Planning query for Airbnb in a RPZ

[smalltimetrader]

I'm looking at buying a house that is situated in a rent pressure zone which was built in the 1950's. Short term holiday letting such as Airbnb is something I'm considering for this property. The external footprint of the property is unchanged from when it was built, no extensions were built and therefore no planning was required since it was originally built. The county council in the area where this house is located have been clamping down on short term holiday lettings using the planning laws against people, saying that you can't do holiday letting if you didn't receive planning for such an enterprise when original or when any subsequent planning was obtained.
Would I be able to get around this lack of short term rental planning laws as the first planning laws only came into force in 1963 and this property is there since the 50's.
Thank you

 

[ClubMan]

Any use?

Renting your property for short-term lets

Information about the tax implications and planning rules if you are renting your property or a room in your property to visitors for short-term lets.

www.citizensinformation.ie

Exemptions from the planning permission requirements​

You do not have to apply for planning permission if:

• Your property is not in a Rent Pressure Zone (RPZ)
• Your property is in an RPZ, but you let rooms or the entire property out for 15 days or more at a time
• Your property already has planning permission to be used for tourism or short-term letting purposes
• Your property is used for corporate or executive lets. For example, lettings provided for people coming to Ireland under employment contracts.
• You rent your property out under the rent-a-room scheme
• You are ‘home-sharing’. Home-sharing is where a homeowner rents a room or rooms in their principal private residence for short-term lets while they are also occupying it. (In this situation you can offer unlimited short-term lettings for less than 14 days at a time.)
• You rent out your entire principal private residence for short-term visitors for less than 90 days a year while you are temporarily away. The 90 days do not have to be consecutive.
• The property is purpose-built student accommodation. (This accommodation generally has the required planning permission, which means accommodation is reserved for students during the academic year, but short-stays are allowed outside of term time.)

 

[lff12]

I'm looking at buying a house that is situated in a rent pressure zone which was built in the 1950's. Short term holiday letting such as Airbnb is something I'm considering for this property. The external footprint of the property is unchanged from when it was built, no extensions were built and therefore no planning was required since it was originally built. The county council in the area where this house is located have been clamping down on short term holiday lettings using the planning laws against people, saying that you can't do holiday letting if you didn't receive planning for such an enterprise when original or when any subsequent planning was obtained.
Would I be able to get around this lack of short term rental planning laws as the first planning laws only came into force in 1963 and this property is there since the 50's.
Thank you

Highly unlikely unless it was originally built as a holiday home or had been in use as such over a long period.

 

[mathepac]

Would I be able to get around this lack of short term rental planning laws as the first planning laws only came into force in 1963 and this property is there since the 50's.
Thank you

As a new poster, please bear in mind that the purpose of AAM is for posters to seek financial & other advice while complying with tax, planning, and other laws. Its not here as a help for anyone who wants "to get around" laws of any kind.

 

[TomEdison]

Would I be able to get around this lack of short term rental planning laws as the first planning laws only came into force in 1963 and this property is there since the 50's.

Only if the property has been used for short-term letting since before 1963.

If it hasn't, and if you now start using it for short-term letting, that's a change of use for which planning permission is required. It's irrelevant that the change of use relates to a pre-1963 property.