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SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

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MEETING OF SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

Monday, September 08, 2025

QUESTION NO. 22

QUESTION: Councillor M. Johansson

To ask the Chief Executive for a report on any actions taken on the sites currently on the Derelict Sites Register?

REPLY:

South Dublin County Council actively monitors the Derelict Sites Register and takes the actions available to the Council under the Derelict Sites Act 1990.

South Dublin County Council has applied levies to fourteen sites on the Derelict Sites Register.

SDCC has served one Section 15 Notice of Intention to Acquire a Derelict Site and is currently working towards serving a Section 15 Notice on a further two Derelict Sites in the coming weeks.

There are a number of additional properties on the Derelict Sites Register currently being monitored for the initiation of Compulsory Purchase Order proceedings. Cross-departmental work is ongoing between the Vacant Homes and Derelict Sites sections with advice being received from the Law department.

Due to the ongoing works being carried out by the Derelict Sites section, three properties listed on the Derelict Sites Register are now sale agreed on the private market. One additional property is currently due to close by private sale. These sites will be re-inspected to monitor progress before they are removed from the Derelict Sites Register. The four properties at St Maelruan’s Park were acquired in 2024 and are currently under the remit of Housing, with works ongoing.

Under Section 3 of Derelict Site Act 1990, South Dublin County Council monitors sites in the county that may meet the criteria of a ‘derelict site’ which are not entered on the register until such time as investigations are completed and a determination made that the site is derelict. There are currently 79 active Derelict Sites casefiles, including the sites on the Derelict Sites Register. In 2025, SDCC has issued 29 notices and issued 22 letters under the provisions of the Derelict Sites Act 1990. 141 inspections have also been completed as part of Derelict Sites investigations.