Background: A Grade II Listed building situated in a residential area, close to all amenities and facilities. The building is a part three storey, two and one storey detached premises with basement. The original building dates back to 1633 with…
No Use Empty on course for Record Year
KENT COUNTY COUNCIL’S ‘NO USE EMPTY’ SCHEME ON COURSE FOR RECORD YEAR To mark National Empty Homes Week, KCC announces up to 650 empties will be returned to use in current financial year No Use Empty, the initiative to return empty…
National Empty Homes Week
EMPTY HOMES WEEK STARTS 1ST DECEMBER 2014 CALLING ALL LOCAL AUTHORITIES IN ENGLAND BECOME A SUPPORTER OF THE CAMPAIGN TO REDUCE THE NUMBER OF LONG-TERM EMPTY HOMES HAVE YOU SIGNED UP YET? – WE HAVE! The Empty Homes Agency (EHA)…
77 Eastern Esplanade
Recovery Method: Enforced Sales Procedure: Section 103 Law and Property Act 1925 Legislation: Section 78 Building Act 1984 – Dangerous Buildings – Emergency Measures BACKGROUND The property at 77 Eastern Esplanade was a key target of the No Use Empty…
Newsletter Edition No 7
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Inside Kent Sep 2014
INSIDE KENT – SEPTEMBER 2014 NO USE EMPTY AIDS CONVERSION OF FORMER SPY BASE INTO NEW HOMES Please click on the picture to read more about the refurbishment of a long term empty building in Folkestone which was once the…
London Road, Dover
No Use Empty provided a 3 year interest free loan of £175,000 contributing to Phase 2 of the project. The overall project costs are in the region of £1M and the transformation of a once wasted resource in a prominent…
No Use Empty aids conversion of fromer spy base into new homes
8-9 Marine Parade, Folkestone Former Home to Army Intelligence WW1 NUE, the empty homes scheme run by KCC has started development on a long-term empty building in Folkestone that was once the home to Army Intelligence during the First World…
Winchelsea Terrace
This house had been empty for more than 10 years and was suffering from significant water damage from a leaking roof. The property was raising concerns within the community because of the deteriorating condition. The Council explored a number of…
Athelstan Road, Cliftonville
Full planning permission and building control was granted to convert the building. Apart from a few structural walls to take down, the conversion is within the current footprint, with no extensions, but does require sound/fire proofing, utilities reinstated and external…