Planning for gate dividing 2 estates?

Soc_Alt

Estate A - 300 houses in a normal Estate which is 8 years old

Estate B - Less then 10 houses in a Gated entry Estate less then a year old.

Separate entering to both estates from the main road.

There is also a walkway dividing both estates where there is an opening in the wall but there is a locked gate where only the residents of Estate be have keys for.

Would this locked gate need planning permission?

muffler

Unless it was shown on the applications for both estates or is a condition on the grant of permission then planning permission would not be required. The exemption includes a max height of 2 metres. I'll post a link later to that exemption.

L1011

If the entrance was part of planning as an open walkway, and the local residents association have slapped a coded gate on it, that's definitely unauthorised development.

Soc_Alt

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123346730#Comment_123346730

There is no mention of the walkway gate in planning. Only that there is pedestrian access between both estates.

L1011

https://www.boards.ie/discussion/comment/123346737#Comment_123346737

I would consider the gate unauthorised then, as it is blocking the required access from the permission.

If you don't want to do a UD complaint yourself, find the most likely local councillor to not want to suck up to the gated estate - Green/Lab/SD/SF rather than FF/FG/Ind probably although local exceptions apply!