Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Thursday, 15 June 2023
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government
Dereliction and Vacancy: Discussion
Mr. Kieran Kehoe:
To give our case as an example, we are looking at those smaller towns and villages as being more suitable for the scheme. We have identified sites across four villages. They are serviced as far as the roadside. The scheme just reduces the ultimate cost of fully servicing them. We then look at the appropriate number of sites. Depending on the size of the field or site, you might get four, ten or 12 houses in. There is no restriction with regard to density but it should be appropriate to the village. Obviously, it is not going to be a site of three quarters of an acre but something that will make the cost of servicing worthwhile.
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