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permission for granny flat?

  • 15-11-2014 10:53am
    #1
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭


    Hi everybody,
    I am in the process of buying a house.
    I am still looking for a suitable property for myself.

    My sister might be moving to Dublin and I was considering the idea of a granny flat.

    As I can't see properties with granny flat in my budget, what are usually the rules to get the permission for a granny flat?
    It would be in county Dublin.
    I am researching on google, but a bit confused.


    thanks


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


    Is difficult to discuss a granyflat when one doesn't have a specific site. Sth county Dublin, will have a planning/ development plan which may cover the general parameters. You should be aware that granny flats will have an internal connection to the main dwelling and will a ground floor addition only. Will your granny be living here or your sister, as the latter will seem like a strange 'granny flat' to the local planners..


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭jsabina


    I was thinking to a granny flat because I need to keep something separate by my main house.
    To be honest it could also be just a big room / extension of the house.

    I know it sounds crazy but the main problem is to keep her bedroom + cat separate from my main house.
    I don't really need bath and kitchen.

    I am starting just to get information to know if it's something possible to do as I have no idea about granny flat / extension rules in Ireland.

    Thanks!


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,576 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Granny flat is just the term used. It doesn't matter who is using it as such. Once it's connected to the property. It has to have certain criteria such as internal doorway, attached to the house and so it can be used in the future as part of the main dwelling.


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭jsabina


    Oh, so it can't be a separate thing?
    How do I know which are the requirements for Dublin?
    thanks


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,576 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    jsabina wrote: »
    Oh, so it can't be a separate thing?
    How do I know which are the requirements for Dublin?
    thanks

    No, a granny flat cannot be separate, it must be linked to the main house.
    A separate thing as you put it, would be a garden shed, which cannot be used for habitable purposes.

    There's not a lot of requirements for Dublin as such, they are treated a lot like a domestic extension. What else would you like to know? Bearing in mind we cannot offer specific advice with out a sit address, so you may need to engage a local architect, technical or draughtsman.

    Where are you based?


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  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 742 ✭✭✭jsabina


    Thanks a lot for your answer.
    It helps.

    I am looking in dublin 5 / 7 / 11

    just started looking and I have seen a couple of houses where they say there is space for extension prior planning and permission.

    So I was wondering what to do, thanks!


  • Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,600 ✭✭✭893bet


    BryanF wrote: »
    Is difficult to discuss a granyflat when one doesn't have a specific site. Sth county Dublin, will have a planning/ development plan which may cover the general parameters. You should be aware that granny flats will have an internal connection to the main dwelling and will a ground floor addition only. Will your granny be living here or your sister, as the latter will seem like a strange 'granny flat' to the local planners..

    Can this door way be partitioned up for privacy and then opened up at a later stage without failing foul of regs?


  • Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,576 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    893bet wrote: »
    Can this door way be partitioned up for privacy and then opened up at a later stage without failing foul of regs?

    You would technically be in breach of the planning. And you would have to be careful that the doorway wasn't designed in as an alternative means of escape. But that's unlinkely.


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