COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL
MEETING OF TALLAGHT AREA COMMITTEE (2)
Monday, September 28, 2009
QUESTION NO.12
QUESTION: Councillor D. Looney
"To ask the Manager to outline the options available to the Council or other state body to purchase and develop the derelict site of the former Greenhills Shopping Arcade - known locally as "McHugh's" - on St James' Road, Greenhills, including the estimated cost of a Compulsory Purchase Order based on the Section 22 Notice of Determination of Market Value issued to the owner following the recent inclusion of the site on the Derelict Sites Register?"
REPLY:
The site at St James Road, Walkinstown (formerly Greenhills Shopping Arcade), Dublin 12 was entered onto the Derelict Sites Register on 19th December, 2009. A Section 22 Notice of Determinination of Market Value was then issued to the registered owner. The registered owner was informed of their right of appeal of the valuation to the Valuation Tribunal, however, as no appeal received by the Valuation Tribunal, a Section 23 Notice of Levy Demand was issued on 3rd March, 2009 demanding an annual levy of €60,000. This levy was not paid within the two months allowed and legal proceedings have now been initiated to recover this outstanding debt.
South Dublin County Council has no plans to acquire this site by way of a Compulsory Purchase Order.