INSIDE KENT – SEPTEMBER 2014 NO USE EMPTY AIDS CONVERSION OF FORMER SPY BASE INTO NEW HOMES Please click on the picture to read more about the refurbishment of a long term empty building in Folkestone which was once the…
London Road, Dover
No Use Empty provided a 3 year interest free loan of £175,000 contributing to Phase 2 of the project. The overall project costs are in the region of £1M and the transformation of a once wasted resource in a prominent…
No Use Empty aids conversion of fromer spy base into new homes
8-9 Marine Parade, Folkestone Former Home to Army Intelligence WW1 NUE, the empty homes scheme run by KCC has started development on a long-term empty building in Folkestone that was once the home to Army Intelligence during the First World…
Winchelsea Terrace
This house had been empty for more than 10 years and was suffering from significant water damage from a leaking roof. The property was raising concerns within the community because of the deteriorating condition. The Council explored a number of…
Athelstan Road, Cliftonville
Full planning permission and building control was granted to convert the building. Apart from a few structural walls to take down, the conversion is within the current footprint, with no extensions, but does require sound/fire proofing, utilities reinstated and external…
Empty Homes Chief Executive visits Kent
Mark Dance, KCC Cabinet Member for Economic Development with Helen Williams, Chief Executive Empty Homes Agency Recently Appointed Chief Executive Empty Homes Agency visits Kent’s No Use Empty Initiative. The NUE team were pleased to welcome Helen WIlliams to Kent on 2nd July 2014,…
Record Year for NUE in Dover
RECORD YEAR FOR ‘NO USE EMPTY’ SCHEME IN DOVER AS FUNDING TOPS £1 MIILLION A record £1 million was invested in returning empty homes to use in Dover in 2013 – 14, according to new figures released by No Use Empty,…
The Bakery, St Peters, Broadstairs
Planning permission has been granted to transform a former bakery in the village of St Peters, Broadstairs – end of terrace two-storey building (circa 1850 with an extension added in the 1960’s) to 1 x 2 bedroom cottage (lounge/diner kitchen,…
First NUE Affordable Homes Project Completed
AFFORDABLE HOMES FOR RENT NESSA APARTMENTS, SANDGATE ROAD, FOLKESTONE (FULLY OCCUPIED) No Use Empty have supported the refurbsihment of this former commercial premises, which is now being marketed by Avenue Lettings, who are pleased to offer 6 x 1 bed flats and…
Hardwick Road
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…