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…
Newsletter Edition No 3
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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.
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…