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Introduction

This is a public-facing landing page for draft demonstrations built by Rob Cross. It provides an overview and links to each register and supporting information. This is demonstration platform and portfolio project shows how statutory register data can be structured for public transparency and internal decision support.

This website is a regeneration-focused initiative documenting and analysing derelict and long-term vacant property in Ireland. Built as a structured, evidence-led platform, it converts fragmented statutory registers into a clear, map-based resource revealing the scale, geography, and real-world impacts of vacancy, underuse, and town centre decline.

The project does more than highlight dereliction as a problem. By combining clean, structured data, mapping, and accessible communication, it helps local authorities, practitioners, and the public understand where dereliction is concentrated, what stage cases are at, and what opportunities exist for regeneration.

Through developing this platform, I am building practical expertise in vacancy classification, data cleaning and standardisation (including address and Eircode quality), mapping and visualisation, and stakeholder-focused reporting. My goal is to contribute to a local authority or housing regeneration teams working on Town Centre First delivery, vacant homes activation, and sustainable reuse strategies—bringing a strong digital and data-led approach to real-world implementation.

🔮 Future plans:

For collaboration, feedback, or demonstration requests, please get in touch.

Regards

Rob Cross

📧 Email: [email protected]

💼 LinkedIn: rob-cross-32793b25

🌐 derelictsites.com

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About Rob Cross

Rob Cross is an architectural designer and BIM and digital design technology specialist who is building a public, data-led project focused on vacancy and dereliction in Ireland as part of the wider housing and town-centre crisis.

What Rob Cross is doing

How this connects to the Irish housing crisis

Rob frames long-term vacancy and dereliction as a direct contributor to housing shortage and homelessness, highlighting cases where valuable buildings sit unused for decades while emergency accommodation numbers rise.

Policy and implementation focus

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Advisory note (figures and data quality)

📌 What this contains