COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO.13

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

Land Use and Density 2.1

Social Housing Paragraph 1 Line 4 remove following:

“and Affordable Housing”

Social Housing Bullet point 1 Line 1 amend as follows:

“To apply a maximum 10% social housing requirement”

REPORT:

Response

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 approx. 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 off all lands collectively and where it necessitates commensurate land transfers 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.

Section 2.1.6 (social housing) has been worded to reflect the provisions of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended), which prescribes the mechanism for delivery of social and affordable housing. Section 94(4) of the aforementioned legislation states that a housing strategy shall seek to reserve lands for social housing and/or affordable housing. in the context that the Affordable Housing Schemes have been stood down under Government Housing Policy, the South Dublin County Council Interim Housing Strategy 2016 sets out a requirement to reserve 10% of lands for social housing only and this is reflected by the draft planning scheme.

It is accepted that Section 2.1.6 of the Draft Planning Scheme could be amended to clarify that its stated objectives on social housing have been inserted in accordance with the South Dublin County Council Interim Housing Strategy 2016 and that the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) still provides scope for affordable housing (subject to change to Government Policy).

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment as follows.

Include the following additional text under Section 2.1.6 (Social Housing):

All development shall comply with the requirements of Part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 - 2016 (as amended) and with the South Dublin County Council Housing Strategy with regard to the provision of Social and Affordable Housing (if further amended).

In accordance with Section 168 (4) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 - 2016 (as amended) and the South Dublin County Council Interim Housing Strategy 2016, the following are the stated objectives for the Planning Scheme:

 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.