Pubs can be converted into homes without planning permission

For the conversion of former pubs into a home, the pub’s license must have lapsed and a limit of nine residential units can be produced under an exempted development. Picture: Larry Cummins

The conversion of pubs into homes will no longer need planning permission after new rules were signed into law.

Housing Minister Darragh O'Brien on Friday signed planning regulations that will exempt the conversion of former pubs into residential units.