MyHome.ie Blog
  • MyHome Living
  • News
  • RetroFit Hub
  • Buyers Advice Hub
  • Selling
  • Renting
  • Mortgages
  • Property Report
MyHome.ie Blog
  • MyHome Living
  • News
  • RetroFit Hub
  • Buyers Advice Hub
  • Selling
  • Renting
    • Mortgage Learning Center
    • Calculators
    • Best Mortgage Table
  • Property Report
    • All Properties
    • Houses For Sale
    • Apartments For Sale
    • Available To View
    • Overseas Holiday Homes
      • Properties For Auction
      • Upcoming Auctions
      • BER Assessors
      • Property Conveyancing Solicitors
      • Pre-Purchase Surveyors
    • Find Agents
    • All Properties
    • Houses To Rent
    • Apartments To Rent
    • Available To View
    • Share
      • Irish Holiday Homes
      • Overseas Holiday Homes
  • New Homes
    • For Sale
    • To Rent
    • Auction
      • Residential Land
      • Commercial Land
      • Farm Land
      • Farms
      • Sites
    • MyHome Living
    • Buyer Advice Hub
    • Property Report
    • Property Price Register
    • Price Changes
  • Mortgages
    • Rental
    • Holiday Homes
    • Commercial
    • Sharing
Advertisement
  • Home
  • Uncategorized
  • Up to 200 ghost estates could be bulldozed
Uncategorized
May 24, 2013 - 14:40

Up to 200 ghost estates could be bulldozed

The MyHome Newsdesk
By The MyHome Newsdesk
Share this article
Facebook Share Twitter Share Linkedin Share Email Share Whatsapp Share
Up to 200 ghost estates could be bulldozed

Up to 200 ghost estates face being bulldozed under new plans being drawn up by Minister for Housing and Planning, Jan O'Sullivan.

The country has been left with 1,100 unfinished developments since the property bubble burst in 2008 – many of which are in a dangerous state.

Junior Minister O’Sullivan has admitted that up to 200 may be bulldozed as part of the plans to deal with ghost estates.

In an interview with the Herald, the Labour politician said that the vast majority of the country’s ghost estates “can be finished and have to be finished”.

Advertisement

At the height of the building boom in 2006, a total of 93,000 new houses and apartments were built, over four times the number completed in 1993.

This year, for the month of January alone, some 342 new houses were completed.

“What I’m trying to achieve in chairing the committee on unfinished estates, is that we get a resolution to get them finished,” she said.

“But in ghost estates where nobody is living but there are still half-built houses, probably the best resolution is to demolish them.”

According to the Minister, the bulldozing of estates would be done “in conjunction with the owners and with the local authority”.

Advertisement

“But ultimately I can’t force [their demolition], because they are private properties so I can’t force anybody to do anything,” she said.

“But we want to do it by consensus and we want to get a definite proposal and plan for each and every one of those unfinished estates some time later this year.”

Subscribe to our weekly MyHome Living eZine today

Processing your request...

You are subscribed now!

<

  • Tags
  • Ghost Estates
  • Jan O'Sullivan
  • Labour
  • Minister for Housing
  • unfinished developments
The MyHome Newsdesk
By The MyHome Newsdesk
Share this article
Facebook Share Twitter Share Linkedin Share Email Share Whatsapp Share

Helpful Links

Find your home on MyHome
Read more Articles
Calculate what you can afford to borrow
Welcome to the Retrofit Hub
Advertisement
Advertisement

Related News

What is a Heat Pump?
Uncategorized

What is a Heat Pump?

Feb 27, 2025
Living Cities Initiative
Uncategorized

Living Cities Initiative

Jan 14, 2025
Digital Services Act
Uncategorized

Digital Services Act

Mar 31, 2024
Avant Money and Finance Ireland announce new rates
Uncategorized

Avant Money and Finance Ireland announce new rates

Dec 09, 2021
Average deposit of first-time buyer was €52,000 in first half of the year
Uncategorized

Average deposit of first-time buyer was €52,000 in first half of the year

Dec 07, 2021
Frequent And Popular Searches
MyHome.ie Blog
Help
Jobs
About
Equality Guidelines
Brand Safety
Contact
Terms & Conditions
Cookie Policy
Privacy Policy
Digital Services Act
Sitemap
© Copyright MyHome.ie 2025
Advertisement