Creative solutions to ensure your property is not overlooked 

We all value a sense of privacy in our back gardens. Planning exemptions are loosening in the coming months. This may pique the anxiety of householders who feel the rear of their homes will be open to greater scrutiny, especially from above. 

According to the government (although a tranche of new exemptions is still in play), a new exemption "will provide for extension via the addition of a dormer roof box and/or roof light on the principal dwelling” (Gov.ie/April 21, 2026). 

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