Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 25 May 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
General Scheme of the Land Value Sharing and Urban Development Zones Bill 2022: Discussion (Resumed)
Cian O'Callaghan (Dublin Bay North, Social Democrats) | Oireachtas source
In regard to the UDZs and in cases where, for example, industrial lands or Dublin city lands are rezoned for housing, is there a mechanism available under the UDZs proposed in the Bill that can address how that overall plan can be made for that area, whether between multiple landowners or infrastructure? Those issues can be addressed. Can the issue of affordability be addressed through a UDZ? Beyond Part V, I do not see how it could be but am I missing something there? Can a way be found through a UDZ? If the intention is to rezone industrial lands, not just to provide general residential housing but to provide a large amount of affordable purchase or rental housing on these lands, could that be done through a UDZ? Is that not allowed for? What is Ms Farrelly's view on that?
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