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Is pre-planning the key to helping ease frustrations?
Jacqueline Hogge
In week three of our series, we look at the mixed feelings about the need for pre-planning meetings when trying to build a rural home which suggest greater transparency and consistency is important.
12 February 2025 Features
‘The planning process is a complete joke. The whole thing is a money spinner’
Environmental restrictions are often a stumbling block to those trying to build a one-off home, frustrating people who want to stay in their own locality, and contributing to a declining population.
5 February 2025 Features
Support for rural housing rings hollow as planning continues to thwart families
A new eight-week series on building a house in rural Ireland begins with Irish Country Living looking at all the factors that farming families need to consider when planning a home.