Irish round-up: Affordable housing help; Rosslare coastal erosion funding; social housing economics favour councils
A round-up of planning news in Ireland: 12 September – 18 September 2020
More than 1,700 fast-track homes approved for Dublin, Drogheda and Ashdown
Five fast-track housing schemes totalling at least 1,700 new homes have been approved this week by An Bord Pleanála, with most earmarked for three sites in the capital.
The Planner
State-owned Home Building Finance Ireland has revealed that it has approved funding for 1,477 new homes in 29 developments this year across 16 counties with social housing projects accounting for one in three of the new homes.
Irish Independent
An Bord Pleanála has given the thumbs up for a new €11 million Lidl store in the North County Dublin town of Lusk.
Irish Independent
Statkraft acquires five solar farms
Norwegian energy firm Statkraft has paid more than €10 million to acquire rights to five solar farm projects in Cork, Laois, Meath and Tipperary previously owned by UK firm Lightsource, which is controlled by BP.
Irish Examiner
Social housing economics favours councils
Local authorities can build homes for considerably less than they are paying private developers for social housing, show figures published by the Department of Housing.
Irish Times
Rosslare coastal erosion funding
The government has confirmed funding of €7 million for a scheme to save the coastline in the Rosslare area of County Wexford from erosion.
Irish Government
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