Driveway Planning Permission

lbyrne121

We are looking to move the location of our drive way.  We are not on a main road but in a cul de sac area which caters 5 houses. 
I have attached a picture and outlined the location of where we would like the new drive way.. From the pic you can see that there is a street light to the right and also someone else's driveway and also a water mains (it think). Would you need planning permission to change drive way to here?  Also what are the planning regulations for something like this?

Any information would be great.

Gumbo

Yes, Planning Permission required.

lbyrne121

Thank you for your response, I was wondering would planning permission be allowed giving that there is a water mains close by (or whatever that is to the right/)  Just wondering what would be the main objections to planning permission for the driveway being allocated to this area?

Gumbo

lbyrne121 wrote: »

Thank you for your response, I was wondering would planning permission be allowed giving that there is a water mains close by (or whatever that is to the right/)  Just wondering what would be the main objections to planning permission for the driveway being allocated to this area?

Possible to refuse based on existing services.
Also possible to move services at your cost.

A Pre-Planning may answer the question.

lbyrne121

Thank you for getting back again, I was wondering if you would know off hand the price range of having to get services moved?  just even a ball park Thanks

Angry bird

Expensive is the answer, not to mention the delays in getting the necessary permits etc after obtaining planning permission. In general no real objection to laying an access over a main, which should be buried reasonably deep enough anyway, but will be T's and C's re how it's to be constructed. Depends on which Council, but pre-planning may just tell you, talk to Irish Water or the Council Water services section so the last one is where I'd enquire first.

Kevhog1988

Might be useful to complete a trial hole and ascertain the depth the services are currently running at.  If they are to carriageway spec you should not need to move or lower them.Then what you need to do is apply for the installation of a drop kerb as a new entrance.

thebsharp

They may also enquire about sightlines for the driveway given the existing fenceline i.e. your ability to see oncoming vehicles when coming onto the road.
The fence further up at the next driveway is lower and it could be for that reason. They may ask you to lower the fence.
Hard to know without further information but worth noting.

thebsharp

thebsharp wrote: »

They may also enquire about sightlines for the driveway given the existing fenceline i.e. your ability to see oncoming vehicles when coming onto the road.
The fence further up at the next driveway is lower and it could be for that reason. They may ask you to lower the fence.
Hard to know without further information but worth noting.

Also, the public lighting ducts are possibly running under the new driveway location as the street light is there. They may need to be lowered depending on local authority requirements.

Take a picture of the pit lid before going to speak to the council so that you can give them an idea of what service it is. It usually gives an indication of what service it is. Hopefully it's water because if it's something like telecoms it's not usually as straight forward.