Looking for your thoughts on our chances of getting planning permission for house in

dido2012

Looking for your thoughts on our chances of getting planning permission in mullinavat/tullogher areas.
We're not from the area but my mother was born and grew up there and all her family still live in the area. My aunties, uncles, cousins... My husband is from a rural area in north Kilkenny but his sister is living near the area that we would like to build in also. Another village about 10 minutes away. We currently rent and work in Waterford city which is 20 mins away. We both have no family living in Waterford. Trying to decide whether to bother looking into planning permission ???

The county development plan states that:

[ In areas under urban influence it is the policy of the Council to permit single houses for persons where the following criteria are met:
1. Persons who are full‐time farmers or employed full‐time in other rural‐based activity such as horticulture, forestry, bloodstock or other rural‐based activity in the area in which they wish to build or whose employment is intrinsically linked* to the rural area in which they wish to build.
2. Immediate family members of people intrinsically linked* to the area to include brothers, sisters, sons and daughters, nieces, nephews and grandchildren.
3. Persons who are originally from the local area and wish to return to live in the local area (returning migrants).
*Persons who are an intrinsic part of the rural community:
Such persons will normally have resided a minimum of three years in a rural area as members of an established rural community. Examples would include farmers, their sons and daughters and/or any persons taking over the ownership and running of farms, as well as people who have developed strong links in the rural area and are building their first homes. Examples in this regard might include sons and daughters of families living in rural areas who have grown up in rural areas and are perhaps seeking to build their first home near their family place of residence. The Council will also consider nieces, nephews and grandchildren in this regard. In certain circumstances, persons who lived for substantial parts of their lives in rural areas then emigrated and who now wish to return to reside near other family members or to care for elderly family members, will be considered an intrinsic part of the rural community.
All permission granted for rural housing within the Areas of Urban Influence shall be subject to an occupancy condition restricting the use of the dwelling to the applicant or members of his/her immediate family as a place of permanent residence for a period of seven years from the date of first occupancy.]

BryanF

Do you have a site in mind? What is the zoning? Have you looked into getting a site within a development boundary? (roughly/generally inside the speed limit of a village)

may I ask where your looking I know these parts fairly well

dido2012

No particular site in mind. Just doing some research first. Not sure if we meet the criteria and don't want to spend money on tests or plans if we don't. Mullinavat/Tullogher areas.