To mark the occasion a short video has been made to show how the campaign brings empty and derelict properties in Kent back into use as much-needed homes. Property owner, Martin Neame, tells how the scheme helped him.
How Do We Maximise The Use Of Empty Homes ? The HCA debate
The HCA debate “maximising the use of empty homes” has been extended to 31st August 2010. The debate will explore new ways to tackle empty homes and to maximise their use and provide the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and…
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 – Section 215
Recovery Method Recovery through the Courts: Enforced Sales Procedure Introduction It is a well established that poor condition properties have an adverse affect on the neighbourhood. Anyone unfortunate enough to have lived next door to a long term empty property…
Housing Act 2004 – Improvement Notices
Legislation Section 11 and 12 Housing Act 2004 Recovery Method Enforced Sales Procedure: Law and Property Act 1925 Introduction The above property came to the attention of Thanet District Council following a complaint from a neighbour, whose own property was suffering…
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…
Enforcing sale of the empties
A sale has been enforced by Thanet District Council on a Cliftonville property that’s been falling into disrepair for more than 20 years in what’s believed to be the first case of its kind in Kent. The property at 77…
No Use Empty on BBC Radio Kent
Thanet District Council enforce the sale of 77 Eastern Esplanade, Cliftonville with the help of the No Use Empty campaign. Listen to the BBC Radio Kent interview here (mp3, 4MB)
Kent empty property officers share good practice
On Monday 29th January No Use Empty; the East Kent Empty Property Initiative hosted the third in a series of training workshops for empty property officers from across Kent at the Shepway District Council Chamber in Folkestone. The aim of…
No Use Empty on Channel 4 News
The property market may be booming, with houses in short supply, but nearly 300,000 homes in the UK are estimated to be empty. Under new laws introduced last year, local councils in England and Wales now have the right to…