COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO. 16

MOTION: Councillor M. Ward

Page 21, under Social Housing insert a new paragraph before paragraph one: “To facilitate the best possible integration of social and affordable housing into the overall planning scheme the Council will actively explore land swaps with other land owners. This should also aim to assist in meeting the social and affordable housing needs of existing communities in North Clondalkin and Bawnogue.”

Louise Dunne, Cathal King, Danny O’Brien, Mark Ward

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.

Further to the response to Item 56556, the Draft Planning Scheme accords with the aspect of the subject motion that seeks the integration of social housing. Until such time as Government Policy on Affordable Housing changes, the inclusion of an objective that promotes Affordable Housing would be inconsistent with Housing Strategy for the County and the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as mended).

This issue in relation to landownership is not a relevant consideration in a land use planning document.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.

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.