COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING
Thursday, June 18, 2015
MOTION NO. 52
MOTION: Councillor S. Holland
Housing Policy 1: Housing strategy
To ensure that each local electoral area identifies sites for mixed housing needs, including social. No one local electoral area should be exempt from providing social housing, especially given the pressing need.
REPORT:
The Interim Housing Strategy aims to distribute social housing across the County and includes a 15% social housing requirements under Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) for all sites that are zoned for residential development or a mix of uses that would include residential development. This is reflected under the H Policy 1 Objectives.
All areas of the County where new private housing development takes place will therefore be subject to the Part V requirement. This will ensure that social housing is distributed amongst new housing areas in an equitable manner irrespective of local electoral area.
The identification of specific sites and locations for social housing under the social housing building programme and on Council owned is a separate reserved function and public consultation (Part 8) procedure.
In line with the response to Motion ID 45154 and 45200, HI Objective 3 could be amended to seek to promote the balanced distribution of social housing across all Local Electoral Areas.
Recommendation
It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment.
H1 Objective 3:
Extend the objective by including the text “in a balanced way in all Local Electoral areas of the County".