Circumstances Under Which One-off Housing May Be Encouraged
Local authorities often allow one-off developments where they meet some of the following criteria:
- The applicant intends to farm the surrounding land
- The applicant's parents own the land in question and are farmers
- The applicant commits not to sell the house for a number of years
- The applicant was born in the local area
- The local area is suffering from depopulation
- The applicant intends to work in the local area and not use the house as a base to commute to a city.
According to Minister Éamon Ó Cuív, 80% of applications for one-off housing are approved.
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