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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, February 13, 2012

QUESTION NO. 10

QUESTION: Councillor J. Hannon

To ask the Manager to report on progress in relation to the implementation of the Development Plan objective of developing a cluster type residential development at Brittas village?

REPLY:

Council Policy relating to rural housing is contained in the County Development Plan 2010-2016 under Policy H29: Management of One-Off Housing in Rural Areas (section 1.2.52) as follows:

"It is the policy of the Council to restrict the spread of one-off housing into the rural, mountain, Liffey Valley and high amenity zones (zones ‘B’, ‘H’, ‘I’ and  ‘G’)   and to encourage such housing, where acceptable, into existing village nuclei subject to availability of the necessary services."

 Within this context the following is stated:

 “The Council will seek to facilitate the development of a cluster-type residential housing development at an appropriate location within Brittas Village in an effort to satisfy local housing need for applicants who do not have access to appropriate sites in the general Brittas area.”

To date, no approaches have been made by landowners in the Brittas Village area to initiate such a process.  It is intended that a planning study of the Village, might, in consultation and with local residents and landowners, identify any such appropriate sites or locations.