Rural Housing Design Guide (County Development Plan, volume 3)

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 3 39 ➢ Dog Rose Rosa rugos

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 3 40 Appendix 2 Checklists – before you submit your planning application Site Selection Have you… • Checked the rural housing policy of the Plan as set out in Section 5.4 Residential Development in the Open Countryside, Chapter 5: Housing. • Assessed the suitability of your chosen site in terms of its impact on landscape character and the capacity of the area to absorb a house? • Consulted with the Council if a site falls within or is located close to primary amenity areas or other environmental or archeological designation? • Considered a site where natural features such as trees and hedgerows can help assimilate new development with the surroundings? • Avoided hilly sites where development may break the skyline when viewed from a distance, or would result in excessive cutting or filling of the local topography? • Avoided elevated and exposed locations such as hilltops and ridgelines, which would increase energy consumption and fuel costs? • Avoided sites that are subject to flooding, boggy, or in a frost pocket? • Ensured that a site will not contribute to ribbon development or other inappropriate development form? • Considered the micro-climate and the benefits of sustainable energy? • Considered the proximity of a site to existing facilities, such as schools, shops, church, pub? • Ensured that the site is accessible from the public road and can achieve adequate sight lines at the entrance without excessive loss of the existing roadside boundary? • Considered the availability of existing service infrastructure, including water supply, telephone, broadband and electricity?

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 3 41 • Undertaken a Site Suitability Assessment (Percolation tests) to determine whether ground conditions are suitable for effluent disposal? • Avoided sites in close proximity to active farmyards, commercial uses etc. • Considered the proportion of the house in relation to the size of the plot and scale of any existing buildings in the locality? • Ensured that the building can be positioned to avoid overlooking or loss of light/privacy to neighbouring properties? • Ensured that the site has sufficient depth to be able to locate the building back from the road edge? Building Form and Design Have you aimed to achieve...? • Your design does not impinge on the privacy of your neighbors or result in overshadowing? • A limited range of building materials and, wherever possible, locally available? • The use of natural materials - stone, timber, slate – as much as possible? • Consistently pitched roofs, dark tiled and with neat eaves detailing? • Carefully located and detailed windows, doors and chimneys? • Extensions or additions that are subservient to the main building and of similar scale/style? • Renewable energy technologies and passive solar gain to contribute to a near zero building energy rating • Rainwater harvesting and internal plumbing arrangements to suit.

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 3 42 Planning Application Have you… • Fully complied with the guidance notes for completing a Planning Application, obtainable from the Council? • Fully complied with the technical requirements of the planning and development regulations as they refer to planning applications. • Fully completed the planning application? • Copy of the site notice and plan showing its position on site? • Submitted sufficient site survey details? • Calculated the cost of your development contributions that will be due? • Copies of the Site Layout Plan at not less than 1:500 scale? • Copies of drawings of floor plans at not less than 1:200 scale? • Copies of drawings of all elevations at not less than 1:200 scale? • Submitted sufficient information to demonstrate the scale and orientation of the building in relation to any neighbours (including contiguous elevations as appropriate)? • Submitted sufficient details of proposed building materials? • Submitted required information for renewable energy applications? • Submitted an EPA Site Suitability Assessment Report, including trial hole layout plan and proposed wastewater treatment layout plan? • A schedule listing all plans, maps and drawings? • The appropriate planning fee? Further Details/Information 1. Obtain a planning pack from the county council offices - Civic Offices, Clonmel or Civic Offices, Nenagh, Co. Tipperary. Telephone: +353(0)761 065000 9.30 - 4.30 Mon-Fri. 2. Make an appointment for a pre-planning consultation at the main planning office if you consider it necessary. Telephone: +353(0)761 065000 9.30 - 4.30 Mon-Fri.

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   TIPPERARY COUNTY DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 – 2028 VOLUME 3 43 3. The County has many designated areas for environmental protection, e.g. Special Areas of Conservation (SACs), Special Protection Areas (SPAs) and Natural Heritage Areas (NHAs), as well as designations for heritage protection such as Architectural Conservation Areas (ACAs) and Protected Structures. There are also numerous archaeological sites listed as Recorded Monuments for protection. Refer to the County Development plan for further detail at www.tipperarycoco.ie. 4. Lists of suitably experienced Architects are available from the RIAI www.riai.ie 5. Refer to the requirements of: 6. Sustainable Rural Housing – Guidelines for Planning Authorities, DoEHLG April 2005, 7. The National Roads Authority (NRA) ‘ Policy Statement on Development Management and Access to National Roads’ May 2006. 8. Any Planning Application for a new single dwelling (where not served by public sewer mains) must be accompanied by a Site Suitability Assessment Report, in accordance with the Environmental Protection Agency Wastewater Treatment Manuals. The site assessments are carried out by private operators who are screened by the Council’s Environment Department - an up-to-date list of approved assessors is available from Tipperary County Council Planning Department. 9. Refer to the Sustainable Authority of Ireland (SEAI) for information on sustainable building design and technologies – www.seai.ie, details on planning exemptions for renewable energy technologies are available at www.seai.ie/Renewables/Microgeneration/Conditional_Planning_Exemptions/ 10. Obtain a detailed survey of the site and its immediate surroundings showing contours; vegetation; boundaries; existing structures; historical or archaeological features; all pipes, septic tanks, wells, percolation areas, etc.; roads, rights of way and access tracks; water courses and wetlands; soil types and land drainage characteristics. 11. The OSI provides detailed mapping for planning applications. 12. See OPW flood risk data at www.floodrisk.ie. 13. The Planning and Development Regulations 2007 (as amended) make specific provision for exemptions from planning for renewable energy installations. 14. In the event that you need to appeal a decision on your planning application or on a planning application that directly affects you, please refer to An Bord Pleanála at www.plenala.ie.

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   Civic Offices Clonmel, Co. Tipperary Civic Offices Nenagh, Co. Tipperary Telephone +353 (0) 818 06 5000 Opening Hours 9.30 - 4.30 Mon-Fri Email [email protected] Contact

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