COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO.50

MOTION: Councillor L. O'Toole

Land Use and Density 2.1

Affordable 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 regards to the provision of Affordable Housing (if further amended).

In accordance with the Section 168 (4) of the Planning and Development Act 2000-2016 (as amended), the following are the stated objectives for the Planning Scheme:

• To apply a maximum of 25% affordable housing requirement, pursuant to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000-2016 (as amended) to all sites in the planning Scheme that are solely for residential use.

• To promote social integration and facilitate a diverse range of dwellings tenures within housing developments, including affordable housing: and

• To ensure an appropriate distribution of the new affordable housing, and to avoid an excessive concentration of affordable housing

*Affordable housing design to have similar exterior design to other dwellings located within the adjacent area with any reducing of spec to be contained internally 

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 56498 and, until such time as Government Policy on Affordable Housing changes, the promotion of Affordable Housing would be inconsistent with Housing Strategy for the County and the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as mended).

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.