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Me, clearly an idiot: “Well, there’s a housing crisis in #Ireland so maybe one idea is to try to buy some land and erect an energy-efficient modular home on it; should also be minimally invasive…”
Ireland: Well, here’s the thing, this is local land for local people (in many places you can only buy land if you’re a local – and we’re talking “been here a few generations” local… EU freedom of establishment… feck that…) Oh, also, if you want a modular home, good luck securing a mortgage for it…
@aral@mastodon.ar.al Is it like this across all of Ireland?
@Conatusprinciple Not everywhere. But lots of places. Seems Wicklow, especially, is terrible for it.
@aral @Conatusprinciple it's in the development plan that development happens in certain areas, usually towns/villages. exceptions built into the development plan (for locals , people working the land etc) are where they're fudging things. In Wicklow, the planners will not speak to individuals before, during, or after your application, & approvals/refusals are delayed til just before the deadline. So simple back&forth takes years. In co Wexford,you can speak directly to planners, no waiting