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HomeMy WebLinkAbout25104 - F.I. Received Doc.Appendix 15 Monaghan Local Authorities Rural Housing Needs Form (RH 1 Form) Instructions This form should be completed and submitted as part of a planning application for all rural houses within Rural Areas Under Strong Urban Influence as defined in the Monaghan County Development Plan 2019-2025 and indicated on Maps 2.2-2.5. Such areas include: 1. Areas around Monaghan Town (Map 2.2) 2. Areas around Carrickmacross (Map 2.3) 3. Areas around Castleblayney (Map 2.4) 4. Areas around Clones (Map 2.5) Please answer all the questions relevant to the application. This form, and associated documentation, will be used to assess eligibility under the provisions of the development plan (Policy RSP 2 - Rural Areas Under Strong Urban Influence). Before completing this form you are advised to study the relevant provisions of the Monaghan County Development Plan 2019-2025 and in particular Section 2.8.1 which sets out policy in relation to rural housing needs. It is in the applicant's interest to provide as much information as possible. If there are additional facts which are considered relevant and are not addressed in the application form, you can include these on a separate sheet. It should be noted that any information supplied will be included in the planning file and will be available to the public to view. You are advised that the purpose of the foregoing form is to assist the Planning Authority to determine your eligibility for a dwelling in certain defined rural areas in the county. It is a general form applicable to all restricted areas in which it is necessary to substantiate a housing need. Section 1 General Information 1. Name of the proposed adult for whom the rural housing need is being established. (This should be the same as the name under which the application has been submitted. A person 18 years of age and over will be considered to be an adult. Documentary evidence to establish this fact may be requested.) 2. Applicant's Current Address .................................................................................... ................ ?.:.... ................................................................ 3. Application site address .............I............. n4 �....... -9..i.............................................................................. ................................>.................................................................................................. ........................................................................................................................................................................... 4. Indicate on an OS sheet the location of your current residence in relation to the proposed dwelling. If it is not possible to include your current and proposed dwelling on the same map, then both should be provided on separate maps. Please also provide address(es) and distance between the above in kilometres. OS Sheet Included: ' 5. Indicate on an OS sheet the location of the family home in relation to the proposed dwelling. If it is not possible to include the family home and proposed dwelling on the same map, then both should be provided on separate maps. Please also provide address(es) and distance between the above in kilometres. OS Sheet Included: B ................................11a .....M. ........ !caaw. ..... ..............? .........................................................................................................................................I....I........... Section 2 Development Plan Policies 6. Into which category of Local Need (see table below) is it considered that the occupants of the proposed dwelling house would comply with? (Please tick) Category of Applicant Documents Required Documents (Policy RSP 2) Submitted (Please tick) (a) Where the applicant is a • Land Registry Certificate and landholding landowner, or where the dwelling maps showing the full landholding. is for a member of his/her • Details of the actual total area of land owned immediate family. (in hectares). e^ �zw5L�W �gq�rt"� • Evidence of when the land was purchased / acquired. , • Where the applicant is not the landowner, a NBC 6'-' letter outlining the relationship between the r-� �►�4�ctt�i, landowner and the applicant signed by the QVbC^S applicant and landowner concerned. The b N ( �1(OC�� document should be witnessed and stamped by a solicitor. ,,% (b) Where the dwelling is for an • Details of all places of residence over the last individual who has lived in the 10 years. local rural area for a minimum • If returning to an area where you had period of five years prior to the previously lived, provide details of previous date of submission of a planning places of residences. application. • Proof of residence in the local area for a five- year period e.g. Letter from school, church, birth/baptismal records, utility bills. Note: Map is also required showing current / previous local residence (c) Where the dwelling is • Details of the principal occupation. required to meet the needs of a • Place of work. person working in an established • Name and address of employer. rural based agricultural, commercial, industrial or other Map must be submitted indicating location of enterprise in the local area, where the person derives his/her employment in relation to the application site. main income from that activity, or by a member of his/her • Substantiated proof that main income is immediate family. Such derived from the