Hugh Wallace has finally been given the green light for changes made to his Dublin home… after the matter!
Dublin City Council has approved an application by the Home of the Year star and his husband Martin Corbett for planning permission to be granted retrospectively for work carried out on their house in Portobello.
However, Mr Wallace wasn’t granted planning permission for increasing the height of the ridge of the roof by 300mm to 8.2m, designed to provide more headroom for storage areas in the attic.
DCC said this was due to the detail not being outlined in a statutory notice, despite being referenced in drawings and a cover letter. The TV personality will now need to submit a separate planning application for retention permission.
Per plans approved in 2021, Mr Wallace already raised the height of the roof from 7.1m to 7.9m.
Mr Wallace is hoping to regularise all ‘deviations’ from original plans after building work on the site commenced in April 2021.
DCC has accepted that most of the changes made at ground-floor level were ‘minor in nature’, but one room had been changed from a sitting room to a bedroom.
It had some concerns about the additional bedroom as the property already had very limited private amenity space, boasting only a small 20 sq m courtyard.
The official guidelines outline that the minimum private open space standard for two-bedroom houses at 30 sq m, and 40 sq m for a three-bedroom house.
Council planners have accepted that ‘on balance’ the reduced amenity space was acceptable at the Portobello property ‘given the high-quality living environment provided within the renovated house and the central urban location with access to areas of public open space as an amenity’.
No objections were made to Mr Wallace’s application for retention permission; He and his husband are required to pay a development contribution of €2,015 to the local authority towards public infrastructure and facilities as a condition.
Mr Wallace and Mr Corbett bought the Dublin property in 2020 for €300,000 after it was damaged by fire.
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