Dublin City Council has prepared a Draft Supplementary Development Contribution Scheme for lands located within 1 kilometer of the Luas Cross City line in accordance with the provisions of Section 49 of the Planning and Development Act 2000 (which allows a Planning Authority to attach a condition to a planning permission for development which benefits from public infrastructure, requiring payment of a financial contribution in respect of the provision of that infrastructure).

Details of the proposed contributions under the Draft Supplementary Development Contribution Scheme are as follows:

Residential – €2,000 per unit

Commercial – €38 per sq m

Retail – €43 per sq m

The public consultation period is for 6 weeks from Monday 9th January to Monday 20th February 2016.

Further details including a map of the areas that will be subject to the Contribution is available on the following link: http://www.dublincity.ie/luascrosscity