Written answers
Tuesday, 17 May 2022
Department of Housing, Planning, and Local Government
Housing Policy
Eoin Ó Broin (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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312. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government if build to rent planning permissions and developments will not be eligible for the Croí Cónaithe cities subsidy in cases in which they do not meet the Governments design standards for build to purchase apartments. [24619/22]
Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Addressing the current housing shortage requires short, medium and long-term action to stimulate housing supply. The Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme, introduced in Housing for All, will help to activate construction-ready apartment supply in our cities of Dublin, Cork, Limerick, Galway and Waterford.
The Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme is focused on delivering additional apartment supply in our cities for those who wish to own rather than rent. Proposals must be in full compliance with the relevant planning permission, the Building Control Act, and any other legislative requirements. Every apartment within a proposed development must be sold to an eligible purchaser in accordance with the terms of the scheme.
While my Department does not compile and publish this data, the following table is sourced from An Bord Pleanála published information and is a breakdown of extant planning permissions for apartments granted under the SHD process (over 100 units) up to the end of February 2022, divided into Build to Sell (BtS) and Build to Rent (BtR) apartments for each city. One development included both BtS and BtR apartments and is included in the breakdown.
| City* | No of Extant BtS SHD Developments | No of Extant BtS SHD Apartments | No of Extant BtR SHD Developments | No of Extant BtR SHD Apartments |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Dublin | 59 | 15,750 | 24 | 8,393 |
| Cork | 8 | 2,642 | 3 | 433 |
| Limerick | 1 | 111 | 1 | 30 |
| Galway | 4 | 467 | 1 | 345 |
| Waterford | 1 | 144 | - | - |
| Totals | 73 | 19,114 | 29 | 9,201 |
* For the purpose of this data, a city is defined as the area within the CSO 2016 Census Settlement Boundary of the relevant city. This is one of the eligibility criteria for Croí Cónaithe (Cities). Developments under active judicial review have been included for completeness.
The significant number of extant BtS apartment developments is our focus in launching the Croí Cónaithe (Cities) Scheme, whose support is targeting the building of apartments for sale to owner-occupiers.
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