by Sure Home Services | Nov 30, 2017 | Home Extension Dublin, House Extensions Dublin, House extensions Kildare
For those of you who are contemplating adding an extension to your home, whether to add value to your property or to add extra space for a growing family, there are a number of factors you should first consider. The first of these factors is planning permission. In this article we are going to address a number of questions that we have heard from clients over the years, the first being ‘what kind of extension can we build without planning permission?’ In Ireland, the laws governing planning permission for extensions are quite lenient in comparison to the UK or other countries in mainland Europe. Building an extension to your home in Dublin or Kildare without planning permission. The following builds do not require planning permission: A rear extension less than 40 square metres, that lies within the existing height of the house. This of course only applies if it is the first extension to the rear of your home and is a single storey extension. As long as your extension does not reduce the size of the garden/patio/yard or open space to the rear of your property to less than 25 square metres, you will not require planning permission. The rear extension does not exceed the height of the original building. You are not overlooking or infringing upon the privacy, view or light of your surrounding neighbours. Extensions to the front of the house (porch extensions), which are less than 2 square metres floor size and are situated at least 2 metres from any public road or footpath. In all instances, it is imperative that you first check with...
