Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees

Tuesday, 18 June 2019

Joint Oireachtas Committee on Housing, Planning and Local Government

Affordable Housing: Discussion

Mr. Jim Baneham:

Dwellings. It is a seven acre site, roughly.

Probably post the national planning framework we will be looking to increase the density from that level on a site like the Enniskerry Road. In terms of the restrictive use covenant of 70 years that has been put into the deed of transfer, there was a lot of back and forth in respect of the legal transfer of the site. It was quite complicated for various reasons. This might not be a great answer to Deputy Ó Broin's question but it ended up at 70 years. In hindsight, we would like it to be longer. The main lease that is currently in effect with the two approved housing bodies, AHBs, is a 150-year lease. In future, we would link the two of them and have a longer covenant in terms of their use. I think I have covered all the questions.