COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF RATHFARNHAM/TEMPLEOGUE-TERENURE AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, December 12, 2017

MOTION NO.7

MOTION: Councillor S. Holland

"That this Area Committee write to the Minister for Housing and ask for a fast-track planning procedure to expedite the part 8 process for the Stocking Wood site.  Progress on building social houses is painfully slow and mired in bureaucracy."

REPORT:

"In June 2017 Minister for Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government advised Local Authorities of the commencement of certain planning related provisions of the Planning and Development (Housing) and Residential Tenancies Act 2016, which was signed into law by the President on 23 December 2016.

The Minister has brought into operation revisions to the Part 8 process for local authority own development proposals i.e. social housing, infrastructure servicing both public and private developments, libraries, fire stations, swimming pools etc. These revisions set a maximum timeframe within the process for the determination of local authority own development proposals and will mean that such proposals must be decided on by elected members within a maximum period of 20 weeks of being first issued for public consultation. Until now no such maximum timeframe existed resulting in delays in the progression of Part 8 projects including social housing developments.

All Part 8’s brought to Council for consideration from June 2017 will be affected by these timelines. Section 179 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) includes provision for the following important timelines in preparing and processing Part 8’s:

Section

Requirements

179(3)(a)

The manager of the Local Authority must prepare a written report within 8 weeks of the expiration of the submission/consultation period and submit the report to the Elected Members.

179(4)(a)

The Elected Members shall within 6 weeks of the receipt of the report of the manager, consider the proposed development and the report of the manager. 

179(4)(c)

For resolution of a Part 8 to have effect, it has to be passed not later than 6 weeks after the receipt of the manager’s report, and in the case of a resolution not to proceed with the proposed development, it shall state the reasons for such resolution.

A report in respect of future sites for social housing was presented to the Housing SPC in November 2017. A countywide review is being carried out at present on suitable sites for the next phase of social housing construction and proposed locations will be brought forward to the respective Area Committees early in 2018 for further consideration."