GRAVESHAM BOROUGH COUNCIL TO OFFER LOANS TO OWNERS OF EMPTY HOMES Gravesham Borough Council will now offer owners of empty homes interest-free loans to help cover the cost of returning them to use, as part of the Kent-wide initiative ‘No…
Investment Now – Nov 2011
‘No Use Empty’ recognised at awards Investment Now is the foremost independent monthly journal reporting on economic development and regeneration issues in the UK, profiling local, regional and national success stories Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF…
Kent On Sunday – Nov 2011
From dilapidated hotel to des res, seafront site shines bright again Kent County Council’s No Use Empty Scheme played an integral role in the project by providing an interest free loan of £175,000 to give a new lease of life…
Major eyesore set to be compulsorily purchased
One of the final remaining eyesore properties in Cliftonville is set to be compulsorily purchased by Thanet District Council, after objections to the purchase were withdrawn. The Warren Court Hotel at the top end of Dalby Square has been the…
The Arcadian-One of Margate’s grand Victorian buildings has been restored to its former glory.
Kent County Council’s No Use Empty scheme has played an integral role in the re-development of the Arcadian Hotel in Margate, which on 1 November is re-launched as a residential development comprising 14 one and two bedroom apartments. No Use…
Property Guardians
Occupation of disused buildings such as schools or warehouses Kent County Council has used “Property Guardians’” for a number of their properties, including this day centre. Camelot Property Gaurdian’s installed a shower, smoke alarms, fire blankets and notices and designating…
No Use Empty Press Release – Winners of Partnership Working
Left to right: Andy Scorgie (FTI), Mike Thompson (Empty Property Officer -Thanet District Council), Steve Grimshaw (Regeneration Manager – KCC), Theresa Bruton (Head of Regeneration Projects – KCC), Robin Kennedy (Private Sector Housing Manager – Dover District Council), David Ireland…
WINNER Partnership Working – Regeneration & Renewal Awards 2011
Mike Thompson (Empty Property Officer Thanet District Council) Steve Grimshaw (KCC Regeneration Manager – No Use Empty) Paul Mason (BBC Newsnight Economic Editor) WINNER : PARTNERSHIP WORKING – NO USE EMPTY An initiative to bring long-term empty properties in Kent…
HCA Case Study – Kent’s No Use Empty Initiative
What the HCA have said about Kent’s Empty Property Initiative The No Use Empty campaign demonstrates great practice in housing and the built environment, and links to a number of the other elements of great places: Governance – using existing…
£ 5M of No Use Empty Loans Awarded
£5 MILLION OF LOANS NOW APPROVED AT SEPTEMBER 2011 Kent County Council launched the No Use Empty Initiative in East Kent during 2005 and awarded its first “interest free” loan of £25,000 in August 2007. Since then the Initiative has gone from strength to strength…