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airbnb planning permission

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  • 08-03-2017 1:21pm
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    gohan_ss
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    Last October An Bord Pleanála said apartments rented on airbnb will have be treated as hotel or standard B&B therefore will need to ask planning permission if rented full time as it would be a holiday home. Now, the new regulations hasn't yet come out so I think everything is just renting out on airbnb at the minute.

    Given that the current regulation says that B&B with less than 4 bedrooms are not required to get planning permission, why should a 1 or 2 or 3 bed apartment rented on airbnb be forced to get planning permission? Would it be exempt as a small B&B is exempt? Perhaps the 4 bedrooms limit will be applied at host level rather than single property level?

    If they force to get planning permission, how do you estimate commercial rates due?

    Any thought? Thanks
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    seamus
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    The planning requirement only comes into play where the apartment is being exclusively rented on AirBnB. A "B&B" implies that the owner/leasee is occupying the property and/or that the visitor does not have exclusive use of the property.

    In general it also only applies to apartments being rented on AirBnB which are not otherwise occupied. That is, renting out the apartment while you go away for a weekend, fine. Renting out a room for a week, fine.

    Renting out an unoccupied apartment only through AirBnB - requires planning permission.


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    gohan_ss
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    Thanks. Anyone knows how planning permission can be granted and how to calculate commercial rates?


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    jd
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    This may help. I'd say the OMC may well put in an objection (as owner of the building)
    http://www.dublincity.ie/main-menu-services-planning-planning-permission/apply-planning-permission


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    Baby01032012
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    gohan_ss wrote: »
    Thanks. Anyone knows how planning permission can be granted and how to calculate commercial rates?

    Unlikely to get planning permission given the high profile case in temple bar, objections from man co.etc as well as new legislation due in summer that will ban fully occupancy similar to other European countries where it must be minimum period or limited to part of year.


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