Cork City Council did not levy derelict site tax on former tax office site for 20 years

Councillors question why long-vacant Sullivan’s Quay site avoided derelict levy as council points to alternative land tax

BAM recently lodged an application for a student accommodation development to house more than 500 students on the site, after buying it from the Revenue Commissioners when it moved to new premises in Blackpool. Picture: Larry Cummins

Cork City Council has not levied any derelict site taxes on the site of the former tax office on Sullivan’s Quay, 20 years after Revenue moved out and the site was bought by BAM.

BAM recently lodged an application for a student accommodation development to house more than 500 students on the site, after buying it from the Revenue Commissioners when it moved to new premises in Blackpool.