Vacant Sites Register

On January 1st 2017, Monaghan County Council established a Vacant Sites Register in accordance with the Urban Regeneration and Housing Act 2015.

The purpose of the Register is to identify vacant sites within the functional area of Monaghan on appropriately zoned lands which have been deemed suitable for housing or redevelopment but are lying dormant and undeveloped.

Sites entered on the Register will be subject to the Vacant Site Levy provisions introduced under the Act.

At present there are no sites entered on the Vacant Sites Register.

In 2025, the vacant sites levy will be replaced with a new Residential Zoned Land Tax (RZLT). The aim of this tax is to increase housing supply by activating zoned, serviced residential development lands (including mixed-use) for housing.