Dáil Éireann Debate, Tuesday - 23 January 2018
659. Deputy John Curran asked the Minister for Housing, Planning and Local Government when the strategic development plans for the use of local authority lands requested from all local authorities by the end of September 2017 will be available; if these plans will be published; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [3281/18]
Amharc ar fhreagraAs part of the active management of the publicly owned housing land bank, all local authorities have been requested to prepare strategic development and management plans for housing lands in their ownership, with particular emphasis on prioritising those sites with the greatest potential to deliver housing at scale, in the short to medium term.
The plans received to date are currently being reviewed by my Department and, when finalised, they will be made available publicly, both on the dedicated Rebuilding Ireland website, as well as on the website of the relevant local authority. The State Land Management and Development Group, which I will chair, will convene in the coming weeks to, inter alia, drive the delivery of housing from the local authority and broader State land bank.
