Planning permission for holiday home for non-resident

Richards1983

Hi all,

I'm a non-resident hoping to build a (holiday) home in Clare. I'm an Irish citizen but have been out of the country for a few years. I'm from Ennis.

Do I have any hope of getting planning permission to building in Lahinch/Liscannor area? 
If so, what is the name/title of that type of planning permission?

Any insight you have would be hugely appreciated.

Cheers,
Conor

Richards1983

bump :-)

rayjdav

Rural settlement strategy for Clare. If you can meet these your half way there....

https://www.clarecoco.ie/planning/planning-applications/before-you-apply/compliance-with-rural-rettlement-strategy/

db

Why not buy an existing house? Even with increases in house prices I doubt you would be able to build for anywhere near what you would pay for a similar house. If you do manage to find a site in the area and get permission to build it will probably take 2 years before you are finished. You could buy a house and have the sale completed before the end of the year.

seamus

I too would suggest buying an existing property and then renovating it up to the limits of what's planning exempt.

That said if you go really rural, you could still find it somewhat fraught. A farmer built a stock of five or six houses in his field just outside Carrick-on-Shannon about 20 years ago, and the auctioneer who was asked to sell them, insisted on interviewing and approving every buyer to asses their motives. Make sure they were good Irish Catholics and wouldn't be renting the properties out to interlopers. He refused to sell the properties to anyone from a city who was planning on moving to the country permanently. They had to be holiday homes.

My parents bought one, and the guy was constantly interfering, making demands to have a key so he could get in, berating property owners who didn't turn off their gas/water before leaving, etc. Myself and the girlfriend went up one weekend and my parents got a phone call from him asking about who we were and why we were there. These weren't managed properties on a leasehold, these were proper houses with no management fees. Just a nosey (and clearly bored) auctioneer who thought he owned the town.

Country life

Richards1983

thanks all for your insight and feedback.

i'm still keen on building however. the project of designing and building is very attractive to me.

thanks again - con

kingbhome

seamus wrote: »

I too would suggest buying an existing property and then renovating it up to the limits of what's planning exempt.

That said if you go really rural, you could still find it somewhat fraught. A farmer built a stock of five or six houses in his field just outside Carrick-on-Shannon about 20 years ago, and the auctioneer who was asked to sell them, insisted on interviewing and approving every buyer to asses their motives. Make sure they were good Irish Catholics and wouldn't be renting the properties out to interlopers. He refused to sell the properties to anyone from a city who was planning on moving to the country permanently. They had to be holiday homes.

My parents bought one, and the guy was constantly interfering, making demands to have a key so he could get in, berating property owners who didn't turn off their gas/water before leaving, etc. Myself and the girlfriend went up one weekend and my parents got a phone call from him asking about who we were and why we were there. These weren't managed properties on a leasehold, these were proper houses with no management fees. Just a nosey (and clearly bored) auctioneer who thought he owned the town.

Country life

I think someone's imagination is running a bit wild here.

Richards1983

thanks all - appreciate the discussions.

seems that if you're not from within 10 km of the area, you basically cannot build. i've been reading the policies and spoke to someone in planning.

hmm -- seems buying an old/derelict place is the only way to go about  it.