Building an earthship in Ireland

18 comments

1. Planning permission

2. Is this some kind of space-ship that doesn’t actually go to space?

3. I can’t be the only thinking what the fook is an earth ship ?

4. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Earthship

5. Can’t see that project getting off the ground..

6. You are going to need planning permission and meet building regulations

7. Pretty cool idea. I’d say planning permission might be needed.

8. Planning laws are very restrictive here, people getting shot down for perfectly fine houses over bs reasons, what chance has an earthship whatever that is.

9. Yes, more than a normal house in fact.

10. You’ll need to clear it through planning permission. If you read the papers though it looks like a little brown envelope will let you build whatever the fuck ya want. Those Feckers

11. Your going to need planning permission and meet current building regulations

12. You will need planning permission . Your building a structure so you need permission to build

13. Don’t many earth ships cost more of a carbon foot print than an ordinary home?

    Some are monstrosities.

    You’d need planning permission OP.

14. I’d be interested to know if it’s even legal to build a structure intended for living in but not connected to mains water or power. I don’t think you’d progress through the planning stages without those things in place.

15. You won’t get planning. Earthships, like many alternate dwellings do not meet irish building regs. You could make a sort if earthshippish house. but it has to meet regs If you want to produce your own water/power then its really unlikely you will get pp.

    This is not a coincidence btw housing crises are hard work to make and maintain.

16. You will need planning permission, and a typical earthship design is unlikely to conform to the local council’s design standards (which are often very strict for rural houses; [have a look at Limerick’s standards](https://www.limerick.ie/sites/default/files/rural_design_advice_for_individual_houses_july_2012.pdf) as an example, but you’ll find similar guidelines in every county…), so you probably won’t get it.

17. I’ve investigated this question myself and it seems that an Earthship would be nearly impossible to get planning permission for. Something similar that you can get permission for is cob houses. So you might look into that instead.

18. If it’s cool or interesting it’s not allowed