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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, October 13, 2025

QUESTION NO. 4

QUESTION: Councillor H. Farrell

To ask the Chief Executive to make a statement on what additional resources, supports, and inter-agency collaboration may be required for SDCC to effectively meet the Government's revised annual housing delivery target of 3,217 new dwellings per year, up to 2034.

REPLY:

The Government recently issued revised housing supply targets for local authorities through the ‘National Planning Framework (NPF) Implementation – Housing Growth Requirements’ Guidelines for Planning Authorities (‘the 2025 Guidelines’). For SDCC, the new baseline annual housing growth requirement for the County is 3,217 new dwellings per annum up to 2034 and 2,414 from 2035-2040. These are the cumulative delivery targets across all types of housing for the County.

The current County Development Plan 2022-2028 provides for growth of 15,576 new dwellings (2,613 per annum) to meet the targets at time of adoption. Current delivery is broadly in line with the 2022 targets at c.2,500 per annum, as per SDCC data: Housing Supply Monitor.
A Report to the Elected Members, including a review of the adequacy of existing zoned lands is presented at this meeting as a Headed Item.

The Programme for Government 2025 includes the introduction of a new, all of government national housing plan to follow Housing for All, underpinned by a multi-annual funding commitment for cost rental and affordable purchase homes and local authority social housing build programmes. It is expected that the detail of new national housing plan with revised SDCC delivered housing targets will be published at the end of October/ early November.

SDCC will continue to engage with the various sections of the Department of Housing and Local Government (DHLGH), including the new Housing Activation Office (HAO) and other key stakeholders and landowners, to maximise collaboration, resource support and capital funding opportunities to deliver housing in the County.