News Archive
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KM Business - March 2012
2012-03-06 22:59:242,000 Empty Properties Back Into Use. KM - Kent Business News - March 2012 reports
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Kent Messenger - Dec 2011
2011-12-11 17:00:11While National Problem Grows, More Properties Put To Use Here In Kent - Read Trevor Sturgess report from the Kent Messenger
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Investment Now - Nov 2011
2011-11-15 10:30:36Investment Now reports on economic development and regeneration issues in the UK, profiling local, regional and national success stories – features coverage of Kent’s award winning No Use Empty at the 2011 Regeneration and Renewal Awards.
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Kent On Sunday - Nov 2011
2011-11-08 08:17:12One of Margate's most obvious and depressing eyesores has been given a new lease of life through its redevelopment as flats.
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Kent & Sussex Courier - Sep 2011
2011-09-08 08:36:58Offers of Loans To Create Homes. Landlords are being offered a helping hand to bring empty buildings back into use in a bid to tackle the housing shortage
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Inside Housing - August 2011
2011-08-30 11:55:48A Cash Incentive - The New Homes Bonus gives councils a reason to work harder to bring empty homes back into use
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This Is Kent - May 2011
2011-06-20 21:15:23Three storey listed building in Dover, which is some 100 years old, to be converted into flats, thanks to 'No Use Empty'. The building has stood empty for more than four years and in that time has been targeted by vandals, used as a dumping ground by fly-tippers and become a haunt for drug addicts.
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Property Week - April 2011
2011-06-20 20:56:04Bristol City Council has announced it is adopting Kent's No Use Empty Scheme and aims to return 2,000 empty homes back into use by 2015.
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Inside Housing - Apr 2011
2011-06-20 18:51:00Following the success of Kent County Council’s – No Use Empty Initiative – the campaign to bring empty homes back into use is being rolled out across local authorities. Bristol City Council are the first to adopt Kent’s brand.
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Local Government Chronicle - Mar 2011
2011-06-20 20:44:50Bristol City Council said it would adopt Kent County Council’s pioneering No Use Empty Scheme, which was launched in Kent in 2005 as a means of tackling the worsening housing shortage across the county.
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Municipal Journal - Mar 2011
2011-06-20 20:25:55Waste Not, Want Not - Kent's Empty Property Initiative is helping revive local communities by funding renovation work to transform once derelict properties into new homes, KCC's Regeneration Manager for No Use Empty, Steve Grimshaw explains
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The Big Issue - Feb 2011
2011-06-17 12:33:17With the number of empty homes in Britain reaching the million mark, Michael Parker investigates what the government is doing to combat the problem and features Kent's No Use Empty Initiative
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Property Week - Feb 2011
2011-06-20 21:26:01Kevin Lynes, Cabinet Member for Regeneration and Economic Development at KCC shares how the No Use Empty Campaign in Kent is providing part of the solution to the county’s housing shortage and to improving life in our communities without stretching the local authority’s budget.
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At Your Service - Spring 2010
2011-06-20 21:47:22Taking Action On Empty Homes - Dover District Council prosecutes an owner of an empty property in their District
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East Kent Mercury - May 2010
2011-06-20 22:33:12Empty buildings in Dover get a new lease of life. The No Use Empty Scheme has just passed the £1M mark in terms if interest free loans. The partnership between all 12 local councils and Kent County Council has played a crucial role in bringing so many empty properties back into use, especially in East Kent.
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Property Drum - Oct 2009
2011-06-17 10:33:30Can empty homes provide a short answer to the UK's national hosing shortage and feed a starving property market. Read a Special Report featuring No Use Empty and a Case Study: Building Act 1984 and Enforced Sales Procedure.
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Mail On Sunday - June 2008
2011-07-05 17:00:18Ministers say we need an extra 3 million homes. Read Duncan Farmer's report featuring Kent's No Use Empty Campaign.
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The Observer - Oct 2006
2011-07-05 17:22:08Loans plan to tackle scandal of Britain’s empty homes. A new initiative in Kent could lead the way in putting the UK’s 600,000 derelict homes back into use. Lisa Bachelor reports.
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Local Government News - Feb 2006
2011-06-24 10:38:02Despite a shortage of adequate housing, millions of properties are left empty all over the UK. Laura Sharman finds out how local authorities can work together to address this problem and bring empty homes back into use.
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Dover Express - Dec 2005
2011-06-24 10:22:06A HARD-hitting campaign to target the problem of empty properties in East Kent was unveiled last Wednesday. The No Use Empty Initiative has been launched by Shepway, Swale, Dover and Thanet district councils and Kent County Council to encourage owners of empty properties to bring them back into use. A fund of £5 million has been set aside to pay for possible financial incentives in the
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Environmental Health News - Nov 2005
2011-06-24 09:51:37Kent checks cost of turning empties into homes -The survey conducted by Fordham Research Limited has found the cost of refurbishing the homes to the standard needed for habitation could be surprisingly low.
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Kent Business Investigates - Nov 2005
2011-06-24 10:08:35As the Thames Gateway Forum draws near, more organisations are developing ways to help make the vision of regeneration in Kent. Most recently Kent County Council in partnership with the local councils of Dover, Thanet, Shepway and Swale are delivering an exciting an innovate approach to bringing empty properties back into use.
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