AQW 12285/22-27

Ms Claire Sugden
Independent
East Londonderry

Tabled Date: 21/05/2024
Answered On Date: 31/05/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Agriculture, Environment and Rural Affairs to detail the work he has carried out with local councils to promote the enforcement of available processes in relation to derelict buildings.

Answer:

My Department has not carried out any such work with district councils. Much of the current legislation available to councils to deal with dilapidated/dangerous buildings and neglected sites dates back to the Victorian era and/or applies to specific geographical areas and is limited in its scope and effectiveness.

It is therefore my intention to introduce a Dilapidation Bill to the Assembly in the autumn, subject to the approval of my Executive colleagues.