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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, March 13, 2017

QUESTION NO.4

QUESTION: Councillor S. Holland

To ask the manager how many developers have transferred houses on land other than that being developed to this local authority in satisfaction of their Part 5 requirements?

REPLY:

The Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 amended the operation of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000. One of the amended Part V delivery options ( post Act of 2015 ) related to " the transfer of ownership to the local authority of completed social housing units on other land ( i.e. not on the land where the development is taking place. )

From 2015 to date there have been 2 cases where the Council has agreed with a developer to secure a social unit off site in order for their Part V requirement to be met.