Ballinrobe Fine Gael councillor Michael Burke has welcomed the news that people who have to carry out repairs on septic tanks will not have to apply for planning permission to do so.
Speaking to the Mayo Advertiser this week Cllr Burke said: “This is a good common sense decision from the Minister for Environment. There was a lot of scaremongering going on by opposition politicians that people were going to have to apply for planning permission to get work done and then they could run into problems with planning issues. This has taken that worry away from people and if they need to have work done they can carry it out without having to worry about this kind of thing.”
