Architect Mark Stephens, who is based in Co Mayo, chats about how to get planning permission in ROI including:
- What is planning permission
- Who needs planning permission and under what circumstances
- The application process
- How to improve your chances of getting permission
- Main reasons for getting turned down
- Local needs provisions
- Requests for further information: what it is and what the planners commonly ask for and how that’s changed over the years with computerisation
- How to make changes to an existing application that already got approved
- When to amend an application or make a fresh one
- What kind of specialist reports do you need and how much do they cost
- Examples from Mark’s experience lodging planning applications
