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Will the council care about this situation?

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  • 23-11-2022 12:37am
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    NewbieQ
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭


    I bought a house in a new build estate, that was built in several phases over the past 10 years or so, with the original developer going bust and the estate being bought out by another, who is currently finishing it off. The builder is currently onsite finishing off the last few houses of the last phase.

    The issue is that, per the planning docs, all public boundaries and all walls visible to the public are to be rendered with brick pillars.

    Now there are four cul de sacs in the estate.

    • The first is completed per the specifications and drawings - rendered with brick pillars
    • The next two are only plastered (and possibly painted), the pillars are also plastered and not brick.
    • The final cul de sac is plastered on the bit of wall that is facing the road, but the wall extends into two houses either side and these are still bare block. Apparently the builder won't complete the entire wall that is publicly visible

    Now the two houses that have the exposed concrete wall are already sold. Apparently they were promised that the wall would be completed along with the rest of the development. And there is actually a condition/response in the planning that the entire site boundary would be completed upon completion of the development, however not sure where these two houses stand as the purchase is already complete and they are both living in the house.

    Are the houseowners now liable to complete the wall, or is the developer responsible as the wall makes up part of the development boundary that is mentioned in the planning conditions?

    Will the council or planning enforcement take this seriously? The public facing walls/walls visible to the public are clearly not built as laid out in the planning docs



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    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,700 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    If there is a complaint to the Council they should take it seriously. They would normally look and issue an enforcement letter if the development/site works is not in accordance with the planning permission granted.

    Sounds like penny pinching by the developer and that it would not take much to complete in accordance with the planning permission granted.



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    NewbieQ
    Registered Users Posts: 2 ✭NewbieQ


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/119909782#Comment_119909782

    Thanks for you're reply.

    Yes it's definitely a shortcut - I also notice that for the last phase of houses there was an additional amendment to the planning that the rear garden walls were to be plastered as well and this didn't happen. Some people are in these houses now as well - would they have any comeback on the developer? Or would the council care after the fact?



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