Having council paint double yellow lines to allow access to drive?

JohnCleary · 26-09-2017 04:40PM #1

Hi all,
This is a purely theoretical question and doesn't affect me one bit (right now).

House i'm interested in bidding on. It's on a public street (not a cul-de-sac or anything)

Currently has a driveway (1 car) and small garden out front.

Ideally, if bought, i'd like to knock the small wall and pave the garden, allowing space for a 2nd car.

The problem is that where this wall is now, currently has P&D parking space (council)

If you paved the garden and knocked the wall, hence allowing access for another car onto the property, can you apply to the council (Galway City) to put double yellow lines down? I've seen this done before but not sure what the criteria / circumstances were.

Not an issue if i'm dreaming that this is possible, as mentioned, doesn't affect me, but it certainly would make me think twice about putting in an offer on the house.

-EDIT- Just checked, the garden is actually already paved. So it would be a case of just knocking the wall.

Graham · 26-09-2017 05:27PM

OP, I've moved your thread to the construction & planning forum where those knowledgeable of all things planning lurk

JohnCleary · 26-09-2017 05:29PM

Graham wrote: »

OP, I've moved your thread to the construction & planning forum where those knowledgeable of all things planning lurk

Should have looked at what forums were available, many thanks

JohnCleary · 26-09-2017 05:43PM

See below of what is currently in place. I am aware that planning persmission may (is??) required.

I'm hoping that the previous owner just didn't want a totally open drive hence why they only created access for one car and that it wasn't a planning issue? I also see that when they created an entrance for a car that they only added a lip to the path rather than have to muck about with the path itself.

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JohnCleary · 26-09-2017 05:51PM

A penny just dropped.... I reckon the reason the old owners didn't knock the whole wall is because, where the wall is (and the car parked inside the wall), you have to park your car parallel to the front of the house for space reasons. If you drove straight in, the back of the car would be sticking out on the footpat.

Oh well, not the end of the world.

wench · 26-09-2017 05:55PM

You'll need planning permission to widen the entrance, max width is 3.6 meters.
See Dublin City Councils rules here for example:
https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content/Planning/PlanningApplication/Documents/ParkingCarsinFrontGardensAdvisoryBooklet.pdf

Depending on council policy, they may be against removing on street parking, as DCC are http://www.dublincity.ie/AnitePublicDocs/00556699.pdf

JohnCleary · 26-09-2017 05:56PM

wench wrote: »

You'll need planning permission to widen the entrance, max width is 3.6 meters.
See Dublin City Councils rules here for example:
https://www.dublincity.ie/sites/default/files/content/Planning/PlanningApplication/Documents/ParkingCarsinFrontGardensAdvisoryBooklet.pdf

Depending on council policy, they may be against removing on street parking, as DCC are http://www.dublincity.ie/AnitePublicDocs/00556699.pdf

Many thanks for the info.

After looking at Google earth etc. - it wouldn't make sense to do so (even if I could) as there isin't the space to drive right in off the street, so it's a non runner from what I can see.

Lumen · 26-09-2017 08:45PM

Turntable?

UTURN+Prestige+Driveway+Turntables

Having council paint double yellow lines to allow access to drive?

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