Raising awareness of the empty property issue
Empty residential properties have attracted publicity with recent television programmes highlighting the waste and blight associated with empty homes. In a time of high housing demand, the issue has become even more prominent.
This policy aims to develop a corporate approach by linking the services whose work is pertinent to the issue. These include:
- Regulatory Services Team
- Neighbourhoods Team
- Communications Team
- Housing Options Team
- Registered Social Landlords
- Council Tax
- Legal Services
- Property Team
- Building Control
We will ensure a coordinated approach to the issue and use our various communications channels to make empty residential property owners aware of this policy. This will include relevant information on the council website as well as frontline officers being provided with information on the issue to identify and report potential problem empty residential properties.