COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF LUCAN AREA COMMITTEE
Tuesday, January 24, 2017
MOTION NO. 9
MOTION: Councillor P. Gogarty
"That the Chief Executive provide a report on all planning permissions granted for developments of over 10 units in the Lucan Electoral Area since 1996; to outline what percentage of granted units in each instance under the prevailing legislation were built as social/affordable units, what percentage was similarly built as private dwellings; and also to outline, in situations where monies were paid in lieu of provision of social and affordable housing to outline the sum total of such monies paid over and also to outline whether all of the monies raised in such a manner were spent in a) in the Lucan Electoral Area or b) elsewhere on providing alternative social/affordable housing or other necessary facilities."
REPORT:
"Part V of the Planning & Development Act 2000 (as amended) applied to developments in excess of 4 units and an area in excess of 0.2hectares. The Council's Housing Strategy 2010-2016 provided for 15% of developments for social/affordable units pursuant to Part V.
Pursuant to the provisions of the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 the following changes were made;
- the requirement of up to 20% under Part V was reduced to 10%
- the option of a developer to make a financial contribution in lieu of units was removed.
- Only developments of more than 9 units are now subject to Part V
A total of 311 number units, as outlined in table below, have been delivered for social/affordable housing in the Lucan area up to 31st December 2016. A sum of €221,548 in total was paid by developers of sites in the Lucan area as financial contributions to satisfy Part V also outlined in table below. These monies are ring fenced for social housing and can only be used with the approval of the Department of Housing Community & Local Government.
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Homes delivered in the Lucan area under various initiatives |
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2003 - 2016 |
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Part V- affordable |
1999 scheme-Joint Venture |
Part V -Social/voluntary |
Financial contribution in lieu of units € |
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2003 |
3 |
0 |
0 |
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2004 |
0 |
22 |
0 |
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2005 |
21 |
30 |
0 |
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2006 |
20 |
0 |
12 |
€85,548 |
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2007 |
38 |
0 |
0 |
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2008 |
88 |
0 |
43 |
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2009 |
5 |
0 |
4 |
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2010 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
€76,000 |
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2011 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2012 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2013 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
€60,000 |
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2014 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2015 |
0 |
0 |
0 |
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2016 |
0 |
0 |
25 |
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Totals |
175 |
52 |
84 |
€221,548 |
The Council's Planning Manager has committed to providing a statistical report on the numbers of private units delivered in the LEA to a future meeting of this Committee as the exercises requires the examination of a large number of planning files which will have to be individually examined for purpose of extracting the information requested for the period 1996 to date."