Planning Permission Question

BattleCorp

Here's a query I have regarding the policy of planning permission only being granted to people from the locality.


Carlow County Council have a policy of only allowing people from the locality building a one off house in their rural countryside.

I was told that as I was from an urban area (2 miles away from site) that I wouldn't get planning permission for a one off house in the rural countryside. However, if my partner was from the rural area, then we would get permission as she was from the locality.

This sounds like discrimination to me.

Mods, I'm not looking for legal advice here, I'm just asking the question "Do any other counties have this policy and has this policy ever been tested in the courts"?

davo10

I had planning on a site which I owned for 10 years, a year before the planning ran out, I applied to renew it, no changes to the plans, just straight forward renewel. I was shocked when planning was refused as I am not from the area, I was told to build the house before existing planning ran out or I would never get it again and only someone from that specific area would get planning in the future thus seriously devaluing the site. I was advised I could seek a judicial review on this policy but it would be very expensive so I had to build it.

What kills me is that they granted planning for what are now multiple ghost estates but I couldn't get planning on a site I owned for years and on which I was previously granted planning. Go figure.

BattleCorp

Imagine the Council telling a Polish or Nigerian person that they couldn't build a house in the rural area because they aren't from the area but a local could.

The media would be all over it like a bad rash.

I'm no legal expert but it does seem like discrimination to me.

Victor

Most councils have such rules. It tends to be about where you live, not where you are from.