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Commencement Notice

  • 28-09-2015 12:54pm
    #1
    Sitevalue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭


    Just wondering what can be done to a field / site prior to the commencement notice going in to the council.

    Can the field be cleared of gorse bushes and ferns etc?


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  • #2
    Dudda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Dudda


    Yes. Site can be cleared, hoarding erected, site hunt and site storage, etc. These come under 'enabling works' which are permitted.


  • #3
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,581 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    Sitevalue wrote: »
    Just wondering what can be done to a field / site prior to the commencement notice going in to the council.

    Can the field be cleared of gorse bushes and ferns etc?

    basically anything thats not covered under "building regulations"

    ie everything up to digging out foundations


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,590 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Site clearance once it's less than 1m up or down.
    Hoarding.
    Site prep, office etc
    Once you cut for foundations, technically you have commenced.

    What more can you do within 2 weeks.


  • #5
    Sitevalue
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 10 ✭Sitevalue


    I take it then I can't gradually tip away myself over a few months and the enabling works are carried within 2 weeks of the commencement notice going in?


  • #6
    Dudda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Dudda


    kceire wrote: »
    Site clearance once it's less than 1m up or down.
    Where did you get the 1m measurement from? I've never heard that referenced before. That would technically exclude tall shrubs and small trees.


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  • #7
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,590 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Dudda wrote: »
    Where did you get the 1m measurement from? I've never heard that referenced before. That would technically exclude tall shrubs and small trees.


    Changing the existing ground level by +\- 1000mm required planning permission.
    Shrubbery and trees etc shouldn't come into unless they are protected planting.


  • #8
    Dudda
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 1,541 ✭✭✭Dudda


    kceire wrote: »
    Changing the existing ground level by +\- 1000mm required planning permission.
    Shrubbery and trees etc shouldn't come into unless they are protected planting.
    Oh right sorry, I follow you now. I though you were referring to plants not ground level.


  • #9
    louise1985
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 112 ✭✭louise1985


    Hi All,

    In relation to the commencement notice is it minimum notice of 14 working days or just 14 days?
    It doesn't seem to specify online and keen to get started.

    Thanks in advance


  • #10
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 41,590 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    louise1985 wrote: »
    Hi All,

    In relation to the commencement notice is it minimum notice of 14 working days or just 14 days?
    It doesn't seem to specify online and keen to get started.

    Thanks in advance

    14 days.


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