Retrospective planning costs

AthenaCottage

Hi all,
Further to our prior post, we are considering looking at retrospective planning for a separate scenario that may or may not be an issue but we want to start gathering info just in case.
Are there set fees regarding this or does it depend which county council you're applying to?

Gumbo

AthenaCottage wrote: »

Hi all,
Further to our prior post, we are considering looking at retrospective planning for a separate scenario that may or may not be an issue but we want to start gathering info just in case.
Are there set fees regarding this or does it depend which county council you're applying to?

The standard retention application fee is €102.
That doesn’t include newspaper notice, site notice, OSi maps, survey and drawings and any specialist report to go with it.

AthenaCottage

kceire wrote: »

The standard retention application fee is €102.
That doesn’t include newspaper notice, site notice, OSi maps, survey and drawings and any specialist report to go with it.

Thanks Kceire,
With the other outlays mentioned what would a very rough overall cost be...

Gumbo

AthenaCottage wrote: »

Thanks Kceire,
With the other outlays mentioned what would a very rough overall cost be...

Depending on who you use. 2k plus.
Depends where you are in the country also.

AthenaCottage

kceire wrote: »

Depending on who you use. 2k plus.
Depends where you are in the country also.

Would retrospective planning mean an old extension would need to be brought up to current planning regs or would it stand on its own merits from the time it was built?

Gumbo

AthenaCottage wrote: »

Would retrospective planning mean an old extension would need to be brought up to current planning regs or would it stand on its own merits from the time it was built?

Your going for retention to make it comply with planning regulations.
You will also need an opinion with building regulations at the time of its construction. Is this what you mean?

Metric Tensor

Don't mix up Planning Regulations and Building Regulations.

By applying for planning permission to retain the structure you are trying to make your building compliant with the Planning Regulations and you will either get a yes or no answer (or possibly some queries first) and then it will either be complaint or not.

The building regulations are the rules that must be adhered to in order to make sure a building is built safely and to an appropriate standard. Your building should have been built in compliance with yeh building regulations that were in force at the time of construction. Getting retention "planning" permission will not force you to alter the building to comply with modern building regulations.*

* With the possible exception of some planning related upgrade that's required, in which case you will, by default have to make this upgrade compliant with current rules and regulations. The type of example I'm thinking of is something like having to put in a new septic tank or effluent treatment system in order to get retention permission.

AthenaCottage

kceire wrote: »

Your going for retention to make it comply with planning regulations.
You will also need an opinion with building regulations at the time of its construction. Is this what you mean?

It was that I wondered if by applying for retrospective planning it would only be granted if the construction was up to current regs.

AthenaCottage

Metric Tensor wrote: »

Don't mix up Planning Regulations and Building Regulations.

By applying for planning permission to retain the structure you are trying to make your building compliant with the Planning Regulations and you will either get a yes or no answer (or possibly some queries first) and then it will either be complaint or not.

The building regulations are the rules that must be adhered to in order to make sure a building is built safely and to an appropriate standard. Your building should have been built in compliance with yeh building regulations that were in force at the time of construction. Getting retention "planning" permission will not force you to alter the building to comply with modern building regulations.*

* With the possible exception of some planning related upgrade that's required, in which case you will, by default have to make this upgrade compliant with current rules and regulations. The type of example I'm thinking of is something like having to put in a new septic tank or effluent treatment system in order to get retention permission.

Thank you...that clarifies things. I think we need to look at employing a surveyor after all because more issues are arising than anticipated.
Anyone able to recommend a suitable engineer / surveyor in the Leitrim / Roscommon area...especially someone who's fees are reasonable.