A pioneering initiative which is helping to bring empty properties back into use in East Kent is being rolled out to tackle the problem in the West of the county. Today Kent County Council has teamed up with Tunbridge Wells…
Kent Empty Property Officers Share Good Practice
No Use Empty, the Kent Empty Property Initiative, has hosted two special training courses this month for Empty Property Officers from across Kent to help increase knowledge and understanding of legislation to help them bring empty properties back into use.…
Campaign Calls On Public Support To Tackle Empty Housing
A campaign which aims to bring empty properties back into use in East Kent is urging the public to play their part in helping to tackle the problem by reporting empty properties in their neighbourhood. The appeal has been made…
Success For No Use Empty As EDMO Is Awarded In Swale
The Residential Property Tribunal Service (RPTS) has granted permission for an Empty Dwelling Management Order (EDMO) to be served on a property in Teynham. The decision which is the culmination of work by Swale Borough Council and No Use Empty…
Newsletter Edition No 3
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Children Put Kent Empty Houses in the Picture!
Kent school children have been helping to fill empty houses – with colour in a drawing competition organised by No Use Empty, the campaign to raise awareness of the problem of empty housing in Kent and help bring them back…
No Use Empty Approves First Loan to Renovate Derelict Property
An initiative which is helping to bring empty properties in East Kent back into use has approved its first loan. This loan will help the owner to renovate the empty property and create a new family home. No Use Empty…
Enforced Sale Shows Campaign is No Empty Threat
Thanet District Council with the support of No Use Empty has successfully completed its first enforced sale on a property in Cliftonville which has been falling into disrepair for over 20 years.
No Use Empty Helps To Fill Over 300 Properties in East Kent
Successful partnership initiative now set to be rolled out across the county An initiative which aims to help bring empty properties in East Kent back into use has comfortably exceeded its delivery target. Launched in 2005, No Use Empty: the…
Empty Property Lists Freedom of Information Act 2000
Following a recent decision made by the Information Tribunal in the case of Mr C P England and the London Borough of Bexley v Information Commissioner (10th May) we are suspending the provision of empty property lists through No Use…