COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO. 6

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

Section 1.4. South Dublin County Council shall continue to acknowledge that the SDZ lands which at 280 hectares approx. and with 8,437 new homes comprises some 25% of the projected residential development in South Dublin County under the 2016-22 County Development Plan, has been designated as a MUHD by the Government under the Rebuilding Ireland Programme and is therefore of serious social and economic importance to this County, to the Greater Dublin area and to the State especially as the current housing emergency is projected to extend over the life span of the development phases of the SDZ.

Councillors Guss O’Connell, Liona O’Toole, Paul Gogarty and Francis Timmons

REPORT:

Response

This motion relates to Section 1.4 Introduction to the Strategic Development Zone Framework. The motion requests additional text in this Section.

South Dublin County Council as the planning and housing authority for the area is both obligated and mandated to achieve the best possible outcomes in terms of planned, socially integrated housing provision for all of its citizens within the planning scheme. As a major landowner in control of circa. 22% of the land bank within the plan area, it is committed to fully utilising this asset together with the statutory obligations imposed by Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) to maximise the distributed provision of social and affordable housing throughout the SDZ area. The distribution will be subject to appropriate master planning, will involve the integrated development of all lands collectively and where it necessitates commensurate land transfers /or Part 8 planning approval will be subject to Council approval. This integrated approach is aligned to the County Development Plan, the Council Housing Strategy, national housing and planning policy and sufficiently agile to allow for the incorporation of any new or additional national strategies supportive of affordability.  

Whilst the spirit of the motion is accepted, it is considered that the text of the proposed motion should be amended for clarity purposes and to avoid repetition of text in Chapter 1.0 Introduction.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment.

In Section 1.4 Introduction to the Strategic Development Zone Framework insert an additional paragraph stating:

South Dublin County Council shall continue to acknowledges that the SDZ lands, consisting of 280 hectares and a target of 8,437 new homes, which at 280 hectares approx. and with 8,437 new homes comprises some approximately 25% of the projected residential development in the South Dublin County under the 2016-22 South Dublin County Council County Development Plan 2016-2022. has been designated as a MUHD by the Government under the Rebuilding Ireland Programme and is therefore of serious The SDZ Planning Scheme recognises its social and economic importance to this South Dublin County, to the Greater Dublin Area and to the State, having regard to the demand for new housing, which will continue to be required in the medium to long term, and in accordance with the lifespan of the SDZ. especially as the current housing emergency is projected to extend over the life span of the development phases of the SDZ.

Strategic Environmental Assessment of Chief Executive’s Recommendation

No interaction with Strategic Environmental Objectives.

Appropriate Assessment Screening of Chief Executive’s Recommendation

No likely significant effects on European sites within the SDZ’s zone of influence are predicted.