Shepway District Council Shepway District Council is a founding member of the award winning No Use Empty scheme, which is celebrating its 10th anniversary this month. The initiative, managed by Kent County Council, offers interest free loans to the owners…
NUE steps in with first interest bearing loan
Lorne Road, Dover No Use Empty has stepped in to help unlock Phase I of a development in Dover. Without our support it is unlikely the five houses, which are all occupied, would have been completed for a considerable amount of…
Affordable Homes – Dover Road, Folkestone
Dover Road, Folkestone Built on the late 1800’s this detached four storey building has been brought back into use to provide seven self-contained flats. Taking up the challenge the new owners have extensively modernised and refurbished the property which lay empty…
The Empty Homes Conference 2016 – Birmingham, 24th May
A Date for your diary No Use Empty are proud to support the 2016 National Empty Homes Conference of Tuesday, 24th May, 2016. The Conference, organised by the Empty Homes Network, will be held at Maple House in Birmingham. Guest…
Anniversary Newsletter
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EMPTY HOMES WEEK
NO USE EMPTY CELEBRATES 10 YEAR ANNIVERSARY DURING NATIONAL EMPTY HOMES WEEK National Empty Homes Week Monday 30th November through to Sunday 6th December. Empty Homes Week is all about community-led organisations, local authorities and others holding events and putting out information to celebrate…
Wood Street, Swanley
In the semi-rural village of Swanley, situated within the Green Belt area of Sevenoaks, there were three bungalows at the end of a terrace of ten properties in Wood Street. Situated near a conservation area they remained empty for nearly…
NUE unveils latest project in Hot Spot – Hythe
FORMER GYM IN HYTHE WORKS OUT TO PRODUCE 2 NEW HOMES The coastal Kent town made a top list of property hotspots primed to boom No Use Empty (NUE) the pioneering empty homes initiative by Kent County Council (KCC), which…
Capital Gains Tax
The owner of this property in Dover had owned it for 10 years and originally lived in it as a family home for a number of years. The owner then moved out of the property and rented it out for…
Empty Dwelling Management Order, Swale
The above property in Swale had been empty for the previous 9 months. The owner had to move away from the area but had been unable to secure the sale of the property due to the level of outstanding debts…