Front Garden Wall - Planning Permisson Required ?

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ryan-neil

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Hi,

Is planning permisson required for building a wall around a garden more specifically the apartment complex we live in has a large area of land to the side that is not enclosed and we were considering knocking an existing wall as it's leaning and building a new one on the site boundry. I have seen wall put in the the housing estate without permisson and am wondering if it is required.

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firstly, if this wall is not within your ownership then you can do nothing with it... generally all areas outside of apartment blocks are owned by a management company / original developer....secondly, you may build a wall exept or permission to the sides and rear of a dweling.....check page 157 class 5 of exempted development in the below link..http://www.environ.ie/en/Publications/DevelopmentandHousing/Planning/FileDownLoad,8797,en.pdf
 
Hi,

The residents are the managment company and were looking into this to stop kids climbing over storage sheds as a mean to get to a local tennis club, as such i was under the impression we could construct a wall on the boundry of the site as you could if you owned a house. Is this correct ?

Thanks
 
a 2.0 m high block capped rendered wall can be built without permission bounding any garden of a house, the max height you can build to the front is 1.2 m..... a metal palisade fence or security fence is not exempt.....the problem as i see it is the definition of 'house'... is an apartment block a 'house'.???.... i would argue that it is not... therefore, in my opinion, any new wall would require permission.....but to be sure, to be sure, contact your local authority and ask them....
 
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