Decision details
Purchase of a long term empty property (agenda item 15)
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Is Key decision?: No
Is subject to call in?: No
Decisions:
The Chairman introduced the report.
Following discussion of the item the Chairman moved to the vote. The recommendations in the report were unanimously agreed.
RESOLVED that:
That the Housing and Growth Committee do not authorise the purchase of property A identified in the linked exempt report due to a reduced budget approved for 2020/21 for compulsory purchase of long term empty properties. This budget needs to be prioritised for empty properties causing a more significant detrimental impact on the local community where the property owner is not locatable or able to bring the property back into residential use.
Publication date: 20/02/2020
Date of decision: 27/01/2020
Decided at meeting: 27/01/2020 - Housing and Growth Committee
Accompanying Documents:
- Purchase of a long term empty property PDF 305 KB
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