COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE
Wednesday, January 18, 2017
HEADED ITEM 8
Strategy for Development and Delivery of a Sustainable Housing Community at Kilcarbery Lands
REPORT:
Rebuilding Ireland, the Government Action Plan for Housing & Homelessness, requires the delivery of 47,000 new social housing units by 2021 and an increase by 2020 of housing output to 25,000 houses each year to meet national need. South Dublin County Council is committed to delivering good-quality houses, social and private, as quickly and efficiently as possible to respond to these worthwhile targets.
Beyond housing numbers , South Dublin County Council is also committed to the growth of sustainable neighbourhoods and communities offering choices in lifestyle, transport, education and leisure. Adjoining Corkagh Regional Park, Kilcarbery Grange will be designed and delivered as an urban neighbourhood of approximately 1,000 houses with a flexible mix of tenure and house-type options linked to a high standard of residential amenity consistent in quality and maintenance across both Public and Private homes.
Delivery of the new residential community will be in two tranches. To the eastern boundary of the site adjoining Cherrywood a scheme of 108 Social dwellings will be provided for South Dublin County Council as a Public-Private Partnership by the National Development Finance Agency in conjunction with the Department of Housing Planning and Local Government. The project will provide a mix of 1,2,3,and 4-bedroom homes proportionately in line with the demands of the County Housing Strategy.
The second tranche of approx. 900 dwellings will be delivered as part of a Joint-Venture with a Private-sector development partner . 30% of the dwellings in this this tranche will be Social housing including required Part V provision. It is not intended to “pepper-pot” social units throughout the private housing; neither will it be gathered together in large tracts. Social dwellings will be clustered in 20/30 unit groups within the street-pattern of the Architectural Framework plan and will not be readily distinguishable from private home provision.
The procurement process for Joint Venture partner will be in two stages with an initial Expression-of-Interest call advertised in EU Journal and national newspapers. A limited number of bidders will be selected to progress to Competitive Dialogue stage. The Council has prepared an architectural framework plan for the site overall Bidders will develop a design and financial response to this framework plan in a limited series of consultative interactions. The schemes will then be tendered based on Quality: Price ratio to appoint the Joint-Venture partner.
The architectural framework establishes an overall design strategy for the site to guide the development of detailed designs during the Competitive Dialogue process and ensure that they are in compliance with the standards of the County Development Plan ,environmental legislation and sustainability principles. Like a traditional village, Kilcarbery will be based on a legible pattern of streets, squares and gardens incorporating and protecting existing trees and hedgerows within a green open-space network . A site has been designated for the development of a school, if required, by the Department of Education and Science. The school will be designed to allow for community-usage outside of school hours. A site has also been identified for the development of a small district centre (level 4 in South Dublin County Council Development Plan) for retail purposes and which will centre on a small public space
Environmental screening has already been completed on the framework for:
- Strategic Environmental Assessment
- Appropriate Assessment
- Strategic Flood Risk Assessment
- Traffic Impact Assessment
- Archaeology Assessment/Cultural screening and completed screening and assessments have been circulated to all statutory bodies as required.
Overall, this site with its adjacency to a golf-course and regional park, its view of the Dublin mountains beyond and its accessible location halfway between the N7 and N4 is a singular opportunity to develop a new village neighbourhood, a sustainable, high quality template for future housing development in South Dublin .
Planning approval and public consultation will reflect the delivery strategies mentioned above and the involvement of South Dublin County Council as landowner in both cases. The initial 108 social dwellings of the Public-Private Partnership will be subject to Part 8 planning process as set out in the Planning and Development Act 2000. This process is likely to commence in February 2017. The number of dwellings in the larger tranche of approx. 900 homes requires Environmental Impact Assessment /EIS and as a result will follow section 177 of the Local Government Planning and Development Act 2000 whereby following public consultation the project is referred directly to An Bord Pleanála for final decision. This process will commence later in 2017 following the completion of competitive-dialogue and tender process for Joint-Venture partner.