I have had with South Dublin Co Co that for any extension over the 40m2 of exempted development (in other words for any extension that requires planning permission) they will be charging €120 per m2 as a contribution.

As it is hard enough for people to get loans from banks for extensions how are they going to pay an additional €1200 per 10M2 of works??

I think as a country we have completly lost the plot in terms of lack of common sence when we already have an industry on its back.

Rant over

rayjdav

This has been the accepted norm down the sticks for some time now. Harsh fact that one must basically take account of at the outset. Nothing you can do about it.:mad:

The 1st 40sqm, (exemption limit) is usually "free", but anything thereafter is charged at the local rate.

sydthebeat

€120 per sq m is about 3 times more than what i would consider as a fair rate. After all, the site needs to have the facilities to receive this extension in the first place, and in most cases the council are offering absolutely nothing newer or greater than the existing status quo.

for example if someone wants to extend their 1200 sq ft 3 bed semi by 700 sq ft to create a decent spacious 4 bed house for a family... the build costs could be in the region of 70k on average.
so the client is supposed to provide 5% on top of this for nothing???

local authorities have made no attempt to 'cut their cloth'

my local authority still has the very same number of planners ( forward, senior and junior) as they did in the 'good times' with probably 70% less applications. And these planners are dragging every single application out by asking ridiculous FIs which puts a huge financial burden onto clients at planning stage with no guarantee of permission at the end.
In my opinion this is one of the most deliberate and crass means of curbing economic growth currently in action across the country.

kkelliher

sydthebeat wrote: »

€120 per sq m is about 3 times more than what i would consider as a fair rate. After all, the site needs to have the facilities to receive this extension in the first place, and in most cases the council are offering absolutely nothing newer or greater than the existing status quo.

for example if someone wants to extend their 1200 sq ft 3 bed semi by 700 sq ft to create a decent spacious 4 bed house for a family... the build costs could be in the region of 70k on average.
so the client is supposed to provide 5% on top of this for nothing???

local authorities have made no attempt to 'cut their cloth'

my local authority still has the very same number of planners ( forward, senior and junior) as they did in the 'good times' with probably 70% less applications. And these planners are dragging every single application out by asking ridiculous FIs which puts a huge financial burden onto clients at planning stage with no guarantee of permission at the end.
In my opinion this is one of the most deliberate and crass means of curbing economic growth currently in action across the country.

Perfectly put.

I have a client who wants to build and extension of 68m2 and they have hit him with a contribution on a planning grant of €6660 !!!!!!! He is simply adding a master bedroom, ensuite and making a living room wider as the original was badly designed and very narrow.