Development contribution scheme for new houses - post the rate for your County

muffler

Just to kick this off I would welcome details from other users as to the rates involved and how they are determined for their respective counties. Post the details but refrain from dragging this off to a Q & A session.

In Donegal the level of contribution is determined by the house size. The starting rate 3 years ago (will amend later to present rate) was as follows:

up to 160 m2 = €2600
160 m2 - 200 m2 = €3600
200 mt and over = €5400.

If water supply was private (group scheme, well etc) then a discount of €1800 was applied.

Edit: Post the fees/rates - Do not start asking questions about "what should I pay" or my cousin only paid €xxxx in the same county. Off topic posts will be deleted and users either yellow or red carded.

squire1

Kildare County Council

Residential
Roads €5945
Water €4434 exempt if on group scheme or own well
Waste Water €3226 exempt if on own treatment system
Surface Water €1022
Recreation €2586
Community €585

Total €18,000 moe or less.

Originally the price was scaled by size of building but now I think it is a fixed price of all size residential properties. Someone who dealt with it more recently might confirm.

limerickbuild

County Limerick.

Water connection with council- 750 for scheme run by council.

Residential Development
Water - 1094
Roads - 1860
Community and Public infrastructure & facilities - 1094
4047 per house up to 200 SQ Meters.

Every sq meter is charged at rate of 18.50.

LINK TO THE WEBSITE ->
http://www.lcc.ie/NR/rdonlyres/50E6496D-7363-4A75-B029-7FDEC48E23A9/0/DevelopmentContributionSchemeFebruary2005.pdf

paulocon

Wow..... 18k!!!!!

Will be interesting to see can anyone beat that...

squire1

paulocon wrote:

Wow..... 18k!!!!!

Will be interesting to see can anyone beat that...

Wait 'till someone posts the charges in Wicklow

sunnysoutheast

Waterford County Council

Latest per sq.m. (permission granted >Jan 2007)

Roads €6.06 < 150m²
€12.12 thereafter
Water Supply €12.12
Waste Water €18.18 (where applicable)
Surface Water(where applicable) €12.12 (where applicable)
Community €6.06

Jollyman

<SNIP>
Completely off the mark.

You're new here so a yellow card in this instance.

muffler

sunnysoutheast wrote:

Waterford County Council

Latest per sq.m. (permission granted >Jan 2007)

Roads €6.06 < 150m²
€12.12 thereafter
Water Supply €12.12
Waste Water €18.18 (where applicable)
Surface Water(where applicable) €12.12 (where applicable)
Community €6.06

Can you confirm that the above figures are per square metre

fatboymsport

i have to pay 14,700 in kildare for a 2700 sq ft dormer.

its a rip off.

bbam

Hi..
3200sq feet in Cavan, we're paying €2590, we're supplying our own water and waste services. Being from Cavan I think even this is too much..:rolleyes: . as for that charge in Kildare..:eek: :eek:
Cheers,
Bam

sunnysoutheast

yep - the Waterford Co Co figures are per square metre

AckwelFoley

7000 total in Roscommon, similar in westmeath.

muffler

snyper wrote:

7000 total in Roscommon, similar in westmeath.

Do the figures vary at all with different size houses?

AckwelFoley

Muffler, im not certain, but as far as i know they dont.

I have just had a trawal of the roscommoncoco website and have seen figures betweeen 5K & 14K

€5,420 seems to be standard price for single dwellings ( off mains sewerage)
€6,110 with mains sewerage.


We paid about 4.5K four years ago
edit: remove crappy formatting

bakerbhoy

sunnysoutheast wrote:

Waterford County Council

Latest per sq.m. (permission granted >Jan 2007)

Roads €6.06 < 150m²
€12.12 thereafter
Water Supply €12.12
Waste Water €18.18 (where applicable)
Surface Water(where applicable) €12.12 (where applicable)
Community €6.06

My grant was in april for 200sq meters. €2424
Contributions roads 1212 €6.06 x 200
Maybe because of existing entrance the secondary rate wasn't applied.
community 1212 €6.06 x 200

Providing own well and waste system

the magician

Just finished a self build in Santry Dublin.
We built two houses one for myself and my Fiance(3 bed dormer bungalow 1400 sq.ft)
and one for my parents(2 storey 4 bed 2200 sq ft)


Dublin city Council charged us:

Development contribution: €27,400

Water : €1500

Mains sewerage and surface water: €16,900

(original quote was €19,400 but we manage to get them down.Took them 2 weeks to connect, the distance of which was approx 10metres from our soil pipes.

Had a full crew outside the houses for 2 weeks. Probably would have done it in 2 days except they sat on our front wall drinking tea and reading the paper for the most part(not exaggerating).

And to top it all off they want €4,500 :eek: to dish the footpath for 3 driveway entrances.(front of mine and a front and side entrance for parents)

This was split per house.
Pretty much took every bit of cash we had left at the end of the build.

