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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 18, 2015

MOTION NO. 51

MOTION: Councillor D. O'Donovan

2.1.1 H2 Objective 1 – add Objective 2: To support the regions social housing programme by identifying sites & supporting the building of social houses in every local electoral area to ensure a balanced supply of houses to contribute to the solution of the ongoing housing needs of the region and to implement the principle of integrated housing policy and to avoid repeating/compounding social segregation.  

Co sponsored by Cllr. Dermot Richardson, Cllr. Francis Duffy, Cllr. Francis Timmons, Cllr. Guss O'Connell, Cllr. Paul Gogarty

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 44974, 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".