COMHAIRLE CONTAE ÁTHA CLIATH THEAS
SOUTH DUBLIN COUNTY COUNCIL

MEETING OF LUCAN / PALMERSTOWN / NORTH CLONDALKIN AREA COMMITTEE

Tuesday, April 28, 2026

QUESTION NO. 8

QUESTION: Councillor H. Farrell

To ask for a report on the totals of derelict site levies collected in the LEA in 2025, with a breakdown on the rough age of construction of the properties, and if any of the properties are on the Protected Structures list for SDCC.

REPLY:

SDCC maintains a Derelict Sites Register under section 8 of the Act for sites which they consider are derelict under the Act. Sites entered on the Derelict Sites Register are subject to an annual derelict sites levy of 7% of market value which will continue to apply until the site is rendered non-derelict.

In 2025 SDCC applied €279,722 in levies to properties listed on the Derelict Sites Register. To date, €98,470.80 has been received in levies for 2025.

As per Section 24 of the Derelict Sites Act 1990, where derelict site levies remain unpaid, SDCC will place a charge on the relevant urban land, which will remain in place until payment of levies and interest due has been received. In addition to pursuing outstanding levies, SDCC have started the process of applying levies to properties on the Derelict Sites Register for 2026.

SDCC does not record this data by Local Electoral Area and therefore cannot provide a breakdown as requested. The derelict sites records are maintained for enforcement and monitoring purposes and do not hold information on file in relation to the age of construction of each property or full property history.

There is currently no property that is listed on both the Derelict Sites register and the protected structures list. See links to both here:

Protected structures: record-of-protected-structures-schedule-2.pdf

Derelict Sites register:20260324-register-of-derelict-sites-for-website.xlsx