Cork City Council owed almost €5m from landowners

Cork City Council has a total of €4.9m outstanding. File picture: Denis Minihane

Over €20m worth of derelict site levies have been left uncollected by councils across the country, with Cork City Council owed almost €5m from landowners.

New data from the Department of Housing shows that almost €1.9m was collected by all local authorities last year, but €20.4m had yet to be collected across all 32 local authorities.