Planning Regs: Internal Vs External Chimney Stacks

Have planning already in Fingal. Would I have to submit planning changes if I wanted to change the chimney stacks which are currently internal on my plans to being external?

The provision of a chimney to a house is exempt from planning as per class 2. exempted development.

http://www.irishstatutebook.ie/2001/en/si/0600.html#sched2

Thanks for that, but does that only apply to houses which are already built? Haven't started mine and am considering making this change to my plans when I start. But I don't know if I need to get permission from the planning dept to do this?

Technically you must build out your planning permission exactly as per the plans which were submitted to the planning authority as part of your planning application. While it does not expressly say this in the Planning Act, there is some case law on this fact. Although this doesn't make practical sence (recognised by the judge in his ruling), the upshot of has been that the exempted development provisions set out in the planning regulations are only applicable after the development has been built out.

I suggest you speak with the planning case officer dealing with your case and ask can you submit revised plans to be agreed with the council by way of compliance. They may (and legally should) ask you to submit a modification application, but in practical terms once the council agree to the changes most people take this as being good enough and proceed to build with the modifications included.

you might have a problem in the fact that they prefer the chimney stack internally due to heat conservation etc

But talk to you planner and submit a revised drawing for her to comment on, if she agrees, you might only need to send in 6 copies and don't need to make an ammendment.