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CARLOW County Council is looking for local landowners to express their interest in selling lands they own for the purpose of providing social housing.
The council is interested in proposals for Greenfield and Brownfield sites in Borris and within the Carlow Town urban area.
The lands will be considered on the grounds that it is zoned for uses where residential development is permitted and may comprise lands zoned as ‘Town Centre’, ‘Existing Residential’ or ‘ New Residential / Residential 2’ and/or form part of an Unfinished Housing Development.
The County Council is also seeking interest from developers, contractors and property owners for the purchase of Turnkey Developments for social housing purposes in Carlow Town and Tullow.
However, any turnkey developments should not be located where there is currently a high concentration of Social Housing Support.
Turnkey Developments are required to be close to services in Carlow or Tullow, ideally within 1.5km from shops, schools and local amenities and sustainable travel options are available.
Housing design standards should, at a minimum, meet the requirements and criteria set out in the Department of Housing and Planning publications “Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities” and “Employer’s Requirements for Detail Design of Quality Housing” and other relevant statutory planning and construction standards including Building Regulations.
The selection of schemes will be based on a number of criteria including overall price, delivery availability, demonstration of mixed tenure at the location, the house type requirement outlined, the timeline for delivery, sustainability of the scheme, proximity to amenities/services and projects that remove vacancy/dereliction.
In a public notice, the local authority says submissions can be made by email only and should be marked “Expression of Interest – Purchase of Land/Turnkey Housing Development for Social Housing 2022-2023”.
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