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Planning permission - diffrent classes of development

  • 21-05-2017 9:45pm
    #1
    RaulDublin
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    We are looking at buying a house which has 2 extensions -kichen/utility room extension and front porch.
    Vendors architect have provided cert of compliance including approx dates of construction ie before aug 1980 .however they states that these are different classes of development and that there is no necessity to certify that the combined area in an exempted development .

    Does someone know if the 2 areas do not need to be combined in order to ascertain whether they are, when the areas are combined, below the area threshold above which a planning permission was required.
    I called fingal county co and the person on the phone pointed me to their website which does not clarify this IMO.
    Raul


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  • #2
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    RaulDublin wrote: »
    We are looking at buying a house which has 2 extensions -kichen/utility room extension and front porch.
    Vendors architect have provided cert of compliance including approx dates of construction ie before aug 1980 .however they states that these are different classes of development and that there is no necessity to certify that the combined area in an exempted development .

    Does someone know if the 2 areas do not need to be combined in order to ascertain whether they are, when the areas are combined, below the area threshold above which a planning permission was required.
    I called fingal county co and the person on the phone pointed me to their website which does not clarify this IMO.
    Raul

    Front porch can go up to 2 Sq. M and be exempt.
    Rear extension can be 40 Sq. M and be exempt.
    There's some other rules and that, but no, the 2 do not combine in are to be exempt.

    You can have 39.9 Sq. M to rear and be exempt (subject to other provisions) and a 1.99 Sq. M porch to front and you would still be exempt.


  • #3
    RaulDublin
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 116 ✭✭RaulDublin


    kceire wrote: »
    Front porch can go up to 2 Sq. M and be exempt.
    Rear extension can be 40 Sq. M and be exempt.
    There's some other rules and that, but no, the 2 do not combine in are to be exempt.

    You can have 39.9 Sq. M to rear and be exempt (subject to other provisions) and a 1.99 Sq. M porch to front and you would still be exempt.
    Thanks for your response.so they seem to be right ..which is good .I presume the rule also holds for any future extensions i.e any future extension should not exceed 40 sqm in the rear of the house and excludes the porch ?


  • #4
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 40,349 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    RaulDublin wrote: »
    Thanks for your response.so they seem to be right ..which is good .I presume the rule also holds for any future extensions i.e any future extension should not exceed 40 sqm in the rear of the house and excludes the porch ?

    All extensions to the rear cannot exceed 40. You need to add them all and that's the total. Also if there's a garage conversion, that's included in the 40.


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