Capital Works Members will be aware that the Department of Housing, Planning & Local Government (DHPLG) announced delivery targets under the Rebuilding Ireland Action Plan for Housing & Homelessness across a range of housing programmes. Cork City Council successfully met and exceeded its target for 2019, with 697 homes delivered jointly by the Local Authority and AHB Sector under their Build, Acquisition and Leasing delivery programme.
The City Council continues to advance a strong delivery programme which can be summarised as follows:
Construction: Cork City Council placed a contract notice on the E Tenders website and the OJEU (Official Journal of the European Union) to procure innovative solutions to meeting housing targets under the Social Housing Strategy (SHS) including the construction and completion of housing projects under a parallel site acquisition and development agreement with the City Council, using a Competitive Dialogue procurement process. In Phase 1 of Competitive Dialogue, 11 schemes comprising 215 homes have progressed with the approval of the DHPLG. Construction has been completed on 7 schemes at Blackrock, Tramore Road, Ard Aoibhinn, High Street, Blarney Street & White Street totalling 159 homes. Construction continues on 2 other schemes consisting of 8 units and a further two schemes consisting of 48 units are due to commence construction in 2021. The Covid-19 pandemic necessitated the Government mandated shut down of construction sites during January 2021. Of the 2 schemes that have commenced, 1 has been designated as essential projects, as they met the set criteria, with construction allowed to progress on site. A further contract notice was placed on the E Tenders website and the OJEU, with a closing date of September 2017, to seek submissions from candidates for the delivery of more new homes using this procurement process. In Phase 2 of Competitive Dialogue, 7 schemes have commenced comprising a total of 112 homes. Further schemes have been shortlisted to progress to the next phase of procurement, involving a Part 8 process, or are at tender/contract award stage. The Covid-19 pandemic necessitated the Government mandated shut down of construction sites during January 2021. Of the 7 schemes that have commenced, 3 have been designated as essential projects, with construction allowed to progress on site. Capital appraisals were approved by the DHLGH for the construction of 49 housing units at Gerald Griffin Street.The enabling works have been completed for the development of the units at Gerald Griffin Street. The DHLGH has approved funding for 51 units at Boyce’s Street and works for this project have commenced. DHLGH funding is in place for two further projects - 9 units at 5/6 Shandon Street/John Philpott Curran Street, which has commenced on site. The Covid-19 pandemic necessitated the Government mandated shut down of construction sites during January 2021. The Shandon Street/John Philpott Curran Street project has been designated as a essential project, with construction allowed to progress on site. Further funding has been approved by the DHLGH for the construction of new housing units located at Bramble Cottages (4 units) & Errigal Heights (20 units). Errigal Heights is being designed to progress to Part 8 planning application and Bramble Cottages was advertised for Part 8 in January 2021. A 3 unit development at Glenamoy Lawn and a 1 unit development at Kerry Road were both Part 8 approved in January 2021. In addition, a 64 unit development at Poulavone, originally a Cork County Council project, is now progressing to the tender process. Two further projects have funding approved by the DHLGH at Cloverhill Court and Westside and are currently progressing to Part 8 design. Funding has been approved by the DHLGH for the construction of new housing units located at Foyle Avenue (3 units) and 7 unit development in the Hollywood Estate. Foyle Avenue has been tendered and Hollywood Estate has Part 8 approval in place. Further to the scheme of 28 units at Sheridan Park, Tramore Road which completed in February, 2017, an additional 3 units were delivered in 2018 as an extension of the original ‘Turnkey Acquisition’. The City Council contracted for the purchase of an additional 5 units at Ard Aoibhinn, Banduff with the scheme completing in 2018. A total of 5 units at 37- 39 Dublin Street were also constructed and completed in 2018. 6 new homes were completed via turnkey in 2019 in Ballinlough. A further 29 new homes at Maryborough Ridge have now delivered and been advertised on CBL. The completion of the Arus Mhuire complex contains 30 units with a mix of 1 and 2 bedroom bungalows and apartments. It is a designated older persons’ complex, housing homeowners looking to downsize and transfers for elderly tenants requiring more suitable accommodation. Tuath are managing the complex for Cork City Council. The project won an award at the ICSH Community Housing Awards under the “Housing for Older People, Large Project” Category and most recently in November 2019 won a Chambers Ireland Excellence in Local Government Award in the Local Authority Innovation Category. The Scheme has also been shortlisted in the CIH Awards Innovation Category to be announced in February 2020. A similar scheme is proposed for the Springville House site, Blackrock Road, Cork.
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