In February 2024, Folkestone and Hythe District Council’s Private Sector Housing team began intensive work to tackle a long‑standing and severely problematic empty property that had blighted the local community for…
NUE – National Empty Homes Week 2026
Master William’s Place, Folkestone To celebrate National Empty Homes Week, No Use Empty are proud to announce that local developer William Brown has completed the largest refurbishment project we have supported. Not only is it complete, but 31…
NUE – Out and about in Herne Bay
This week the NUE team have been in Herne Bay with our Cabinet Member Paul King to meet up with Cllr Chris…
NUE featured in the 2025-26 Kent Property Market Report
2025-26 Kent Property Market Report The Caxtons’ Property Market Analysis reviews property deals and activity over the last 12 months and also provides an update on Inward Investment shows property supply gradually expanding and consistent…
NUE – KCC Cabinet Members Visit No Use Empty Projects In Thanet
The No Use Empty Scheme has once again had an extremely busy year bringing empty properties back into use, whilst also creating new homes on vacant land. The team at No Use Empty had the pleasure of showing Kent County…
NUE Ramsgate – The Old Wine Warehouse
The Old Wine Warehouse in Ramsgate was No Use Empty The toast of Ramsgate town is a new creative community hub made possible by support from Kent County Council (KCC). The once derelict Old Wine Warehouse on Charlotte…
NUE Receive Special Recognition Award at National Empty Homes Conference 2025
The No Use Empty team at Kent are proud to announce that they received the “Special Recognition Award” and were “Highly Commended” in two categories at the national Empty Homes Network Awards 2025 announced at the Annual Conference 2025 held…
NUE – Margate: Beautifully Restored, 1 & 2 Bedroom Grade II Listed Apartments
A prominent building on Margate seafront, which had fallen into disrepair over the past decade, is now complete, thanks to KCC’s No Use Empty scheme. The grade II listed building in Marine Gardens consists of two adjoining four-storey terraced…
Empty Homes Week 2025 – Kent County Council
National Empty Homes Week, which begins on Monday March 3rd, is being marked in Kent with the news that Kent County Council’s No Use Empty (NUE) initiative has brought 8,607 empty properties back into use. Empty properties…
NUE – New future for once unloved property
A once-infamous address in Folkestone has been transformed with the help of the No Use Empty initiative. Number 45 Augusta Gardens is the current jewel in the crown of the No Use Empty (NUE) scheme with all those involved in…