COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF SDZ, LAPS AND PLANNING PROJECTS

Friday, January 26, 2018

MOTION NO.56

MOTION: Councillor G. O'Connell

Section 2.1.6 Given the current housing crises, the current and projected housing market in relation to buy-to-live and the history of response to date, and in line with South Dublin County Councils responsibility in complying with section 168 (4) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 – 2016 (as amended), responding to Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 – 2016 (as amended) and seeking to deliver on the Housing Strategy of the County, provision shall be made in the SDZ that, in addition to the 10% mandatory social housing, a further minimum of 40% of affordable housing shall be provided for and South Dublin County Council shall be responsible for its delivery linked to the various SDZ scheme phases, in collaboration with Approved Housing Agencies, NAMA and current and emerging Government Housing Policy and Funding.

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.

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).

Mechanisms for the delivery of affordable housing are beyond the scope of an SDZ Planning Scheme and would be prejudicial.

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.