REGULATIONS TO ALLOW homeowners to build modular units up to 45 square metres in their back gardens without planning permission will be signed in the coming days. Appearing before an Oireachtas committee today, Minister of State in the Department of Housing John Cummins said while a lot of media attention has been focused on cabins in gardens, there other planning changes being made too. These include a new exemption that will allow a person subdivide their home into two units, with a minimum floor area for each subdivided unit of 32 square metres. Bike and bin storage units in both the front and back of a property will no longer require planning permission, nor will the insulation on external walls. Dormer roof box and the insertion of a roof light in a house will also be exempt from planning permission requirements.
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