COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF DEVELOPMENT PLAN MEETING

Thursday, June 17, 2021

MOTION NO.

MOTION: Councillor D. Richardson

DRAFT DEVELOPMENT PLAN 2022 - 2028 Friday, 28 May 2021 MOTION NO. MOTION: Councillor D Richardson & Cllr Francis Timmons   Housing: Community Housing     A motion to include a Community Housing Initiative were by the Council identify sites in the county for local housing. An application based local housing scheme that offers affordable housing to those born and raised in the area. Lands at Boherboy Rd, Saggart, Co Dublin have been identified as suitable for such an initiative with its proximity to Saggart Village, the Luas and schools. This motion will allow direct community access to affordable homes in a local setting. A successful planning application in S99A/0771 was made on behalf of Saggart Community Housing Initiative for 22 houses to be know as Fairgreen, Saggart, Co Dublin. This initiative was managed by South Dublin County Council who received applications from the local community and allocated housing under specific criteria, the initiative was hugely oversubscribed.

REPORT:

The content of this motion is noted. South Dublin County Council adopted in 2019 a ‘Scheme of Priority for Affordable Dwelling Purchases’ in accordance with Section 85 of the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (“the Act”) and the Housing (Miscellaneous Provisions) Act 2009 (Part 5) Regulations 2019, S.I. 81 of 2019 (“the Regulations”).

The purpose of the scheme is to set out the manner in which affordable dwelling purchase arrangements will be made available by the Council and the methodology that will be applied to determine the order of priority to be accorded to eligible households where the demand for such arrangements exceeds the dwellings or resources available. In terms of local housing, it includes distance bands of 10 and 30 kilometres to determine the order of priority.

In addition, the Affordable Housing Bill 2021 is going through the Houses of the Oireachtas and includes further provision relating to affordable housing and potential initiatives. Therefore, it is considered premature to include objectives within the Plan without the enactment of the Housing Bill.

Therefore, the motion should not be adopted.

Recommendation

It is recommended that this motion is not adopted.