Needless to say we're in the process of trying to appeal the charges but i won't hold my breath.

pubpub

Westmeath


Open Spaces: €882.00 per unit/m2

Roads, Car Parking etc €882.00 per unit/m2



Total €1,764.00


Feel very lucky reading the other replies. Obviously we have to dig our well for water etc.

roots982

snyper wrote: »

7000 total in Roscommon, similar in westmeath.

any loop holes where by fees do not have to be payed

smashey

roots982 wrote: »

any loop holes where by fees do not have to be payed

No.

Read the charter.

Infracted.

sinnerboy

the revised rates effective from 1/1/’08 are:

€14,477.89 per unit of residential class of development -
( irrespective of size )

€ 125.90 per square metre of development -for Domestic extensions which are non exempted development and AND per m2 extensions which exceed 40m2 ( payable on excess of 40m2 )
eg permission for 50m2 extension- contribution is ( 50 -40 ) = 10 x 125.90 , €1,259.00

CamperMan

squire1 wrote: »

Kildare County Council

Residential
Roads €5945
Water €4434 exempt if on group scheme or own well
Waste Water €3226 exempt if on own treatment system
Surface Water €1022
Recreation €2586
Community €585

Roads €5945.... what do you pay your vehicle road tax for??? seems harsh to stiff people with such an excessive charge like this....

sydthebeat

Co. Laois

Table 4. Levels of Contribution (Rounded)
RESIDENTIAL AND INDUSTRIAL/COMMERCIAL DEVELOPMENT

Class of Infrastructure € Per Residential Unit 2007

A

Roads, car parking, infrastructure to
facilitate public transport, cycle and
pedestrian facilities and traffic calming
measures

€1161

B

Water treatment facilities and water mains

€1742

C

Wastewater treatment facilities, sewers and
drains.

€2323

D

Provision of open spaces, recreational and
community facilities, amenities and
landscaping works, town and village
improvements, communications
infrastructure.

€581

TOTAL €5807

sinnerboy

Co Meath have a complex table for this - and it varies around the county

but an approx summary is contrributions vary between €11.5K ( for 95m2 ) to
€16.5k (200m2+)

Anyone who needs more details , go to this link

http://www.meath.ie/LocalAuthorities/Planning/DevelopmentContributions/

muffler

CamperMan wrote: »

Roads €5945.... what do you pay your vehicle road tax for??? seems harsh to stiff people with such an excessive charge like this....

You're new here so I will let you go with a yellow card. Read the first post - no debate on this issue. Post the rates only.

muffler

Im glad I pulled this up for another thread as it gives us an opportunity of updating the fees.

I dont have the exact figures at hand but from March 1st the new rates (approx.) for rural and urban areas will be:

up to 160 m2 = €3100
160 m2 - 200 m2 = €4100
200 mt2 and over = €6500.

€1800 discount applied if water is from a private source and if using main sewer theres an additional €2500

Edit: The above figures are the correct rates.

gibo_ie

I thought this was already a sticky here but couldnt find it.
Anyway here are the planning fees just recieved from Louth County Council (Feb 08):

-Road Improvements €2432
-Water €1625
-Sewerage €2789
-Surface Water €1625
-Community, Rec & Am €1625

So all in per house it cost = €10,096 -- Nice ehh. I know that this is not huge compared to some counties but also in my conditions is that surface water must be disposed of via soak pits on site, so why charge me €1625 also?? My Arch told me to question this.

Anyway any more counties could be added with 2008 prices.

muffler

gibo_ie wrote: »

I thought this was already a sticky here but couldnt find it.
Anyway here are the planning fees just recieved from Louth County Council (Feb 08):

-Road Improvements €2432
-Water €1625
-Sewerage €2789
-Surface Water €1625
-Community, Rec & Am €1625

So all in per house it cost = €10,096 -- Nice ehh. I know that this is not huge compared to some counties but also in my conditions is that surface water must be disposed of via soak pits on site, so why charge me €1625 also?? My Arch told me to question this.

Anyway any more counties could be added with 2008 prices.

There is a thread here so i will move this post to it.

gibo_ie

muffler wrote: »

There is a thread here so i will move this post to it.

Cheers, thought it was under the construction & planning but couldnt see it or search, anyways here it is...

snellers

Wexford CC have a range of charges scaled on the size of property

Ranges from:

4500 euro for <150m2
7000 euro for >150m2 & <220m2
12000 euro for >220m2

gorey more expensive for smaller property

8000 euro <150m2
10,000 euro >150m2 & <220m2
12,000 euro >220m2

even higher prices for property built within the Wexford town and environs development plan:

10,500 euro <150m2
12,000 euro >150m2 & <220m2
14,000 euro >220mm2

danyosan

someone mentioned earlier "wait till you see what wicklow charges", well here it is.

