(Update 6th November: I have received the Development Pipeline Analysis commissioned from EY.)

Fingal’s Development Contribution Scheme is up for review. There are some significant decisions to be taken. I will be arguing for us to end an exemption which favours car parking over housing, and to do what we can to facilitate shared spaces, communal, social and cultural facilities.

A Development Contribution Scheme sets out the rate of development contribution levied on new developments to (partially) fund the infrastructure that enables the developments. A draft was brought to the full Council last week, but we didn’t have time to get into the details of it. It is based on an analysis by EY, which also hadn’t been circulated.

In addition to seeking the EY report and any other relevant background information, I have asked for answers to the following questions in order to prepare a response to the public consultation. I will make a more detailed submission when I have the necessary information.

(Update: I received responses to these questions a few hours before the meeting on 8th December. My motion to apply the same rate to residential and commercial development was defeated (16 votes in favour to 18 against) and my motion to exempt “Communal, social and cultural facilities associated with a housing development from the levy was defeated (16 votes in favour to 20 against.) My motion to index-link renewables from a 2025 baseline was agreed unanimously.)

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