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Bonds & Taking in Charge of Estates: Cork City Council imposes a condition on the grant of a planning permission, inter alia, for the provision of financial securities to provide safeguards in the event of a default by the developer, or of the failure or refusal of the developer to complete the development in accordance with the planning permission (or any extension thereof). The amount of security should enable the planning authority, in this case Cork City Council, without cost to themselves, to complete the necessary services (including roads, footpaths, surface water network, lighting and open space) to a satisfactory standard in the event of default by the developer. The Estates Section is required to estimate the bond required to enable Cork City Council to complete the necessary services. For large housing schemes, it is normally appropriate to break the development down into distinct phases of the development. Developers request Bond estimates to follow the phased approach of the development. This results in multiple bond estimates. Bond reductions are frequently made, following site inspections, to permit release of the bond to subsequent phases. 84 bonds were processed in 2021.
The Estates Team currently have 101 taking in charge (TIC) applications to hand. This number has significantly increased since the boundary extension (56 TIC applications pre-boundary extension).
Short-Term Letting: The Council’s Short -Term Letting Unit aims to ensure those that are engaging in short-term letting are compliant with the legislation that was introduced in July 2019. In 2021, 27 Form 15 (annual notification), 4 Form 17 (end of year notification), 2 complaint forms and 4 planning applications (2 refused, 1 FI, and 1 invalid) were received. 170 Informal Letters and 42 Warning Letters were issued.
From December 2020 to December 2021 there has been a 35.1% decrease in the number of Short Term Lets (STL) available.
To help raise awareness to the STL legislation, a social media campaign was undertaken to highlight to the public their obligations under the legislation. Social Media posts on different areas of the short-term letting legislation have been shared on Cork City Council Twitter and Facebook accounts. Development Contribution Scheme: Section 48(1) of the Planning and Development Act, 2000, as amended, enables a planning authority, when granting a permission under Section 34 of the Act, to include conditions requiring the payment of a contribution in respect of public infrastructure and facilities benefiting development in the area of Cork City Council, and that is provided, or that it is intended will be provided, by or on behalf of the Council. Cork City Council continues to apply conditions on permissions in respect of financial contributions. In 2021, 209 invoices were issued by the Development Contributions team and a number of payment agreements were entered into.
The full Development Contribution Scheme can be viewed on the Council’s website - Cork City Council Development Contribution Scheme 2020-2022.
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