COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, September 20, 2017

MOTION NO. 5

MOTION: Councillor M. Ward

Cathaoirleach's Business

"This Committee agrees that the Chief Executive provides a report for discussion identifying a number of sites in the Clondalkin LEA that have a history of problems such as anti-social behaviour and illegal dumping that could be used for infill housing, and that these sites could be combined and sent off for tender as a job lot. This report should include Council properties that could be refurbished and put back into Council housing stock such as the Council depot in Greenfort Gardens."

REPORT:

The drawing up of a schedule as requested is ongoing.  Any specific location that you wish to have included should be communicated to the Estate Management section. 

However the proposal of using these sites for infill housing is not a potential solution at present due to the necessity to get larger numbers of houses constructed at one time.  In the case of dispersed sites the costs would be extremely high due to each site being a standalone one with all the costs associated with them.  Also the Architects Department are currently concentrating on areas where we can get the most number of housing units for the same input required on smaller sites.  Given the current situation this is not a good use of resources and will if undertaken reduce the delivery of larger developments.

Apart from the above experience tells us that a number of the sites that are likely to end up on the schedule will be vehemently resisted by the local residents when the plans are published for their development

The former depot site in Greenfort is currently being examined with a view to including it in the works programme for refurbishment as housing.