COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, September 27, 2016

QUESTION NO. 9

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

"To ask the Chief Executive for a report on recent infill housing projects in public and private estates in Lucan and Palmerstown, to outline the numbers involved in each area, the agency directly managing them, the planned projects in the coming 12 months and to outline what efforts have been made to make the new residents settle into their areas, feel welcome and in turn to ensure that existing residents are kept informed at each stage of the process so as to avoid misinformation being circulated?"

REPLY:

"A report on Rebuilding Ireland - Action Plan for Housing and Homelessness is being presented to Council Members on Monday the 26th of September. Included in this report is the planned responses on the 5 pillars by SDCC to increase social housing delivery throughout the county. No social housing units will be constructed on Council owned lands in the Lucan and Palmerstown within the next 12 months. Under SDCC Housing Strategy 2015-2017, The Council proposes to advance the House Build programme through 2016/2017/2018 which includes a site at Balgaddy F, Lucan. The Council is continuously investigating land availability for further projects.

The Part 8 programme will continue to progress on an incremental basis throughout the county. As part of the consultation process the Council is open to engaging with representative resident groups within the area of the proposed development.

When tenancies are allocated a member of the Estate Management Team meets with the tenants on site and goes through their responsibilities under the Tenancy agreement."