gross floor area

lolliedog

How is gross floor area calculated for development contributions. If you have a large void space over the entrance hall is this void area to be included. I'm in limerick southern environs. Thanks in advance.

kkelliher

its based on floor area so you only measure the areas where there is a floor so i assume the void would only have a floor at entrance level

Gumbo

I would have thought it's the area inside the external walls.

For example, I design a house of 120m2 with large void, pay my contributions on the 120m2. But then fill the void and this get free area.

Best bet would be to talk to your local contributions section, but they will most likely get the figure from whatever was put on the planning application form and double check against the final grant to confirm it wasn't conditioned smaller.

lolliedog

kceire wrote: »

I would have thought it's the area inside the external walls.

For example, I design a house of 120m2 with large void, pay my contributions on the 120m2. But then fill the void and this get free area.

Best bet would be to talk to your local contributions section, but they will most likely get the figure from whatever was put on the planning application form and double check against the final grant to confirm it wasn't conditioned smaller.

I am putting concrete upper floors so it would not be to easy to fill in afterwords. If it was the area inside the internal walls then I might floor out the void space and have option afterwards.

kkelliher

Any contribution I have ever seen has being the internal floor area. A void does not count as floor area so would not be included. A 120m2 house is a 120m2 floor area house. If it has a void it's not classed as 120m2 floor area, it would clearly be less.

Supertech

Gross floor area is measured 'within the external walls of the dwelling'.

See here for definition. http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2004/en/si/0128.html

I would presume the same definition applies to Planning Contributions

kkelliher

I think this is the item that is most relevant:

areas where flooring has been temporarily omitted;

I dont believe for a second (nor have I ever seen it) that a council would argue this point on an entrance void as it would not be classed as temporarily omitted. In saying that your architect should not have included it on the application for either so the granted floor area and contribution area should therefore match.