rural based circumstances may also include agricultural, commercial, industrial such persons whose work is enterprise e.g. audited accounts from intrinsically linked to the local accountant. rural area (such as teachers in • Background information outlining reason rural schools). employment should be considered as intrinsically linked to the local rural area. (d) Where the dwelling is to . Proof that they or their spouse were facilitate a retiring farmer, where involved in farming. the applicant last worked . Townlands of the lands farmed. principally as a farmer in the local • Area of lands farmed (ha). area, or by a widow or widower • Period during which these lands were of someone who last worked farmed. principally as a farmer in the local area. • Substantiated proof that main income was derived from the agricultural enterprise e.g. audited accounts from accountant. Map must be submitted indicating lands previously farmed and outlined on map in blue, even where these lands have now been disposed of. (e) The dwelling is required to • Submission of a statement of justification facilitate site -specific and explaining what genuine hardship would compelling special domestic or result in the absence of planning permission personal circumstances, where being granted. genuine hardship would result if planning permission were Because of the individual and varied refused. In these circumstances circumstances behind each application it is not the onus will be placed on the possible to offer comprehensive guidance. applicant to justify why other alternative solutions, such as a Consequently, it would be advisable to contact house extension, granny flat or the Planning Authority to discuss the situation mobile home, cannot be and criteria/information to be submitted in considered. regard to this exception. (f) The dwelling is to replace an • Specific dates of when the dwelling was last existing dwelling, where the occupied. dwelling to be replaced; was in • Substantive proof of when the dwelling was use or last used as a dwelling; has last occupied e.g. utility bills/bank statement not been changed to a dwelling etc. from another use without planning permission; has not been vacant for a period in excess of 10 years prior to the date of submission of a planning application; shall exhibit all the essential characteristics of a habitable dwelling house and shall be reasonably intact. (g) The sympathetic change of use of a protected structure or a non -protected vernacular building (where the building is an important element in the landscape or of local, architectural or historic merit) into residential use, where this secures its upkeep and survival, and the character and architectural or historic interest of the building would be preserved or enhanced. Proposals for a change of use should incorporate details of all intended alterations to the building and its cartilage to demonstrate their effect on its appearance, character and setting. (h) Where the dwelling is for an • Details of all places of residence over the last emigrant who is returning to the 10 years. local area, where he/she had • If returning to an area where you had previously lived for a minimum previously lived, provide details of previous period of 5 continuous years. places of residence. • Proof of residence in the local area for a five- year period e.g. Letter from school, church, birth/baptismal records, utility bills. • Map indicating previous residence of applicant. • Land registry map and folio number indicating lands in family ownership, even where those lands have now been disposed of. A Landowner is defined as an individual with a minimum landholding in the local rural area of 2 hectares (5 acres), which he or she has owned for a minimum period of 5 years prior to the date of submission of a planning application. Immediate family is considered to be a sibling, son or daughter or adopted child of the landowner. Where the landowner's children) have resided outside the state or N. Ireland for a minimum continuous period of 10 years or where the landowner has no children, a niece/nephew may be considered a landowner's family member. A local area is defined as being within a radius of 4 kilometres. A rural area is defined as outside the defined development limits of a settlement. 7. Have you submitted a certified copy of the land registry map and accompanying folio map showing all land in the ownership of the applicant? Yes 1EV No ❑ (Please note that a map of the entire landholding from which the site is taken must be submitted and not just the field in question. Failure to submit this information will result in delays with the processing of this application.) Are you aware that in the event that planning permission is granted an occupancy condition will be applied and in some cases a Section 47 agreement in accordance with the Act (Planning & Development Acts 2000-2010) restricting residency to the applicant for a period of 7 years, will be attached? Yes Q No ❑ I hereby declare that the information contained in this form is correct Signature: `(�f 44,0 + QNS4J Applicant: S.+�Wv41PC __so�f Date: c .0 (i) The giving of false or misleading information or failure to complete the form accurately and in full will result in delays with the processing of this application. (ii) Before completing this form you are advised to study the relevant provisions of the Monaghan County Development Plan (2019-2025) and in particular Section 2.8.1 Rural Areas Under Strong Urban Influence which sets out policy in relation to housing needs.