Couple Ordered to Demolish House - any update?

seems you are only asking the made up questions by the murrays.

They KNEW the land was sterilised from development. If they didn't they were very very stupid by not doing a very basic planning search.

They got rejected for their circa 3,000 sq ft house (not massive by rural standards) and then procced to build a gigantic 6,200sq ft house as a very pointed and direct 2 fingers at all planning law.

If they had built a more modest home - possibly at some point it would have got accepted by the court of ABP, but building something over 6,000 sq ft in direct contravention of every planning law out there and then to continue to stick two fingers up at the system, meant they were never going to win.

Arrogance never pays off

Here's the original court hearing https://www.rte.ie/news/2010/0629/132767-murray/

Reading it, you can see where the judge might have permitted it if it was more in tune with the locality and a more modest size.

Driven to it my arse. They didn't just ignore that their planning permission was rejected, they pissed all over it building a house twice the size of what they applied for.

The funny thing is if they had just built an average bungalow they'd have garnered some sympathy from people.

He must have been done savage well to be able to afford build a house like that as a plumber.

Lads, will you let me when the Councils start "compromising" on illegal developments. Have a few grand potential sites here and family members who can't, and won't, get planning permission.

I can have the diggers ready to do the groundwork as soon it's established that obtaining pp is irrelevant because we can "compromise" after they are built.

But...but....I thought he was a poor plumber.....on hard times that only wanted to build a 3000ft2 dwelling to cover his head and his family...that ended up being an 6000ft2 mansion illegally , and wasn't it to solve the housing crisis ,they once said.....🤔

He was a plumber and built the house 2006/2007. I've no doubt he was probably able to self-fund most of it himself at the time.

He was a poor plumber by the time it got to the courts due to recession, and the fact that not only would they have to knock the house (and get no money for it), but even trying to sell the site you'd be doing it when everyone knows you can't build on it so wouldn't get as much for it.

Not saying I feel any sympathy, but there was definitely a wild swing in his fortunes from the time he built to the time it got to courts.

Thats as may be but don't forget about the massive extensions they built after the financial crash and during the time the Council had began enforcement proceedings.

They were no more financially ruined by the recession than Bill Gates. That's just an excuse. Revenue might be a good start to have a root around.

Are there houses going unsold/unheated? Where.

There are many reasons for housing shortages, saying the building of one off large houses out in the countryside is one of the reasons for it is a unique perspective.

Over in the UK, another one - 90 Million new Apartment block in London requested to be demolished just after opening because - mainly - because well it looks ugly (to what was planned) - and its not wheelchair accessible…
https://www.bbc.com/news/uk-england-london-66934296
https://www.newsshopper.co.uk/news/24475529.mast-quay-phase-ii-residents-want-block-plans-scrapped/

No.

Where are these applications that they were rejected on and other approved? Can you link to them?
I highly doubt there was a conspiracy agaisnt them like you are claiming.

The legal restriction exists. Why do you think it doesn't

Different country, different laws and different processes and procedures.