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Best of Houzz
We’re thrilled to share that Fingal Planning Consultants are a Best of Houzz 2023 winner! We’re so proud of this and honoured to be...
Feb 15, 20231 min read
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EV chargers for all new houses
The Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage, Darragh O’Brien, has signed new Building Regulations (S.I. 535 of 2022) into law...
Nov 11, 20221 min read
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€2,400 grant for solar PV for your business, farm, school.....
The Non-Domestic Microgen Grant (NDMG) provides financial assistance to help businesses and other sectors to install solar PV panels to...
Sep 30, 20221 min read
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Rules for solar panels to be relaxed
Planning permission exemptions for solar panels on homes and other buildings are proposed. Houses regardless of location, will soon be...
Jun 17, 20222 min read
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Draft Fingal County Development Plan
Fingal County Council have published their Draft Development Plan 2023-2029 today. At first viewing it lacks ambition in the middle of a...
Feb 24, 20221 min read
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New Retrofit grant, what does it mean for you?
Good news this week that grants of more than €25,000 will be offered to householders to help pay for deep retrofits of their homes as...
Feb 11, 20221 min read
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Stages of Work.....what we do & how we do it
Stage 1 - Client Briefing The first stage of a project includes the following: Site visit & carry out an initial appraisal. Provide...
Dec 10, 20213 min read
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A Guide to Attic Conversions....
Do you know that you can convert your attic into a space you can live in? That's the good news, the bad news is that, most likely, it...
Nov 22, 20212 min read
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A Guide to House Extensions…...
Some of your most common questions answered: How much does an extension cost? You should allow €2,000 - €2,500+VAT/m2 for your house...
Nov 5, 20212 min read
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Planning rules in Meath for one-off housing to remain unchanged....
Councillors voted heavily to reject recommendation which would introduce restrictions on the building of one-off houses in rural Meath....
Sep 25, 20213 min read
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Fingal Development Plan Review, where we are at...
We are getting a lot of enquiries about the current review of the Fingal Development Plan, this is what we know: The Fingal Development...
Sep 23, 20211 min read
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Galway house voted Ireland’s favourite building
A house in County Galway has been unveiled as the public’s choice in the Irish Architecture Awards 2021. The Royal Institute of the...
Jul 10, 20211 min read
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Can I ask you a question......
Can I build an extension to my house without having to seek planning permission? The construction of an extension does not generally...
Mar 1, 20213 min read
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Rural Housing, it doesn't have to end in failure
A comment we get all the time is that it's impossible to get granted permission for a house in the countryside because of the Rural...
Feb 16, 20211 min read
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Houzz it's going.....
Fingal Planning Consultants Awarded Best Of Houzz 2021 Coveted annual award highlights home renovation and design professionals with top...
Jan 27, 20211 min read
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Planning system delaying efforts to meet housing demand
Problems with the country's planning system are causing significant delays in the delivery of new homes, a new report from the Irish...
Jan 21, 20212 min read
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Here we go again....
Non-essential construction to cease at 6pm on Friday The Cabinet has decided that non-essential construction will stop at 6pm on Friday...
Jan 6, 20211 min read
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Out of an abundance of caution....
In light of the most recent Government advice regarding COVID-19, the offices of Fingal Planning Consultants will be closed to members of...
Oct 8, 20201 min read
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Would you build a house without planning permission?
We often get asked what can happen if we just build without getting planning permission? We came across this story recently, while it...
Sep 29, 20202 min read
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For he's a jolly good Fellow....
Top of my To Do List during lockdown was to upgrade my CABE membership to Fellow, delighted to get this in the post recently
Sep 7, 20201 min read
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