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Planning permission for mobile home

  • 05-11-2014 11:40am
    #1
    rodge123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭


    I'll be soon applying for planning permission to build a 2600sqft house behind an old cottage we recently purchased in Co Meath.

    Due to the cottage been in a poor state and requiring the guts of 8k to get it livable we figured it would be better to purchased a mobile home.
    We only plan to be in it for 12-18 months from January.

    Also, we may be able to sell it on once the new house is built.
    Pumping 8k into the cottage seems like a waste to us seen as it will be knocked anyway when the new house is built.

    Would we require planning permission to put a 37x12 mobile home on site for the duration of the house build?


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  • #2
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,361 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Mobiles are only allowed to be stored on residential lands for a certain amount if time. And then to use it as habitable accommodation would be a breech of planning regs as far as I can see.

    My advice would be to talk to the local area planner and ask if a temporary permission could be applied for while the works are ongoing.

    Or talk to your planning consultant. Some structures may be exempt during the maintenance or upkeep of a dwelling.


  • #3
    galwaytt
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 12,822 ✭✭✭✭galwaytt


    Indeed. Would it not be a "welfare" unit for the duration. ...seeing as these things are a requirement these days. ...

    Mind you, would it be cheaper to rent somewhere locally than a mobile ?

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  • #4
    rodge123
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,480 ✭✭✭rodge123


    galwaytt wrote: »
    Indeed. Would it not be a "welfare" unit for the duration. ...seeing as these things are a requirement these days. ...

    Mind you, would it be cheaper to rent somewhere locally than a mobile ?

    Done our sums and renting would be more expensive. Even if we got somewhere for €600 a month that's still €10,800 over 18 months.
    A quick search of daft shows that there is nothing around area for less than €850 a month currently.

    We could recoup none of this either, at least with mobile home bought for 5k we may get 2k back for it.


  • #5
    BryanF
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators Posts: 10,146 Mod ✭✭✭✭BryanF


    Try taking to the local planner. Good luck..


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