Inside Housing – Construction Development Special NO USE EMPTY “has been an unmitigated success”, enthuses Mark Dance, Kent County Council’s cabinet member for regeneration and economic development. Please scroll over the front cover to access PDF version of Alex Turner’s…
Retrofit: Maison Dieu Road
Up until 2006, Maison Dieu Road, a detached Victorian villa in Dover was a residential care home, since then it has been left empty. The property had been the subject of anti-social behaviour, including vandalism and squatting in the following few…
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in Cliftonville is set to be compulsorily purchased by Thanet District Council, after objections to the purchase were withdrawn.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…
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…
Demolition underway on eyesore site in Cliftonville
The former Warren Court Hotel in Arthur Road has been one of the key targets of the Council’s empty property initiative, after it became derelict and was the victim of two fires. The property has been a major eyesore and…
The Arcadian
Built in the 1880s, it was originally Lilley’s Hotel Arcadian, a 19th century bolt hole for genteel Victorians leaving smog riddenLondon for Margate’s fresh sea air. The Arcadian was subsequently converted into twelve flats. The property had been unoccupied for many…
Kent’s No Use Empty Kent Property Initiative has reached its 5th Year Anniversary
To mark the occasion a short video has been made to show how the campaign brings empty and derelict properties in Kent back into use as much-needed homes. Property owner, Martin Neame, tells how the scheme helped him.
How Do We Maximise The Use Of Empty Homes ? The HCA debate
The HCA debate “maximising the use of empty homes” has been extended to 31st August 2010. The debate will explore new ways to tackle empty homes and to maximise their use and provide the Homes and Communities Agency (HCA) and…
Town & Country Planning Act 1990 – Section 215
Recovery Method Recovery through the Courts: Enforced Sales Procedure Introduction It is a well established that poor condition properties have an adverse affect on the neighbourhood. Anyone unfortunate enough to have lived next door to a long term empty property…
Housing Act 2004 – Improvement Notices
Legislation Section 11 and 12 Housing Act 2004 Recovery Method Enforced Sales Procedure: Law and Property Act 1925 Introduction The above property came to the attention of Thanet District Council following a complaint from a neighbour, whose own property was suffering…