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Clearing Hedgerow & New Access to Site

  • 02-05-2019 6:33pm
    #1
    GreenFields123
    Closed Accounts Posts: 12 ✭


    Hi all,


    I have just received planning permission for a new house on a half acre site.

    The site (on its own) has no direct access, you are required to enter the five acre field 200 metres away.

    I am hoping to build in the next five years, however I want to fence around my site and provide an agricultural gate and post & wire fence to the front along with clearing the hedgerow and sorting out of the Land Registry.

    Am I "commencing works" by doing this; do I need to submit a Commencement Notice, even if i'm not building yet?

    Or can I go ahead without any notification to the council?


    Thank You!


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  • #2
    sydthebeat
    Subscribers Posts: 42,576 ✭✭✭✭sydthebeat


    GreenFields123 wrote: »
    Hi all,


    I have just received planning permission for a new house on a half acre site.

    The site (on its own) has no direct access, you are required to enter the five acre field 200 metres away.

    I am hoping to build in the next five years, however I want to fence around my site and provide an agricultural gate and post & wire fence to the front along with clearing the hedgerow and sorting out of the Land Registry.

    Am I "commencing works" by doing this; do I need to submit a Commencement Notice, even if i'm not building yet?

    Or can I go ahead without any notification to the council?


    Thank You!

    no you are not (in a general sense)

    commencement notices are required where you are carrying out works which will require compliance with building regulations.

    typically all the things you mentioned do not require compliance with building regs.


  • #3
    Calahonda52
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 13,151 ✭✭✭✭Calahonda52


    GreenFields123 wrote: »
    ...with clearing the hedgerow ...

    Not during nesting season

    “I can’t pay my staff or mortgage with instagram likes”.



  • #4
    JonathonS
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 702 ✭✭✭JonathonS


    Calahonda52 wrote: »
    Not during nesting season

    It would be preferable NOT to remove the hedgerow as they are a key part of our biodiversity, but either way it is not permitted between March 1st and Aug 31st.

    https://www.rte.ie/eile/2018/0307/945732-explained-when-and-why-it-is-illegal-to-cut-hedgerows/


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