Tipperary property has been on the derelict sites register for over 30 years
One property in Tipperary has been on the county council’s derelict sites register for over 30 years.
However, this site is not an isolated case as several others have been on the register for over two decades.
The site, at Erry’s Cross in Ballytarsna, near Cashel was added to the derelict sites register in January 1993, and now, 32 years later, remains as a derelict site, according to the updated register.
All local authorities across the country keep a record of sites that have been derelict for a long period of time, which aims to encourage property owners to bring their sites back into use.
Several other sites across Tipperary have remained on the register for over two decades
The Old Technical School in Clogheen was added to the register on July 14, 1998, and remains there to date, as does a property on Lower Main Street in Ballyporeen, which was added to the register in December 1998.
In 2000, a property in Knockanglass, Fethard was added to the register, and in the intervening 25 years, no significant progress has been made to restore the property from dereliction.
A number of properties around county Tipperary have been on the register since 2008, including a site at Rathkeevan, Clonnmel, Shronell, outside Tipperary town, a site in Lattin, a site in Kilcoran in Cahir, and a site in Kilross.
Three properties have been on Tipperary County Council’s derelict sites register since 2012 – a property on Cashel Lane, Clonmel, a property on Carrick Street in Mullinahone and the Old Co-op Building, on the Main Street in Clogheen.
Some of the most recent properties that have been added to the council’s derelict sites register include 13 vacant commercial units in Clonmel’s Market Place shopping centre, 6 Catherine Street, Clonmel, and Suir Vale House on Dillon Street in Clonmel.