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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, March 14, 2017

QUESTION NO.6

QUESTION: Councillor S. Holland, Councillor E. Fanning

"To ask the Chief Executive for a detailed account of public and private land banks zoned for housing in the Rathfarnham/Templeogue Terenure local electoral area and to give the number of housing units that it would be possible to construct on each site in accordance with the Development Plan?"

REPLY:

"A total of c.128ha’s of public and private land with development potential is zoned for residential purposes in the Rathfarnham, Templeogue and Terenure local electoral area. This cumulative landholding comprises of c.32 sites. Based on the application of densities ranging from between 20 to 35 units per hectare, it is estimated that approximately 3,500 residential units could be accommodated in the relevant lands. It should be noted however, that this is very much a high level assessment, with all applications for housing on these lands, subject to detailed site-specific development management appraisal. Details in relation to the Councils land bank is strategically and economically sensitive. As a result this information cannot be released publicly."