State's new plan to discourage one-off housing
There have been 182,000 one-off houses built in the countryside over the last 15 years
Minister for Housing Eoghan Murphy is planning to reduce one-off housing by getting people to build on serviced sites in towns and villages instead.
There have been 182,000 one-off houses built in the countryside over the last 15 years, which has accelerated the decline in populations in rural towns and villages.
But under the draft 20-year planning framework, the government is going to designate sites for ‘self builds’ in small towns and villages which have connections to...
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