Legal
Just small fraction of landowners legally challenge hefty land hoarding taxes
More than 620 landowners lodged appeals with An Bord Pleanála in April after they were notified they faced large land-hoarding taxes
A small fraction of landowners who face hefty new land hoarding taxes have lodged judicial reviews in a bid to avoid the levies.
In April, more than 620 landowners lodged appeals with An Bord Pleanála after they were notified by local councils that they faced significant land-hoarding taxes under the new Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT) scheme.
The measure, which will be levied at 3 per cent of a site’s market value, was due to ...