Expressions of Interest – Purchase of Land and/or Provision of Turnkey Housing

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A. Purchase of Land Carlow County Council is seeking Expressions of Interests from landowners for the purchase of land for social housing purposes in the Carlow Urban area. The Council is interested in proposals on Brownfield and Greenfield sites. Land to be considered must be zoned as ‘Existing Residential’ or ‘Proposed Residential’ and/or form part of an Unfinished Housing Development. B. Turnkey Housing Carlow County Council is particularly interested in seeing proposals from Developers/Builders that propose to bring vacant or derelict properties into use and/or that propose to demolish derelict properties and build new dwellings in their place. These will be Buy and Renew Turnkey Proposals where the developer buys and renovates the property to like-new condition and sells to Carlow County Council. Proposals in respect of developments on brownfield/greenfield sites will also be considered. Proposals should provide for one and two-bedroom units. Housing Design Standards should, at a minimum, meet the requirements and criteria set out in the Department of Housing, Planning and Heritage publication “Quality Housing for Sustainable Communities” and other relevant statutory planning and construction standards including Building Regulations. Proposals in respect of Land/Turnkey Housing should not be located where there is currently a high concentration of Social Housing Support. Carlow County Council Reserves the right not to proceed with any Expression of Interest submitted following detailed consideration of the proposal. Both are subject to the approval of the Department of Housing, Local Government and Heritage. Carlow County Council may also source land by directly approaching property owners, estate agents and online property websites or by other appropriate means. Please note that Carlow County Council is subject to the Freedom of Information Act 2014. Expression of Interest Forms are available on the Council’s webpage www.carlow.ie or by emailing Emer Connors