The derelict properties on the council registers, matched to what is happening on them.
The proposed Derelict Property Tax will be built on the councils' statutory Derelict Sites Registers. We read the registers of 24 of the 31 councils every week and match each entry to planning applications and to later sales, so you can see which properties have no application yet, which have already sold, and where clearance has started.
The old way
A register entry is public, but it sits in a different format on each council's site, so the properties about to change hands, or already being redeveloped, are easy to miss until someone else has bought them.
There's a faster way to the work.
What you get
Built around how derelict property developers & investors actually win work
One list across 24 councils
Address, Eircode where published, the date entered, years on the register, the enforcement stage and the council's own market value where it publishes one, refreshed weekly. Filter by council, stage and how long a property has been listed.
Listed, with no application yet
The register properties with no planning application against them. These are the likely acquisitions, and the ones nobody has yet started to redevelop.
Sold since listing
Later sales from the Property Price Register, shown against the council's value. A register entry is often not a dead end: it can be the moment a sale happens, so a buyer may already exist.
Clearance and redevelopment
Applications to demolish a derelict building on a register site, and the planning applications matched to register properties, in a feed of their own. The nearest thing to a before-and-after record of the tax doing its job.
Told when a council lists new
Save a search by council and stage and get a weekly or daily email when a new entry appears, with the rows attached. Export the list to CSV.
Property facts only
We hold the property and its enforcement stage, never the owner. Owner names and the kind of owner are not held or shown on any plan.
In your plan
- Derelict Sites Registers, 24 of 31 councils
- Filter by council, stage and years listed
- Matched planning applications and sales
- Derelict clearance feed
- New-entry alerts & CSV export
- No owner data held
Questions installers ask
What is the Derelict Property Tax?
A proposed annual tax, run by Revenue, on derelict properties, set in the Government's proposal at 7 percent of market value and self-assessed, with the first preliminary registers proposed for 1 September 2027. It is a proposal in the Finance (No.2) Bill 2026, not yet law, and the dates and rate may change.
Where does the data come from?
The statutory Derelict Sites Registers that each council publishes, read weekly for 24 of the 31 councils, matched to planning applications and to the Property Price Register. Some councils publish nothing online or behind a bot check, and we list which on the public explainer.
Does PlanningLeads show who owns a derelict property?
No. We keep the property facts only: address, entry date, enforcement stage and the council's value where published. Owner names are never held or shown, whatever the plan.
How is this different from the councils' own registers?
It is the same public data, in one place and one format, refreshed weekly, with the matches to planning applications and sales the councils do not provide, plus a clearance feed and an email when a council adds a new entry.
“Every week it tells us which new developments in our area will need planting, before anyone else calls them.”
Every lead links back to the official public record.
Planning authorities, Building Control, the company register and EU tenders - assembled automatically, never invented. You can always check the source.
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Be first to the work that fits you.
Start free and read the public explainer and brief. The register list, the clearance feed, the new-entry alert and the CSV are on Pro.