13.2.3 Monitoring, Implementation and Phasing

The Development Plan will be reviewed and a two-year progress report will be prepared on achievements in securing the objectives of the plan. As far as practicable, every effort has been made to bring in objectives through the plan using the SMART approach (Specific, Measurable, Achievable, Relevant and Time-bound). This approach will assist in the transparency and objective evaluation of the two-year review process. Active land management including the implementation of the vacant land levy on all vacant residential and regeneration lands as set out in the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015 are key means to implement the plan.

In addition to the statutory requirement to prepare a two-year progress report on securing the objectives of the development plan, a progress report on the performance indicators, which will measure the city’s performance and progress, will be presented to the City Council on a biennial basis (see Appendix 20).

Dublin City Council will continue to publish an annual Sustainability Report which will include accurate measurements of energy efficient improvements, delivery of renewable energy and sustainable transport infrastructure and the overall carbon emissions reductions in the city.

The plan will also be subject to a separate monitoring and review exercise as part of the Strategic Environmental Assessment (SEA) and Appropriate Assessment (AA). This aspect of monitoring will ensure compliance with the strategic environmental objectives as set out in the Environmental Report which accompanies this plan and will also safeguard the special characteristics and features of the designated NATURA 2000 sites.

In terms of an overall approach, Dublin City Council seeks to promote the implementation of the development plan in a rational and sequential manner. It is also an objective of the Council to ensure that essential facilities, (such as roads infrastructure, water, sewerage) are secured and provided in conjunction with proposed developments.

Dublin City Council plays an important role on the Dublin Housing Supply Coordination Task Force, an initiative of the Government’s Construction 2020 – A Strategy for a Renewed Construction Sector. The task force comprises the four Dublin local authorities, Department of Housing, Planning, Community and Local Government, NAMA, NTA and a number of other bodies.

Dublin City Council compiles regular updates on residential developments under construction and those currently in the planning system, such as current planning applications, in order to monitor the delivery of housing units and the quantum of ‘ready to go’ and potential development sites in the city.

The role of NAMA is critical to ensuring that lands become available for development, which may also require the provision of certain infrastructure and, as such, collaboration with NAMA, their clients, and other agencies is essential. NAMA shall have regard to the proper planning and sustainable development of the city, as expressed in the city development plan.