Apologies - you are indeed correct - it is 40 m2. I was thinking of a detached garage which is still restricted to a 25 m2 limit. Not a problem in any event as the OP's garage is well down in sizeI thought the limit had been upped to 40 sq.mts. No??
I see where you are coming from on this as the planning regs do state that you need permission to alter the external appearance of a house but this is an exemption from those regs. The garage door can be removed and replaced with a window without permission subject to the 40 m2 floor area limit.Will he/she not need planning if they change the look of the garage from the front of the house like: building up the door and putting a window in. If they want to use it as a room they will need to close up the front garage door.
Have I got it wrong?
Leo, while not all garage conversions are exempted development (floor area is the only difference) the Planning & Development Regulations are the same no matter what part of the country you are in.
Im not sure what you meanI thought the 40 sqare metres rules referred to development to rear of the house though, and that alterations which affect the front elevation, other than the 2 square metre porch exemption you refer to, necessarily require planning permission even if under the area threshold?
I believe he meant...Im not sure what you mean
Me said:even when a development is under the 40sqm threshold, does it not need PP if it alters the appearance of the front/elevation (other than the patio exemption which can alter the elevation) of the property?
[e.g. does the 40sqm exemption not apply to the rear of the property only]
Leo, while not all garage conversions are exempted development (floor area is the only difference) the Planning & Development Regulations are the same no matter what part of the country you are in. There is of course the usual criteria that the garage is attached to the house and the total floor area of ALL extensions of the original house is taken into account when determining the accumalitive area.
If the conversion of a garage is exempt in Cork it will also be exempt in Donegal. As I said the floor area limit - currently 40 sq. metres - is the only thing that can lead to it not being exempt.
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