Planning Permission Question?

finchkerry

At some point or another in the next 3-5 years (saving hard now!) I hope to build in the West of Ireland, Sligo looks the most likely part. Before I go any further I wonder how difficult is it to get planning permission in that part of the country? The house I intend to build would be in the countryside, a normal dormer, nothing out of the norm for that particular area. I know at present so many houses are unoccupied so I wondered are county councils more likely to knock back on planning permissions? Admittedly this could have been idle chitchat I heard down the pub but thought to ask anyway.

Poor Uncle Tom

Get a hold of the County Development Plan for the part of the country you are hoping to build on and check out the council's policy on settlement strategy for the countryside, see if you fit the criteria. Speak to a couple of local Architects or Arch Techs.

Slig

In my experience, it can be difficult to get planning permission for a one-off rural house in most parts of Sligo without a valid housing need claim and local ties to the area, that said, the planners in Sligo CoCo are very approachable and professional.
A good look at the County Development plan should make things clearer

JD6910

take my advice and start the planning process about 2 years before you actually want to start building!!!!!:P;)

planning is getting tough and tougher to achieve.:mad:

i think councils have learnt a lot of lessons from the boom years and are getting very strict.:rolleyes:

my advice - start the planning process asap!!!

finchkerry

JD6910 wrote: »

take my advice and start the planning process about 2 years before you actually want to start building!!!!!:P;)

planning is getting tough and tougher to achieve.:mad:

i think councils have learnt a lot of lessons from the boom years and are getting very strict.:rolleyes:

my advice - start the planning process asap!!!

Cheers for the that info all.

Yeah I'm getting the wheels in motion alright, I just hope the planners are not over the top, I understand lessons have been learnt but that should not impede other peoples attempts of getting planning permission in a situation area.

JD6910

finchkerry wrote: »

Cheers for the that info all.

Yeah I'm getting the wheels in motion alright, I just hope the planners are not over the top, I understand lessons have been learnt but that should not impede other peoples attempts of getting planning permission in a situation area.

you would like to think so but.............. best of luck with the process. on the plus side i am literally breaking ground in the next 2 weeks after years of trying to get planning on our dream site and tis a massive feeling to be "allowed" start!!!!!!!!!:p:p:p

best of luck.