EMPTY PROPERTY OPEN DAY SURGERY TUESDAY 30 APRIL 2013 9 AM TO 3 PM GRAVESHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL, CIVIC CENTRE Come along to our Empty Property Open Day Surgery and get free impartial advice about how we can help you reuse…
£5million worth of affordable housing opened by residents in Margate!
MUCH NEEDED AFFORDABLE HOUSING WORTH ALMOST £5MILLION WAS OFFICIALLY OPENED IN MARGATE ON FRIDAY (15 FEBRUARY). RESIDENTS OF THE NEW HOMES AT DALBY SQUARE AND ALL SAINTS AVENUE HELPED THE MAYOR OF MARGATE, CLLR WILLIAM SCOBIE CUT THE RIBBON TO…
Jackie Sadek praises No Use Empty
By Jackie Sadek on November 22, 2012 Deputy Prime Minister Nick Clegg announced £225m of funding to unblock major housing projects “that have hit a wall” in a speech at the NHBC Lunch today. He also reiterated government ambitions for a…
The Guardian features No Use Empty – Sep 2012
Kent’s successful No Use Empty scheme is now targeting derelict hotels, pubs and civic buildings to turn them into habitable homes. Photograph: Alamy In 2005 Kent county council launched its No Use Empty (NUE) scheme,an initiative to tackle the county’s…
NUE and Swale Borough Council’s biggest project announced – Nov 2012
Thanks to an interest-free loan, which has been provided through the No Use Empty (NUE) scheme, construction has started to transform the Victoria Club (VC) in Broadway, Sheerness. Although there have been a number of previous attempts to revamp…
Property Drum September 2012
ARTICLE featuring KCC’s MARK DANCE, CABINET MEMBER for REGENERATION and ECONOMIC DEVELOPMENT PROPERTY DRUM – SEPTEMBER 2012 Empty Homes – One Local Authority is really doing something Please scroll over the image to access PDF version of Sheila Manchester interview…
Metropole Hotel, Cannon Street, Dover
A former historic hotel in the heart of Dover has been converted into flats to rent following the completion of a £1.5million urban renewal project and is being highlighted as a good example of what can be done under the…
Kent Messenger – August 2012
No Use Empty creating jobs and homes Kent Messenger – Business Section – August 2012 Trevor Sturgess, Business Editor features KCC’s No Use Empty Scheme including interviews with Project Manager and news on the latest injection of funding from the…
Harold Road, Cliftonville
Planning Permission and Building Regulations were approved for the erection of a three- storey extension following the demolition of the existing extensions to facilitate 8 x 2 Bedroom flats, with a life expectancy of 25 years. This project had already…
Dover Express – July 2012
£175K OF NUE FUNDS HELPS TURN SITE INTO NINE FLATS LOAN SCHEME HELPS TO REJUVENATE OLD HOSTEL Dover Express 5 July 2012 Working in partnership with Dover District Council, KCC’s No Use Empty Scheme has returned 201 Empty Homes back…