A little bit of Latin for a monday morning: De minimis lex non curat – The law does not concern itself with trifles But what does this mean in the context of architecture, planning and construction? I’m called upon everyday Read More …
Quick post on the 3 month time extension on a Council Further Information request. After you’ve applied for planning permission and the Council has validated the file, it has 8 weeks to respond, with either: 1. PASS (good) 2. REFUSE Read More …
As I’ve gone through my working years, one thing is clear is that whenever you can you should take some time to help others when you can. So with that in mind, here’s a helpful push for a startup company Read More …
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:
This is now beginning to get frustrating. How many more times am I going to have to explain that the drawings for planning are not enough to satisfy the Building Regulations. I’ve written a stack of blog posts, produced fact Read More …
This is the biggest conundrum facing self-builders and architects in Ireland (forgetting about SI 80 in March this year!): In order to draw-down the last payment from the bank, banks & solicitors require the following documents: 1. Certificate of Compliance Read More …
I’m doing a couple of two storey designs at the moment (which incidentally are a perfectly legitimate and traditional house form in the Irish countryside) but there seems to be a planning policy that any elevated or even slightly elevated Read More …
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 …
Here’s a nice little story on a recent planning validation… But first a short recap on what Planning Validation is all about… Before a planning application even gets looked at, it needs to go through a validation process. This checks Read More …
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 …
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