By Dan Walsh
Wexford County Council has issued its five-year retrospective infographic on Derelict and Vacant Property within County Wexford.
The Planning Department is responsible for dealing with derelict property within the county in accordance with the Derelict Sites Act 1990.
This Act allows the council to enforce the remediation of such sites by serving notices directing owners to clean up the sites, prosecute owners who do not comply with notices served and make a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) if the property continues to remain derelict.
A total of 386 inspections took place on derelict or vacant property in 2025 with 136 formal notices under the Derelict Sites Act issued during this period.
The Infographic details the Derelict Sites Process and explains the various notices served under the Act.
During 2025, 300 open files were under investigation, 66 new derelict files were opened, and 42 files were closed.
Derelict Site Levies amounting to €325,850 were issue to 29 property owners during 2025. At the end of 2025, 149 properties are now officially on the Derelict Site Register.
Over the five-year period from 2021 to 2025, the number of properties on the Derelict Site Register in Wexford County Council increased from 54 in 2021 to 149 in 2025.
Cathaoirleach of Wexford County Council, Cllr Joe Sullivan commented, “I acknowledge the good work being done here by the Derelict Sites Team in Wexford County Council. The figures showing the increase in activity over the five-year period demonstrates a real focus on dereliction and property vacancy in our towns and villages and throughout our rural communities”
Chief Executive of Wexford County Council, Eddie Taaffe added; “Wexford County Council will continue to resource and act forcibly on dereliction throughout our county by utilising the Derelict Sites Act and where necessary, using our powers to CPO property where owners refuse to resolve dereliction and vacancy.”
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