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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 13, 2021

QUESTION NO.11

QUESTION: Councillor P. Gogarty

To ask the Chief Executive if a legal framework exists whereby the roads in an estate or development under a planning permission have to be handed over to a local authority within a specified time period and if so what legal mechanisms are in place to force developers or receivers to hand over estates in a timely manner?

REPLY:

The legislation does not contain any timeframes in relation to the developer having to offer an estate or development for Taking in Charge.  A specific planning Bond condition such as  "A Bond must be kept in place until such time as the Development is Taken in Charge" is the only leverage on the developer to complete the Taking in Charge process in a timely manner.