Derelict site registers missing key details amid calls for greater transparency

Less than half of local authorities in Ireland don’t have a register available online

Of the registers currently available to view remotely, only two had the full information a derelict site register is obliged to contain. Picture: Getty

Derelict site registers for ten local authorities are missing key details while more than half of councils in Ireland don’t have a register available online.

Of the country’s 31 local authorities, only 13 have their area’s derelict site register available to inspect on their website.

Of the registers currently available to view remotely, only two had the full information a derelict site register is obliged to contain.

According to the Derelict Sites Act, details including ...