Housing Promotion The purpose of the 2015 Act was to provide legislative underpinning to certain measures of the Government housing package entitled “Stabilising Rents, Increasing Supply” which encompasses a range of measures to improve the operation of the private rental sector, to help tackle on-going issues in relation to the increasing numbers presenting as homeless and to support increased housing […]
Strategic Housing Developments The “specified period”, which is defined to mean the period until 31 December 2019 and any additional period that the Minister may provide by order A “strategic housing development”, which is defined to mean, subject to specified limitations on the extent of other uses— the development of 100 or more houses on land zoned for residential use or for a mixture of […]
Large Scale Residential The 2021 Act implemented the Programme for Government commitment to not further extending the Strategic Housing Development (SHD) arrangements beyond their expiry date of 25 February 2022. The Act also gives effect to action 12.3 of Housing for All which commits to the introduction of a new planning process for Large-scale Residential Developments (LRDs) to replace the […]
Housing Strategies As set out in other sections, local authorities must prepare a housing strategy for their area. Its policies and objectives must be incorporated in the development plan. The housing strategy incorporates the social and affordable housing provisions in the Planning and Development Act 2000 as amended. Planning authorities are obliged to estimate present and future housing demand within […]
Short Term Lets An Bord Pleanala decided in a number of applications that the use on a continuous basis of a residential apartment for short term lets constituted a material change of use. The Department of Housing Planning and Local Government issued a number of Circulars emphasising that such use requires planning permission. The use of a house or part […]
Adopting a Road A road may be declared a public road. A right-of-way must exist for the benefit of the public. The local authority must consider the public utility in adopting and declaring the road in charge. It must consider the financial implications of so doing. The authority publishes notice of the proposal in a newspaper giving certain details. The […]
Commercial to Residential Certain commercial premises can be changed to residential use subject to conditions. This includes shops, offices including premises used for professional and financial services (other than health and medical services) and certain other services, residential club, guest houses and hostels. The premises must have been completed before 8 February 2018 and used for one of the purposes […]