Part V
Kildare County Council Part V Housing Requirements Pre Planning Guidance
1. Legislation (recently amended):
Planning applications for residential development must satisfy the requirements of Part V of the Planning and Development Act, 2000 (as amended), for the provision of social/affordable housing. Where an application for permission for development to which Part V of the Act applies, the application must be accompanied with details as to how it is proposed to comply with Section 96 of Part V of the Act. Failure to do so may result in the application being deemed invalid or a request for additional information.
Where the intended application for permission for development is for 4 or fewer houses or is on land of 01. hectares or less, then a Certificate of Exemption may be sought under Section 97 of the Act and this certificate must be submitted with the planning application (or, where an application for a certificate of exemption has to be decided, a certified copy of the application must be submitted).
If it is considered that the planning application relates to permission for development of a type set out under Section 96(13) of the Act, to which Part V does not apply, details indicating the basis for such opinion must be submitted with the planning application.
2. Requirements for Valid Planning Applications New Housing – one of the following must be submitted:
• Where Section 96 of Part V of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) applies the following must be
included,
(i) Details of such part or parts of the land which is subject to the application for permission or is or are specified by the Part V agreement, or houses situated on such aforementioned land or elsewhere in the planning authority’s functional area proposed to be transferred to the planning authority, or details of houses situated on such aforementioned land or elsewhere in the planning authority’s functional area proposed to be leased to the planning authority, or details of any combination of the foregoing, and
(ii) given that at the planning application stage the detailed design cannot be finally determined and authorised until a grant of planning permission, an applicant for a housing development must only provide details of the calculations and methodology for estimating values of land, site costs, normal construction and development costs and profit on those costs and other related costs such as an appropriate share of any common development works as required to comply with the provisions in Part V of the Act.(iii) N.B. Where the applicant considers that the Part V requirement should not be 20% (i.e. 10%) the applicant is required to submit evidence of when the site was purchased - see part v proposal sheet attached.
Six Options under (i) include:
1. Transfer of land, with a map, to the same scale as the site location map, indicating the part or parts of the site proposed for transfer to the planning authority.
2. Transfer of Housing on the application site with list of the units and types of housing within the proposed development that are proposed to be transferred.
3. Transfer of Housing off-Site, with a list of the units and types of housing elsewhere in the functional area of the planning authority that are proposed to be transferred, and the indicative location of such units.
4. Lease of Housing (on or off-site) with a list of the units and types of housing within the proposed development or elsewhere in the functional area of the planning authority that it is proposed to lease.
5. Combination of Option 1 and any other options or options.
6. Combination of any of Options 2 - 4.
•1 x Social Housing Exemption Certificate or
•1 x Social Housing Exemption Certificate application accompanied by a statutory declaration and 2 Site Location Maps (Scale of 1:1000), or
• Where Section 96(13) of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (as amended) applies, details and evidence indicating
the basis on which Section 96(13) is considered to apply should be submitted.
3. Pre-Planning Contact Details
Applicants for planning permission to which Part V of the Planning Acts may apply, must consult in advance with the Council’s Housing Section at the following contacts: Tel.No. 045 980675 and / or Email Address:>Socallaghan@kildarecoco.ie
4. Type of units required
Currently preference is for a mix of all unit types due to social housing need. The current social demand profile is 33% one bed need, 33% two bed need, 33% three bed need, 1% 4/5 bed need.
Details of the unit types and numbers will be set out in the Part V agreement which will have to be completed prior to commencement. Details of any owners’ management company (OMC) under the Multi-Unit Developments Act 2011 proposed or in place and any management fee must be provided.
If you have any queries relating to Part V, please contact Housing directly on 045 980675