Rural TDs are calling for planning permission for log cabins to be scrapped so the wooden buildings can be used for housing in the middle of a crisis.
The Rural Independents group in the Dáil are calling for a relaxation of the planning laws to ”unlock the potential of sustainable log cabins” as places for people to live, and are calling for “immediate action” from housing minister, Darragh O’Brien.
Speaking from his constituency in Tipperary, the group’s leader, TD Mattie Mc Grath said: “It is unacceptable that in the midst of a housing crisis, hardworking individuals who are taking the initiative to build low footprint and sustainable log cabins on their own land are being met with unreasonable obstacles and unfair uphill battles with local authorities to obtain planning permission.
