This #advice is so important I’ve updated it and included it again…

This is something that comes up again and again and again. Following a lengthy design process and planning permission is obtained or an Exempted Development design is proposed. The client makes changes to the design and doesn’t obtain a new Read More …

Planning Permission Granted on this split level new house in County Roscommon

Roscommon Planning Permission Granted We’ve just received the Final Grant of Planning Permission for this split level new house in County Roscommon: Following a tricky amount of Further Information requests from the Council, where we provided a lot of landscaping Read More …

Online Planning Advice – €50 per question

There has been such a response to THIS POST on the Statute of Limitations and Planning Enforcement that I can no longer provide the response to specific questions free of charge. So, if you have a question on any of Read More …

Planning Tip #1: Don't participate

As I promised in the last post the next series of posts will give tips on the planning process and how to survive it. The first tip therefore is that unless you really, really need planning then don’t participate in Read More …

First Planning Appeal on cards – why you might not get planning

I wrote THIS POST a while back on what will scupper your planning application. And unfortunately exactly this has happened today when the house below was refused planning today with the main reason being the poor percolation of the ground. Read More …

PP Granted on this 2 and single storey linked rural house

Just received notification on Grant of Planning for this rural house that has traditional 2 storey farmhouse to front, link section and angled (more contemporary) single storey section to rear:

A flurry of planning applications granted in same week, this is what they look like…

A wonder what the plural of planning applications is? Well I’m calling them a flurry and we’ve had 3 granted in same week this week. Below is a summary of each project together with the accompanying YouTube animation: 1. Contemporary Read More …

Irish Planning Myth #5 – You need to be 'in with the planners' to get pp (espec 4 @paulmknally )

This Planning myth follows on from a comment by fellow architect Paul McNally: “Hi Mark, Like the topic. One of my favourite myths is that clients need a designer who is ‘in’ with the planners. i.e. has an inside track, Read More …

Planning Permission Granted on this extension…

I heard today that this planning permission was granted today for a double house extension to this 1990’s dormer house. It’s an interesting conundrum we wrestled with during the design process – How do you extend a relatively modern house? Read More …

Extend your Planning Permission before it’s too late !

I’ve posted something similar to this previously but it’s imperative that if your planning permission is running out (Ireland only) (ie within say 6 months) that you can now extend this permission by a maximum of a further 5 years. Read More …