Dáil Éireann Debate, Wednesday - 3 July 2024
102. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage the funding streams available to help local authorities to take in charge, and make necessary infrastructural changes to, old housing estates which are not yet in public charge but developers have long since stopped routine maintenance work; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28392/24]
View answer103. Deputy Cathal Crowe asked the Minister for Housing, Local Government and Heritage if there is a timeline within which local authorities should process and approve section 180 (taking-in-charge applications) as per the Planning and Development Act 2000; if local authorities have the right to refuse to accede to section 180 applications; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [28393/24]
View answerI propose to take Questions Nos. 102 and 103 together.
The taking in charge of housing estates by local authorities is provided for under section 180 of the Planning and Development Act 2000, as amended (the Act), and the procedures for this are initiated under section 11 of the Roads Act, 1993. The taking in charge of residential estates is also a reserved function of the elected members. It is generally a standard condition of granting permission for housing development that the developer must lodge a security bond to ensure the satisfactory completion of the development to enable it to be taken in charge by the local authority.Therefore, progression of individual developments through the taking-in-charge process is primarily a matter for the relevant housing developer, the relevant local authorities and elected members to consider on a case-by-case basis.
