OCTOBER 2020 Wicklow County Council Chief Executive’s Monthly Report 1 | P a g e OCTOBER 2020 Table of Contents HOUSING AND COMMUNITY ............................................................................................................ 7 1. Social Housing Support......................................................................................................... 7 2. Allocation of Social housing ................................................................................................. 7 3. Social Housing Stock ............................................................................................................ 7 4. Casual Vacancies/Relets ....................................................................................................... 7 5. Housing Supply – Programme of Delivery ........................................................................... 8 6. Part V ...................................................................................................................................... 9 7. PPP Social Housing Project .................................................................................................. 9 8. Housing Schemes Remediation .......................................................................................... 10 9. Home Improvement/Adaptation .......................................................................................... 10 10. Addressing Homelessness ................................................................................................. 11 11. Energy Efficiency ................................................................................................................. 14 12. Wicklow Community Call ..................................................................................................... 15 13. Outdoor Recreation and Infrastructure Scheme ................................................................ 15 14. County Wicklow Library Services ....................................................................................... 15 15. Social Inclusion Community Activation Programme (SICAP)........................................... 17 16. County Wicklow Public Partnership Network (PPN): ........................................................ 17 17. Wicklow Sports & Recreation Partnership ......................................................................... 18 18. Community Enhancement Programme 2020 ...................................................................... 19 19. County Wicklow Arts Office ................................................................................................ 19 20. County Wicklow Archives ................................................................................................... 20 ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT, PLANNING AND INFRASTRUCTURE ............................................ 23 1. Wicklow Economic Think Tank (CWETT) Action Plan Local Economic and Community Plan (LECP) (Economic) ................................................................................................................. 23 Retail ................................................................................................................................................................................................ 23 Town Teams.................................................................................................................................................................................. 23 2 | P a g e OCTOBER 2020 Tourism ........................................................................................................................................................................................... 27 Thematic Experiences ............................................................................................................................................................... 29 Rural and Urban Regeneration Development Fund Grant Applications.............................................................. 30 Climate Action .............................................................................................................................................................................. 31 Maritime ......................................................................................................................................................................................... 31 FLAG Funding ............................................................................................................................................................................... 32 Food and Beverage Strategy .................................................................................................................................................. 32 2. Local Enterprise Office (LEO) ............................................................................................. 34 3. Planning and Development ................................................................................................. 37 Forward Planning ....................................................................................................................................................................... 37 County Development Plan Review ...................................................................................................................................... 38 Heritage .......................................................................................................................................................................................... 38 Planning Applications ............................................................................................................................................................... 39 Planning Enforcement .............................................................................................................................................................. 40 4. Environmental Services....................................................................................................... 41 Waste Management ................................................................................................................................................................... 41 Climate Action .............................................................................................................................................................................. 41 Priority Action items: ........................................................................................................................................................... 41 Environmental Awareness ...................................................................................................................................................... 42 SEC .................................................................................................................................................................................................... 42 Recycling Centres ....................................................................................................................................................................... 43 Brittas Bay Carparks .................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Dog Licences ................................................................................................................................................................................. 43 Chambers Ireland Excellence Awards ................................................................................................................................ 43 Whitestown Remediation Project ........................................................................................................................................ 44 Harbours and Ports .................................................................................................................................................................... 44 Pollution Control ......................................................................................................................................................................... 44 3 | P a g e OCTOBER 2020 Arklow Flood Relief Scheme .................................................................................................................................................. 47 5. Transportation, Water and Emergency Services ............................................................... 48 Public Lighting ............................................................................................................................................................................. 48 Transportation Statistics (General) .................................................................................................................................... 49 Operational Fire Statistics ....................................................................................................................................................... 53 Parking Income ............................................................................................................................................................................ 55 Fire Prevention Statistics ........................................................................................................................................................ 55 ORGANISATIONAL DEVELOPMENT