Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 5 March 2024
386. Deputy Claire Kerrane asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there are plans to provide funding in 2024 to support local authorities with taking in charge applications in respect of unfinished housing estates; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [10007/24]
View answerThe taking in charge of housing estates by local authorities is provided for under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), and the procedures for this are initiated under section 11 of the Roads Act 1993, as amended. The taking in charge of residential estates is also a reserved function of the elected members. It is generally a standard condition of granting permission for housing development that the developer must lodge a security bond to ensure the satisfactory completion of the development to enable it to be taken in charge by the local authority.Therefore, ultimately, progression of individual developments through the taking-in-charge process is a matter for the relevant housing developer, the residents in such developments, the relevant local authorities and elected members to consider on a case-by-case basis.Under Section 30 of the Act, I, in my role as Minister with responsibility for planning, am precluded from exercising any power or control in relation to any particular case with which a planning authority or the Board is or may be concerned.
