Hi Judy,
I’m in Carlow and we built our house last year.
Our architect also expressed huge concerns over sight (site) lines; we had 60m on one side and 77m on the other.
He suggested we contact the council’s road engineer, which we did several times, we send him a proposed site map etc – he never responded.
In the end, we submitted the planning.
It seems the sight line issue is dependant on the road traffic. For instance, if the road you are building has a lot of traffic, they will probably insist on as much visibility as possible either side of your entrance. –
In our case, the road traffic was very light, only two other houses on the road/cul de sac, so we were OK.
So my advice to you would be.
- Request a pre-planning meeting with the council (b4 you submit the planning), you will need to bring site map and house plans
- In the pre-planning meeting, do NOT mention sight lines. Let them tell you of any potential problems.
- If they don’t mention this as an issue, then you will know there will be no major issue for you during planning.
In your case – what is blocking the visibility? If it is someone else’s hedge, ditch, tree etc, perhaps approach them and ask if you can remove the offender.