Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 672177)

That surprises me because only a few weeks ago Hynburn Homes were congratulating themselves on the turnaround/empty rate here-
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Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 672185)

My recent experience as detailed in this thread
http://www.accringtonweb.com/forum/f...ent-44973.html

leads me to think that their delight at being audited as 'fair' by the Audit commission

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is an excercise in boosting staff morale. Especially as there are only 4 grades of performance and 'fair' is 3rd :rolleyes:

Originally Posted by park381 (Post 672190)

Does not sound or look very good margaret, have you spoken to any of our local councillors about your problems.

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 672187)

That's what I thought until this story appeared, and the fact emerged that Hyndburn is one of the boroughs with the highest unoccupied property figures in the country.

Specialist officer appointed to tackle Hyndburn's 2,000 empty homes (From Blackburn Citizen)

There's so much spin going on it's wonder there's anyone left standing at H.B.C.

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 672194)

Now that my home is not a council house, I think that approach would be futile.
The situation was worse when it was - at least now I have hope of improvements

Originally Posted by MargaretR (Post 672194)

Now that my home is not a council house, I think that approach would be futile.
The situation was worse when it was - at least now I have hope of improvements

Originally Posted by garinda (Post 672187)

That's what I thought until this story appeared, and the fact emerged that Hyndburn is one of the boroughs with the highest unoccupied property figures in the country.

Specialist officer appointed to tackle Hyndburn's 2,000 empty homes (From Blackburn Citizen)

There's so much spin going on it's wonder there's anyone left standing at H.B.C.

Originally Posted by katex (Post 673429)

See Asda have begun the filling station, after amendments to Planning Applications, plus 'improvements to car park', which I presume will include the bus station. So be aware .. a little disruptive at the moment.

Originally Posted by lancsdave (Post 673469)

He is going to create an empty properties database. Surely they shouldn't be admitting to that given that empty properties are still liable for council tax. Does this mean the council tax database is flawed?

Originally Posted by park381 (Post 673473)

My thoughts as well lancsdave, just what is this guy going to do, and how much will he being paid. :confused:

Originally Posted by BERNADETTE (Post 673537)

Are owners not registered with the Land Register?

Originally Posted by jaysay (Post 673519)

To be quite honest Park being able to find the owners of Empty properties is not as straight forward as you may think, most empty properties are in the private sector and find out who owns them can at times be an absolute nightmare