Register finds almost 20,000 homes could be built on vacant sites nationally

More than 350 sites have been added to the vacant sites register nationally, enough to see 19,515 homes developed. File Picture.

Almost 20,000 homes could be built on 352 individual vacant sites across the country.

Figures from the updated Vacant Sites Register, which was established to prevent the hoarding of land which could potentially be used for housing, show that eight local authorities have no register at all or no sites registered.