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Planning permission after a grant of retention?

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  • 05-05-2024 4:11pm
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    MilkyToast
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    Hello. Just looking for some information about planning permission. We recently bought a house that has been substantially extended. The previous owners got a grant of retention from the council before the sale went through, because the existing extension is a little bit more than 40. Does that 'reset' the planning permission requirements to the 40m squared, or will we now be required to get full PP for any new/additional extension?

    Thanks!

    “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ~C.S. Lewis



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    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 17,800 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    Retention or no retention, you will need planning permission for any new/additional extension. To an existing house, you only have one 40m.sq. exemption, in total, for extensions - i.e. you can't keep adding extensions, at separate times, as exempt development.



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    MilkyToast
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭MilkyToast


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122102187#Comment_122102187

    That's the info I was after.

    I just wasn't sure if the plans being 'on record' so to speak sort of reset the allowances. We'll contact the solicitor so.

    Thanks a million!

    “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ~C.S. Lewis



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    Mellor
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    Relevant part of the regulations, for completeness.

    …the floor area of any such extension, taken together with the floor area of any previous extension or extensions constructed or erected after 1 October 1964, including those for which planning permission has been obtained, shall not exceed 40 square metres.



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    MilkyToast
    Registered Users Posts: 849 ✭✭✭MilkyToast


    https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/122112039#Comment_122112039

    Thank you!

    “Of all tyrannies, a tyranny sincerely exercised for the good of its victims may be the most oppressive. It would be better to live under robber barons than under omnipotent moral busybodies. The robber baron's cruelty may sometimes sleep, his cupidity may at some point be satiated; but those who torment us for our own good will torment us without end for they do so with the approval of their own conscience." ~C.S. Lewis



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