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 …

Do you need planning permission for changing windows?

This is omething I’m asked on a fairly frequent basis, what are the guidelines if you’re doing work around the house and you’re thinking of altering windows – is planning permission required? The Department of Environment and Local Government has Read More …

Planning Tip #3 – Maximise your Exempted Development rights

I guess this is a combination of the two planning tips posts on ‘Don’t Participate’ and ‘Utilise an existing building’ and that is to be clever about maximising your Planning Exempted Development rights: Exempted development is development for which planning Read More …

When is a shed not a shed? #Planning

The faithful readers will know about the shed I have currently under construction. And yes the roof stayed on last night following #StormRachel (despite the roof not being strapped down). I was thinking about exempted development recently and there’s an Read More …

Irish Planning Myth #6 Make as many changes as you like;just send a letter into Council as a minor amendment

Irish Planning Myth #6 Make as many changes as you like;just send a letter into Council as a minor amendment… Now this one has really perplexed me; and I’m still unsure whether it’s really a myth or not. So any Read More …