Do the council have the right to enter property?

Ginger83

Hi

There is a new road proposed in my parents area. They received a letter from the council stating engineers would be out entering lands/property.

Can they legally enter a persons property without permission?

lifeandtimes

Ginger83 wrote: »

Hi

There is a new road proposed in my parents area. They received a letter from the council stating engineers would be out entering lands/property.

Can they legally enter a persons property without permission?

Is the road going to go through their property or on their property is there any public service utilities like water pipes, esb pylons etc?

Ginger83

lifeandtimes wrote: »

Is the road going to go through their property or on their property is there any public service utilities like water pipes, esb pylons etc?

Their house and land is in the proposed area but route not finalized yet, no services on land, its got a private well.

lifeandtimes

Ginger83 wrote: »

Their house and land is in the proposed area but route not finalized yet, no services on land, its got a private well.

Well no the can't legally enter without a warrent but I would suggest legal advice immediately as I don't see how the would be proposing this road without having legal advice themselves about it

Victor

Ginger83 wrote: »

Hi

There is a new road proposed in my parents area. They received a letter from the council stating engineers would be out entering lands/property.

Can they legally enter a persons property without permission?

You would need to check the letter. It may be the equivalent of a warrant and they may be able to use it to enter land.

If the letter doesn't invoke statutory powers, they can demand they council use these. Note that they may be entitled to a low level of compensation for an inspection. they would of course be entitled to full compensation if the land is acquired by the council.

Mr. Incognito

If its a cpo they can enter after they serve a notice of entry