Farmer wants land worth €4.5 million exempted from vacant site levy

An Bord Pleanála has not decided whether it will defend its case against an 80-year-old farmer, who is fighting to have his land removed from the vacant site register.

Allan Navratil’s land near Midleton has been included by Cork County Council on its vacant site register. Land on the register is subject to a levy of 3 per cent of its market value in 2018 and 7 per cent in 2019. The council ...