COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO. 29

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

Section 2.1.6 In reference to Social Housing distribution within the proposed Clonburris SDZ, Social Housing shall be evenly distributed throughout the proposed SDZ and shall avoid any Clusters that would potentially lead to ghettoization of any section within the SDZ.

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

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.

The Draft Planning Scheme already accords with the principle of the subject motion. Section 2.1.6 allows for flexibility in relation to how and where social housing is delivered, while promoting a diverse range of tenures within housing developments and avoiding an over concentration of social housing

Further to the intention of the motion, it is accepted that Section 2.1.6 could be amended to avoid excessive concentration of social housing units in Development Areas.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is adopted with amendment.

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

To ensure an appropriate distribution of new social housing, and to avoid an excessive concentration of social housing in Development Areas.

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.