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90 Mr. Quinn asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the number of local authorities which have drawn up housing strategies under Part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [19728/01]
306 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the housing authorities which have submitted either a completed housing strategy or a draft housing strategy; if he will list, in respect of each strategy, the projected household formation for each year of the strategy; the number of such households meeting the affordable criteria as defined in section 93(i) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000; and the number of such households as a percentage of the projected household formation for each year of the strategy. [19578/01]
307 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the housing authorities which have submitted either a completed housing strategy or a draft housing strategy; if he will list, in respect of each such authority, the period covered by the strategy; the projected growth or decline in the number of households in the lifetime of the plan; the rate of house completions; and the demand for local authority housing. [19579/01]
308 Mr. Gilmore asked the Minister for the Environment and Local Government the housing authorities which have submitted either a completed housing strategy or a draft housing strategy; and if he will state, in respect of each such strategy, the shortfall of affordable housing using the Louth model strategy for each year of the strategy. [19580/01]
I propose to take Questions Nos. 90 and 306 to 308, inclusive, together.
In accordance with Part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, planning authorities have until the end of July 2001 to prepare their housing strategies. They then, in accordance with guidelines from my Department, have a further three months to vary their development plans. Based on end-May returns to my Department, all local authorities expect to complete their strategies by the end of July deadline.
Housing strategies have already been adopted by Dublin Corporation and by Fingal, South Dublin, Dún Laoghaire Rathdown and Meath County Councils. The latter two authorities are in the process of varying their development plans to incorporate their strategies. I propose to circulate in the Official Report a tabular statement summarising the detailed information sought in relation to the above five strategies in so far as it is available to my Department.
On the basis that housing strategies for other planning authorities have not yet been finalised, although some have been forwarded in draft to my Department for comment, it would be premature at this stage to provide detailed information in these cases along the lines in the tabular statement.
|
Planning Authority |
Period covered by the strategy |
Projected increase in household numbers over the period of the strategy* Rounded to the nearest hundred |
House completions in 2000 |
Current demand for local authority housing (Number of households) |
Projected number of households meeting affordability criteria under Section 93(1) |
Affordable housing requirement as a percentage of projected household formation |
|
Dún Laoghaire Rathdown County Council |
2001-2004 |
7,000 |
860 |
2,154 (Jan '01) |
2001: 7712002: 8172003: 8322004: 839 |
2001: 44%2002: 47%2003: 48%2004: 48% |
|
Dublin Corporation |
2001-2005 |
23,600 |
2,362 |
7,530 (April '01) |
2001: 1,0612002: 1,4802003: 1,9492004: 2,083 |
2001: 34%2002: 37%2003: 38%2004: 39% |
|
Fingal County Council |
2001-2005 |
17,500 |
4,044 |
1,545 (April '00) |
7,875 This is the total affordable housing requirement over the period of the strategy. In the case of Fingal and South Dublin County Councils' strategies, alternative methodologies to the “Louth” model were used. |
45% |
|
South Dublin County Council |
2001-2005 |
14,100 |
2,139 |
3,515 (Dec '00) |
6,3422 |
45% |
|
Meath (Meath County Council, Kells UDC, Navan UDC and Trim UDC) |
2001-2007 |
23,700 |
2,303 |
1,469 (April '99) |
2001: 7472002: 8392003: 9282004: 1,0092005: 1,0842006: 6762007: 674 |
2001: 22%2002: 24%2003: 24%2004: 25%2005: 24%2006: 25%2007: 25% |
