Kent County Council’s No Use Empty initiative welcomes new District Councils to complete Kent-wide membership, A pioneering initiative which is helping to bring empty properties back into use in East and West Kent has been rolled out to tackle the…
Dover District Council gives long term empty properties a new lease of life
Dover District Council is working hard to create new homes across the district by recycling long term empty properties, which cause a blight on local neighbourhoods. The Council has a dedicated empty property officer, John Day, who works in partnership…
West Kent Councils Unite In Fight Against Empty Property
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…
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.
Latest Report on Vacant and Empty Dwellings Kent Local Authorities
Vacant and empty dwellings – Kent Local Authorities 2017 This bulletin presents vacant and empty property dwellings information for local authorities in the County of Kent to 2017. The data was published by the Department of Communities and Local Government…