Mark Ward (Dublin Mid West, Sinn Fein)
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42. To ask the Minister for Housing, Planning, and Local Government the status of progress of the Clonburris strategic development zone, SDZ; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [47223/22]

Darragh O'Brien (Dublin Fingal, Fianna Fail)
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Clonburris is a Strategic Development Zone and was designated by Government to be of economic and social importance to the state for residential development and associated services and facilities. The delivery of the Clonburris SDZ has the potential to be a transformative project of national, regional and local significance in terms of regeneration and urban development. The project will facilitate the provision of distinctive and attractive places where housing can be delivered in tandem with state-of-the-art public realm, green infrastructure and community facilities. The wider project to develop the SDZ comprises of up to 11,000 homes, extensive open space and recreation, cycle ways and walkways, excellent connectivity, community facilities, schools and employment floor space.

The Clonburris URDF Project, which was approved into the URDF programme as part of the second call for proposals in 2021, involves the provision of critical strategic infrastructure that will be essential to the further development of this unique and complex site. All URDF supported projects must be carefully developed and managed by the Sponsoring Agency, in this case South Dublin County Council, in accordance with the normal conditions and arrangements that apply to public sector managed projects in compliance with the Public Spending Code.

South Dublin County Council submitted a preliminary business case in respect of the project which was approved by Government on 27 July 2022, giving approval in principle to Exchequer funding of €186.3m at Decision Gate 1 of the Public Spending Code. On foot of that approval, South Dublin County Council are currently progressing the planning, design and development of the individual infrastructural elements of the project.

In addition to the infrastructure elements of the project, South Dublin County Council own six sites in the Clonburris SDZ that have been master-planned with a capacity of over 2,500 homes. The Council has plans well advanced for the development of social, affordable purchase and cost rental homes across the six sites with the first two sites currently undergoing detailed design for mixed tenure projects.