A deal on the provision of 900 social and affordable homes on the former Glass Bottle Company site at Poolbeg is close to agreement, Dublin City Council has said. Under the plans, published by the council last year, more than 25 per cent of the apartments would be used for social and affordable housing. However, earlier this year the receiver to the Irish Glass Bottle Company lands and the neighbouring Fabrizia site, David Carson, appealed the provision of the 900 social and affordable homes to An Bord Pleanála. Under the planning Acts, housebuilders must provide 10 per cent of any scheme of 10 homes or more for social housing, which would result in a total of 350 social homes. However, the council’s head of housing, Brendan Kenny, said the deal with Mr Carson was in the final stages of agreement.

Source: The Irish Times October 07, 2018 23:15 UTC