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Install a toilet in an existing garden office

  • 24-01-2021 10:06pm
    #1
    backlanepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭


    I'm planning to install a toilet in an existing garden office using an existing septic tank. Would it need planning permission?


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  • #2
    Cortter
    Registered Users Posts: 7 ✭Cortter


    I put up a whole extension for an office
    In the back garden When the council came round I said it was existing


  • #3
    Charlie-Bravo
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 5,685 ✭✭✭Charlie-Bravo


    The question you realistically need to ask yourself is this: is what you are doing incidental to the enjoyment of your home?!

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  • #4
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    backlanepipe wrote: »
    I'm planning to install a toilet in an existing garden office using an existing septic tank. Would it need planning permission?

    Is there planning permision on the existing office?


  • #5
    Car99
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 2,530 ✭✭✭Car99


    backlanepipe wrote: »
    I'm planning to install a toilet in an existing garden office using an existing septic tank. Would it need planning permission?

    Toilet no problem and a sink if you like. But not a kitchen.


  • #6
    backlanepipe
    Registered Users Posts: 15 ✭backlanepipe


    CoBo55 wrote: »
    Is there planning permision on the existing office?

    The office is less than 25 square meters and is exempt from planning.


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  • #7
    DOCARCH
    Moderators, Home & Garden Moderators, Science, Health & Environment Moderators Posts: 18,161 Mod ✭✭✭✭DOCARCH


    I would suggest you can put anything in, without planning permission, as long as the use of the structure remains incidental to the enjoyment of the house/is not for habitation.


  • #8
    CoBo55
    Registered Users, Registered Users 2 Posts: 9,320 ✭✭✭CoBo55


    backlanepipe wrote: »
    The office is less than 25 square meters and is exempt from planning.

    There's you answer.


  • #9
    Gumbo
    Moderators, Society & Culture Moderators Posts: 39,790 Mod ✭✭✭✭Gumbo


    Cortter wrote: »
    I put up a whole extension for an office
    In the back garden When the council came round I said it was existing

    Of course it was existing, it was there and in place. Your allowed build offices in rear gardens. There are exemptions for it.
    Charlie-Bravo wrote: »
    The question you realistically need to ask yourself is this: is what you are doing incidental to the enjoyment of your home?!

    Home Office falls under the same class as garage, shed, store etc So completely legal.
    Car99 wrote: »
    Toilet no problem and a sink if you like. But not a kitchen.

    Kitchen is fine. There's nothing in the regs that prohibit a kitchen. Many people use these garden rooms for home baking, cakes etc

    Its the size of the structure and use of the structure that can fall foul of the Regs.
    backlanepipe wrote: »
    The office is less than 25 square meters and is exempt from planning.

    Sorted then.
    DOCARCH wrote: »
    I would suggest you can put anything in, without planning permission, as long as the use of the structure remains incidental to the enjoyment of the house/is not for habitation.

    ^^^^This^^^^
    CoBo55 wrote: »
    There's you answer.

    ^^^^Also this^^^^


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