Taking in Charge of Housing Estates
Policy for the Taking in Charge of Residential DevelopmentsContents:
1. Taking in Charge Policy: Overview
1.1 Legislative framework
1.2 Policy framework
2. Taking in Charge
2.1 Facilities to be taken in charge
2.2 Maintenance services
3. Measures to ensure satisfactory completion of residential developments
3.1 General
3.2 Adoption of standards for external works
3.3 Application of standards
3.4 Early identification of areas to be taken in charge
3.5 Appropriate planning conditions
3.6 Inspection of construction
3.7 Enforcement action
3.8 New powers available to planning authorities to refuse planning permission
4. Responding to a request for Taking in Charge
4.1 Adoption of a procedure/protocol
5. Planning conditions relating to management arrangements
5.1 Traditional housing estates
5.2 Multi-unit structures
5.3 Other instances where it may be appropriate to condition management arrangements
6. Dealing with requests relating to older estates
6.1 Assessing/categorising requests
6.2 Estates satisfactorily completed
6.3 Priority list for estates not completed satisfactorily
6.4 Action in relation to uncompleted estates
6.5 Remedial works by the planning authority
Appendices:
1: Procedure for inspecting the construction of Residential Developments
2: Protocol / procedure for Taking in charge residential developments
Download the Taking Estates in Charge Application Form (pdf, 17 kbs)
Download the Policy on Taking in Charge of Residential Development (pdf, 64 kbs)
