The compulsory purchase of a property is always a measure of last resort, but where the owner fails to engage with the Council in a constructive matter and previous action has failed to resolve the issue, then compulsory purchase will…
NUE Winners at the 2013 Placemaking Awards
Kent’s ‘No Use Empty’ scheme among winners at UK Placemaking Awards Kent County Council’s ‘No Use Empty’ initiative was among the winners at the inaugural Placemaking Awards at the British Museum in Central London. The scheme, which returns empty homes…
Latest Property Restored – 40 Bellevue Road, Ramsgate and Available To Buy
The property boasts four bedrooms, study, family bathroom, master en-suite, two large reception rooms, kitchen/diner, utility room, balcony with sea views and a court yard garden. Inside this home you will find a few surprises especially on the top floor with the vaulted…
Kent On Sunday Dec 2013
Kent On Sunday – December 2013 NO USE EMPTY Dave Mairs looks at the scheme rejuvenating parts of Kent. In 2005, Kent County Council began No Use Empty (NUE), aimed at getting abandoned and derelict properties back on the housing…
Kent On Sunday features No Use Empty
KENT ON SUNDAY Dave Mairs looks at the scheme rejuvenating parts of Kent. In 2005, Kent County Council began No Use Empty (NUE), aimed at getting abandoned and derelict properties back on the housing market, the success of which surprised…
3,000 Empty Properties Back Into Use In Kent
KENT’S NO USE EMPTY SCHEME REACHES 3,000 HOME MILESTONE UK’s most successful empty homes initiative enjoys record year, returning 600 empty homes to use No Use Empty (NUE), the empty homes initiative launched by Kent County Council (KCC) in 2005,…
Breaking News – Empty Homes Week – NUE to announce new £1 Million pilot loan project in Thanet
BREAKING NEWS – DECEMBER 2013£1M PROJECT TO LAUNCH IN MARGATE During Empty Homes Week we announced a new project which is now operational – read more below and if interested please do not hesitate to contact us. Thanet District Council (TDC) and…
South East Business features 1st AHP Project
SOUTH EAST BUSINESS OFFICE COMPLEX CONVERTED TO HOUSING First project approved under NUE’s Affordable Homes Project is underway in Folkestone to create seven much needed Affordable Homes.
50 Royal Road
Recovery Method: Enforced Sales Procedure: Section 103 Law and Property Act 1925 Legislation: Section 78 Building Act 1984 – Dangerous Structure (Emergency Measures) Section 79 Building Act 1984 – (Ruinous and Dilapidated) BACKGROUND Thanet District Council originally became involved in…
Former Residential Care Home in Deal restored to create 11 apartments now available to rent
East Kent Mercury – July 2013 This freehold property situated on the seafront in the north end of Deal, with views overlooking the sea is a former residential care home built circa 1900’s remaining empty and boarded up for 5…