Showing posts with label irish rural housing. Show all posts
Showing posts with label irish rural housing. Show all posts
Monday, 3 October 2011

Septic tanks plan to cost families €150m

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The new septic tank inspection regime could cost rural dwellers up to €150m in upgrade costs. A proposed registration levy has already been ...
Friday, 30 October 2009

EU ruling on waste water hits permission for one-off housing

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IT will be increasingly difficult to secure planning permission for one-off rural homes that aren’t connected to public sewers, following a ...
Thursday, 24 April 2008

Protest over rural planning policies - Irish Times letters

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Madam, - At a rally in Tralee, Co Kerry organised by the Irish Rural Dwellers Association to protest against rural housing policies, IRDA fo...
Saturday, 23 February 2008

Personal data put online by councils

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Sensitive personal and financial information, such as bank statements, social welfare information and pay slips submitted by individuals see...
Wednesday, 24 October 2007

Planning deferral system abused

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SENIOR officials on Kerry County Council have claimed that a deferral system for planning applications is being abused. A deferral on a deci...
Sunday, 21 October 2007

Planning officials may be breaching the property rules

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LOCAL authority planners in Kerry and other parts of the country may be breaching private property rights by insisting that a person must li...
Friday, 5 October 2007

Secret response to EU's rural house planning concerns

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The Department of the Environment has responded to European Commission concerns about restrictions in local authority development plans. How...
Tuesday, 25 September 2007

Freeze on rural housing?

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Minister for Community, Rural and Gaeltacht Affairs Éamon Ó Cuív has called for a freeze on all new housing developments in commuter-belt vi...
Wednesday, 4 July 2007

EU ruling could add to curbs on one-off housing

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FIANNA Fail backbenchers have expressed concern about an EU ruling which could restrict one-off houses in rural areas. The European Commissi...
Wednesday, 27 June 2007

Rural housing policies illegal

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Over the last two weeks I have received about three calls a day from people asking if the locals only rules in Development Plans in Wexford ...

'Locals only' planning rule illegal and discriminatory, says EU

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THE controversial 'locals only' and 'must speak Irish' planning rules have been challenged by the EU as illegal and discrimi...
Sunday, 24 June 2007

Locals only' planning rule may be scrapped

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This story has been carried by the national newspapers for about two weeks now. It is a huge story for Wicklow, but the Wicklow People gave ...
Friday, 22 June 2007

The TD, the developer and the holiday haven

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TONY Gaughan first came to public attention in 2001 when he was spotted accompanying Beverley Flynn during her libel case against RTE. The 5...
Wednesday, 13 June 2007

Board refuses to grant permission for luxury house

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AN EXTENSIVE seven bedroom house with an artist’s studio and swimming pool over-looking Lough Beltra in the scenic area of Glenisland, Castl...
Friday, 18 May 2007

Ferris says planning guidelines are a stunt

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RURAL planning guidelines are not worth the paper they are written on and are little more than a publicity stunt Sinn Féin TD, Martin Ferris...
Tuesday, 15 May 2007

PDs have new ideas for rural planning laws

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THE Progressive Democrats have vowed to remove An Bord Pleanala's role in deciding rural planning matters if returned to government. Lau...
Friday, 23 February 2007

Louth planning rules 'victimising homeowners'

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Planning requirements in Co Louth are "victimising homeowners and encouraging rentals", according to a local councillor who has pe...
Tuesday, 2 January 2007

Ever wondered what would happen if we stopped granting one-off houses?

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Here's what's happened in NI since regs have become much tougher ... Prices for rural housing sites have more than doubled in the 10...