Re: Re: 1st FLOOR PLANNING EXEMPTIONS

Well done ONG for making the effort and for trying to clear up the waffle and misinformation being peddled on this thread.
(Just a note- Planners also allow the bin store area to be included in the P.O.S. calculation for apartment developments).

It is clear that some who have posted do not have planning experience and have difficulty recognising differences in terminology, such as the difference between terms like “private property” (land under private ownership, eg. the front garden of a house) and “Private Open Space”, (a planning term referring to spatial amenity associated with residential developments, required and defined by Local Authorities under instruction from the Department of the Environment).

People here may debate until the cows come home about what is or what is not P.O.S. – At the end of the day, the Dept. of Environment/Local Authority defines P.O.S. in general terms in Development Plans and in specific terms, if need be, when assessing residential planning applications.

Those asserting that front gardens constitute P.O.S.- hey- make the planning application. Set a pecedent. Be the exception to the rule. Design that house with it’s arse hanging over a cliff and tell us how you got the permission.
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