For a rural development of 249 sqm, our own well, sewerage etc, not connecting to any mains whatsoever, its €8400 plus €2000 bond for tree planting etc.

If we had been 1 sqm larger (We were so we got rid of a press !) it was €10,500.

Breaks my heart seeing the rates for other counties.

archtech

South Tipp's revised rates which come into effect from March 1st are up 5.3% on last year.

Water 8.67/sq.m
Roads 16.66/sq.m
Recreation and community 14.14/sq.m

where public waste water drainage is available its an additional 22.90 /sq.m on top of the above.

Contributions for extensions only apply for each sq.m above 40sq.m.

reilig

€1830 in total for a 2000 square foot house in County Leitrim.
Providing our own sewerage system.
Connection to a local private water scheme is €1200.
Not bad

pete6296

550 for a 2800 sq. ft in Galway County
Own Sewerage System
1200 for water scheme

Pete

Slates

House and Garage(267.2m²) in Kilkenny , Private well and Wastewater treatment = €5537

bb12

fingal co co.

€154 per sq. metre....is there anywhere more expensive than this?

200sqm house = €30,800

smashey

bb12 wrote: »

fingal co co.

€154 per sq. metre....is there anywhere more expensive than this?

200sqm house = €30,800

:eek::eek:

I got one out this morning for a client in Donegal.

260 sq metre house

€6500.

He is using a private well.

hiscan

3000 sq ft e500 in galway county,planning on the site since 2002
own sewerage and well

unclebill98

5000 square ft.

2500.

Cavan.

grassynoel

Offaly

Paid €1180 last year for a one off private build in the country. Waste water treatment Unit and a Private Group water Scheme. Connection to this will cost another €1500.

Updated total fees on current Council website are

€5300 per residential unit
€35/m2 Floor area for Commercial or Residential Units.

I think these are for Developers doing Housing Schemes etc.

Getting the Percolation test would be another interesting addition to this thread. In Offaly you have the holes dug and prepared and the Environment Section of the Council come and inspect for a fee of €200. Waste water Treatment system is mandatory in Offaly irrespective of the results of the Percolation Tests.

mrs aol

€4600 for 3500sqf house in Co. Cork -own well and treatment system. (got an extra bill few weeks later for €332 cos we paid when starting to build - about 10months after getting permission - my own fault cos I thought we had a year to pay before fine.)

where's the thread to discuss issues?

smashey

mrs aol wrote: »

where's the thread to discuss issues?

That'll be the planning issues thread.

leprechaun1916

Building a house in Cork County 2800sq foot have to pay 9620 euros for diddley squat.

My sister in law built a house last year same size approx and she paid 3500 euros, the only difference is water supply, she has to sink a well, I have mains which I have to pay to get connected myself.
6000euros for water, thats alot for water.

We will all end up paying for it as we use it anyway as the EU will get their way on it now that they have had it metered.

muffler

leprechaun1916 wrote: »

Building a house in Cork County 2800sq foot have to pay 9620 euros for diddley squat.

My sister in law built a house last year same size approx and she paid 3500 euros, the only difference is water supply, she has to sink a well, I have mains which I have to pay to get connected myself.
6000euros for water, thats alot for water.

We will all end up paying for it as we use it anyway as the EU will get their way on it now that they have had it metered.

Careful now!

From the opening post in this thread:

muffler wrote: »

Edit: Post the fees/rates - Do not start asking questions about "what should I pay" or my cousin only paid €xxxx in the same county. Off topic posts will be deleted and users either yellow or red carded.

As you are new here we will let it go at that.

leprechaun1916

Apologies,

That'll teach me to read the Post headers.

muffler

leprechaun1916 wrote: »

Apologies,

That'll teach me to read the Post headers.

No problems.:)

Just a wee reminder that everyone should read the opening post in any thread and if they are new here they should also have a read at the charter which is stickied on the front page - it only takes a minute or so.

clarebuild

County Clare:

Single Private Dwelling: €585.70 "in respect of public infrastructure and facilities".

We have a private well and waste water treatment system. Not sure if this contribution is based on size of dwelling or what, but as a guide our house will be 3500 sq ft.

Thank God we are not building in Kildare. Had heard previously the Kildare rate but did not believe it until I saw for myself.

SillyMonkey

Co. Carlow

Just got my second reminder in the door yesterday. It's 2,413.04 euros. House is 196M2, I have to sink my own well and provide a treatment sysytem. Thank god I don't live in Kildare

foxfordbuild

Co Mayo

€ 358 Amenities & such
€ 2,000 "Deposit" for Road
€ 2,500 Water connection (includes road crossing)

gummibear

Rural (very) West waterford
237 sq m dormer bungalow
Private well and waste treatment
Community Charge 1438.77
Roads 1968.53
Total: €3407.30

muffler

Thanks for that gummibear. I will bump this now and again so as we can compare rates around the country.