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Compulsory Purchase of Long Term Empty Properties
Meeting: 10/07/2017 - Cabinet (Item 3)
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(Cabinet Decision)
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The Assistant Director, Housing and Built Environment, presented a report for cabinet to consider making compulsory purchase orders (CPO) in respect of twelve privately owned empty homes as part of the Empty Homes Strategy Enforcement Programme. A part II report, which had been included later on the agenda, set out further details of the twelve properties.
CPO action formed part of the enforcement model used by the council to bring long term empty properties back into use. Such actions helped to maintain a supply of housing within the town and address concerns from the local community regarding the condition of empty properties which, in some cases, may also become a target for anti-social behaviour. The Assistant Director, Housing and Built Environment, commented that the council had used this approach successfully on a number of occasions in the past, which had significantly reduced the number of empty and dilapidated properties in the town. He added that CPO action was only considered when all other options to bring the properties back into use had been exhausted. In many cases it had also not been necessary to pursue the full course of CPO action to its conclusion.
Councillor Forward proposed approval of the recommendations to the Assistant Director, Housing and Built Environment’s report, which was seconded by Councillor Lee.
RESOLVED (unanimously) that Cabinet approved the detailed recommendations set out in Part 2 report and approves the making of compulsory purchase orders in respect of the twelve long term empty homes
The reason for this decision was:
The council’s empty homes strategy sets out a number of enforcement powers available to the council, including the compulsory purchase of long term empty homes. In addition to taking action to bring empty homes back into use, it is hoped that taking this action will demonstrate to the owners of empty homes that it is unacceptable to leave property empty for an unreasonable period of time. This action will demonstrate to owners of these empty homes that the council will take the necessary action to bring these homes back into use from the benefit of the community.
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