Richard Bruton
Ceist:20. Deputy Richard Bruton asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the number of new sites identified by the Land Development Agency. [33218/22]
Amharc ar fhreagraThursday, 23 June 2022
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Freagraí scríofa
In addition to the initial and active strategic sites the Land Development Agency (LDA) are working on, Housing for All identified a further 20 sites for transfer to the LDA with the potential to deliver up to 15,000 homes.
The sites include CIE lands at Inchicore Works, the Broadstone Garage, Conyngham Road Garage and Colbert Station Environs in Limerick. There are also sites identified at Dublin Port, Cork Port and Limerick Docklands.
A number of these sites are deemed suitable to progress to design and planning and transfer, subject to achieving statutory consents and agreement on lands transfer. Others are large and complex and/or in operational use. These require further inputs such as master planning, enabling works and relocation of existing operations before the LDA can make applications for statutory consents or before development on all or part of a site area. All the relevant land-owning Departments and Agencies have been requested to engage fully with the LDA.
To expedite the increased supply of housing and ensure that every effort is made to identify state lands which can be utilised to increase the supply of housing over the long-term, it is vital that those Departments that manage large property portfolios engage with the LDA without delay.