COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF CLONDALKIN, NEWCASTLE, RATHCOOLE, SAGGART AND BRITTAS AREA COMMITTEE

Wednesday, January 18, 2023

MOTION NO 5.

MOTION: Councillor Eoin Ó Broin

That this Area Committee agrees to add the Old RIC Barracks aka Riverside (D22 KT20) on the Old Nangor Road to the Vacant Sites Register.

REPORT:

The RIC Barracks in Clondalkin is a protected structure within the Clondalkin ACA.

The Vacant Sites Register (VSR) is a mechanism under the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 to encourage the use of vacant lands for housing through the charging of a levy on the value of the land. The tax applies to land zoned residential where the primary or sole use is for housing. It also applies to regeneration land subject to certain criteria. The site size must be over 0.05ha. The RIC Barracks is on land with the zoning objective ‘TC’ Town Centre and is less than 0.05ha.  As such it does not meet the criteria for the tax.