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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, December 11, 2023

QUESTION NO. 14

QUESTION: Councillor E. Ó Broin

To ask the Chief Executive if it is his view that the green areas of private housing estates that are taken in charge might in the future be used for infill social or affordable housing developments?

REPLY:

An objective of the South Dublin County Development Plan 2022-2028 is to promote and facilitate the development of infill schemes throughout the County where it has been identified that such schemes will contribute towards the enhancement of communities within the County, working towards an even spread of such schemes across all local electoral areas, whilst ensuring that sufficient and appropriate public spaces and amenities are preserved in existing residential estates, subject to the protection of residential amenity. In addition to this, H3 Objective 4: To support community led housing developments for older persons and social and Council affordable housing in established areas on lands designated with Zoning Objective “OS” (To preserve and provide for open space and recreational amenities), only where the quality and quantum of remaining public open space is deemed to be adequate and the amenities of the area are preserved.