{"id":1543,"date":"2021-04-20T15:00:37","date_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:00:37","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/planning-laws-have-become-a-developers-charter-thanks-to-the-intervention-of-successive-ministers\/"},"modified":"2021-04-20T15:00:37","modified_gmt":"2021-04-20T14:00:37","slug":"planning-laws-have-become-a-developers-charter-thanks-to-the-intervention-of-successive-ministers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.socialdemocrats.ie\/ga\/planning-laws-have-become-a-developers-charter-thanks-to-the-intervention-of-successive-ministers\/","title":{"rendered":"Planning laws have become a developers\u2019 charter thanks to the intervention of successive Ministers"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><em><strong>The SHD process has been a success at only one thing &#8211; boosting the value of developers\u2019 sites, not housing stock<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>Planning laws have become a developers\u2019 charter thanks to the intervention of successive Ministers, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3isin Shortall, who has published legislation to restore quality and democracy to the planning process.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe decline in standards began in 2015, when Labour leader Alan Kelly was Housing Minister, and the minimum size of apartments was greatly reduced. It continued under Simon Coveney, who oversaw a fast-track Strategic Housing Development (SHD) process for large projects that was drafted by construction lobbyists, and Eoghan Murphy, who removed height limits \u2013 and with them the discretion of planners as regards building size.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThere were two purported reasons for all of these changes \u2013 to boost supply and to reduce prices. This never happened. Instead, all that has been achieved is lower quality housing at greatly increased cost.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cOf the 110 SHDs in the Dublin region that have been granted planning permission since 2017, construction has started on fewer than 30pc of sites. Developers\u2019 reticence to proceed from planning permission to construction was evident even pre-pandemic. In fact, a \u201cuse it or lose it\u201d provision, to stop developers hoarding planning permissions, was supposed to be introduced by the Department of Housing last year \u2013 but never materialised.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cAs it stands, the SHD process has been a success at only one thing &#8211; boosting the value of developers\u2019 sites, not housing stock. At what point will the government admit these interventions in the market have failed? Minister Darragh O\u2019Brien has signalled that the SHD process will come to an end in February 2022, but seems to have no idea what will replace it.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cToday, I am offering him a helping hand. I have published a Private Members\u2019 Bill, which will be introduced in the D\u00e1il on Thursday, that seeks to undo the damage caused by these interventions.<\/p>\n<p>\u201cThe Social Democrats want to address the housing crisis, not with shoebox apartments that are priced out of the reach of ordinary workers, but with high quality, affordable housing that promotes sustainable communities.<\/p>\n<p>20 April, 2021<\/p>\n<p>Ends<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>The SHD process has been a success at only one thing &#8211; boosting the value of developers\u2019 sites, not housing stock Planning laws have become a developers\u2019 charter thanks to the intervention of successive Ministers, according to Social Democrats co-leader R\u00f3isin Shortall, who has published legislation to restore quality and democracy to the planning process. 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