Annual Report 2011 - Roscommon County Council

Development Incentives and Control
Protected Structure Roscommon Castle
Resolving Unfinished Housing Developments
There are currently 230 housing developments in Roscommon that have not been taken in charge, and are
therefore likely to be unfinished to some degree. Of these developments 114 were considered to be unfinished
in the Department of the Environment, Community and Local Government (DECLG) Survey, of which 54 were
considered to have significant public safety issues.
An Unfinished Housing Developments team has been put in place by Roscommon County Council and has been
working to resolve the unfinished housing developments in the county in the following ways;
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Engaging with developers, funding agencies, receivers and/ or residents to agree and implement Site
Resolution Plans for unfinished housing developments.
Where it is not possible to agree a solution, and it is considered feasible, enforcement action may be
taken under the Planning and Development Acts (for non compliance with planning permission) or the
Local Government (Sanitary Services) Act (in relation to Dangerous Places and Dangerous Structures).
Works have been carried out in seven developments under the Department of the Environment
Community and Local Government’s Public Safety Initiative to minimise serious public safety hazards.
Two hundred and thirteen housing developments in Roscommon that have not been taken in charge are
subject to bonds as security for the satisfactory completion of the development. Claims have been made
on bonds in 108 cases.
Collecting Development Contributions
In accordance with Section 48 of the Planning & Development Acts 2000 – 2010 the current Development
Contribution Scheme was adopted by Roscommon County Council and came into effect on the 24th November,
2008, enabling Roscommon County Council to levy a Development Contribution on all Planning Applications.
The following table (Table 2) gives details of the contributions levied, invoiced and paid under the Scheme during
2011, and provides a comparison with 2010.
Table 2. Development Contribution Scheme 2010 and 2011
Development Contribution Scheme 2010 2011
Contributions levied under Planning Permissions granted in year €2,253,484 €1,480,108
Contributions invoiced in year (Development Commenced) €1,181,620 €1,586,251
Contributions received under Development Contribution Scheme €1,284,622 €969,317
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