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Office of less than 25 square meters

  • 16-12-2020 02:33PM
    #1
    gardentrees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭


    I've heard that if an office of less than 25 square meters is built in the garden of a dwelling house it would be exempt from planning. If the same office were to be built near a farm yard would it also be exempt from planning?


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  • #2
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 42,150 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    gardentrees wrote: »
    I've heard that if an office of less than 25 square meters is built in the garden of a dwelling house it would be exempt from planning. If the same office were to be built near a farm yard would it also be exempt from planning?

    Home office in a back garden is basically a shed. You can follow the shed exemptions. 25 Sq. M max, 4m/3m height limit and assumes the area of all sheds don’t go above 25.


  • #3
    gardentrees
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 14 ✭gardentrees


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  • #4
    TheBoyConor
    Closed Accounts Posts: 3,278 ✭✭✭TheBoyConor


    Op you seem to be on the scout for some sort of fiddle here. Here you ask about garden offices in a farm yard and you've another thread about piping sewage from said garden/farm office into a slurry tank or the septic tank of an adjoining house.

    If farm employees are going to be using this then you need to be very careful and do it properly and above board and make sure you comply with all the relevant building regulations.

    In practical tems you can do it and will probably get away with it but the problem arises when something goes wrong, someone is injured or a disgruntled employee with a grudge squeals to the planning authority or the HSA. Then it is you who will have to explain to the planning authority and/or judge why you decided to circumvent the laws on building standards and planning.

    Sorry, there are no short cuts. Not legal ones anyway.


  • #5
    listermint
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2, Paid Member Posts: 34,900 ✭✭✭✭listermint


    TheBoyConor wrote: »
    Op you seem to be on the scout for some sort of fiddle here. Here you ask about garden offices in a farm yard and you've another thread about piping sewage from said garden/farm office into a slurry tank or the septic tank of an adjoining house.

    If farm employees are going to be using this then you need to be very careful and do it properly and above board and make sure you comply with all the relevant building regulations.

    In practical tems you can do it and will probably get away with it but the problem arises when something goes wrong, someone is injured or a disgruntled employee with a grudge squeals to the planning authority or the HSA. Then it is you who will have to explain to the planning authority and/or judge why you decided to circumvent the laws on building standards and planning.

    Sorry, there are no short cuts. Not legal ones anyway.

    This is probably the most sensible post I've seen you make .


    :)


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