Planning Permission on Parents Plot of Land

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Shell_Dub

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Very recently i approached my parents with idea to build on the small plot of land to the side of their house. I've just realised that they can gift the land to me to avoid paying certain taxes. But I have no idea where to start??

1 - Do I get an architect in first in order to get planning permission?
2 - How much do I have to submit to Dublin City Council just to see if it would be possible to build on it? Without getting full plans drawn up. I don't want to pay an architect for full drawings unless I actually can get the planning permission.
3 - Any ideas of what guidelines we should follow when drawing up an agreement between my parents and I?
4 - What should I avoid/include to make it a clean cut deal?

Any ideas from anyone with similar expereincees would be appreciated.
 
We've just started doing the same thing recently!

First thing you need to do is find the area Development plan which is available on the county council website. Read this and familiarise yourself with the conditions applicable to you -i.e open space requirements, zoning of the area, parking, road frontage, water & sewerage.
Then get in touch with the council and request a pre-planning meeting.
At that meeting, bring your proposal and all the information you have and they will be able to guide you as to whether it would be positive or negative. We had ours 3 wks ago, and they were very helpful.
We've now gone to an architect and QS, to get quotes for the application process. These costs should come in under 4K from what we've heard.
That will take us up to the approval/ rejection stage, and after that we can go on as required.
Hope that helps you,
Michelle.
 

Hi Michelle - Thanks for that - I've just been onto Dublin City Council and they are sending me out the forms I require
 
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