South Dublin County Council want to raise awareness around the issue of vacant homes and to seek the public’s help in addressing this matter. If you are aware of an empty/vacant home in the South Dublin County Councils area, please tell us and efforts will be made to if possible, bring this property back into use. This will also help towards meeting Ireland’s housing need in an environmentally sustainable manner.
Register a vacant home at www.vacanthomes.ie
Derelict Sites can have a negative impact on the social, visual, and commercial aspects of a neighbourhood. South Dublin County Council investigates all reports of dereliction and takes enforcement action, in accordance with the Derelict Sites Act 1990 (the Act), in an effort to have the dereliction abated.
A Derelict Site is defined in the Act as any land which detracts, or is likely to detract, to a material degree from the amenity, character, or appearance of land in the neighbourhood of the land in question because of
(a) The existence of structures which are in a ruinous, derelict, or dangerous condition (b) The neglected, unsightly or objectionable condition of the land or any structures on the land (c) The presence of litter, rubbish, debris or waste on the land.
The Act places a duty on every owner and occupier of land to take all reasonable steps to ensure that the land does not become or continue to be a derelict site.
To report a derelict site, contact the Enforcement and Licensing Section by email at info@sdublincoco.ie or by telephone at 01 4149000.
