News Archive
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National Empty Homes Week
2011-12-01 16:17:00National Empty Homes Week runs from 4 to 10 December 2011 and is organised by the Empty Homes Agency, an independent charity. For more information visit www.emptyhomes.com
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Gravesham Borough Council To Offer Loans To Owners Of Empty Homes
2011-11-29 11:47:29Gravesham Borough Council will now offer owners of empty homes interest-free loans to help cover the cost of returning them to use, as part of the Kent-wide initiative ‘No Use Empty’.
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No Use Empty Press Release - Winners of Partnership Working
2011-10-04 10:51:40Kent County Council’s No Use Empty scheme was among the winners at the 2011 Regeneration and Renewal Awards, which recognises the best regeneration projects in the UK.
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The Arcadian-One of Margate's grand Victorian buildings has been restored to its former glory.
2011-10-31 08:50:35No Use Empty works with developer to convert derelict former
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WINNER / Partnership Working - Regeneration & Renewal Awards 2011
2011-09-30 10:54:22An initiative to bring long-term empty properties in Kent back into use that has inspired similar action in other areas of the country was a clear cut winner for those judging the partnership working accolade.
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No Use Empty to offer FREE "Drop in Surgeries" for owners of Empty Properties in the West Kent Area
2011-09-08 09:15:47On Monday, 3rd October 2011 between 2pm & 5pm we will be holding a ‘drop-in surgery’ at Tonbridge & Malling Borough Council Offices, Gibson Building, Gibson Drive, Kings Hill, West Malling, Kent ME19 4LZ.
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£ 5M of No Use Empty Loans Awarded
2011-09-09 11:34:37Kent County Council launched the No Use Empty Initiative in East Kent during 2005 and awarded its first "interest free" loan of £25,000 in August 2007. Since then the Initiative has gone from strength to strength and is fully embraced Countywide achieving excellent results.
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HCA Case Study - Kent's No Use Empty Initiative
2011-09-26 10:36:07No Use Empty works to bring unused, privately owned properties back into use as affordable dwellings in Kent
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Warren Court Hotel
2011-06-07 11:48:20Demolition work is now underway on a former eyesore site in Cliftonville that Thanet District Council has been working to bring back into use for a number of years.
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No Use Empty Shortlisted For Regeneration & Renewal Award
2011-06-29 16:34:31The most prestigious awards programme in the regeneration sector. This year's awards feature 14 categories designed to celebrate every aspect of this most diverse of sectors, from housing design to tackling worklessness
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Tunbridge Wells Borough Council to offer loans to owners of long term Empty Properties through Kent’s No Use Empty Initiative
2011-06-22 15:38:53Empty Property Owners in Tunbridge Wells to be offered interest free loans to help bring their properties back into use.
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Extra Help To Tackle Empty Homes in Swale
2011-06-07 09:00:56Swale Borough Council to offer loans to owners to help bring unused properties back into use.
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Extra Help To Tackle Empty Homes in Tonbridge & Malling
2011-06-07 09:22:40Tonbridge and Malling Borough Council secures loan deal for owners to help bring unused properties back into use.
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Empty Homes Toolkit Launched by Homes and Communities Agency (HCA)
2011-05-20 16:31:23KCC's No Use Empty Management Team have contributed to the on-line Toolkit. Hear Housing Minister Grant Shapps explain how this toolkit can help to solve the 'empty homes scandal':
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No Use Empty dough helps Bakery rise again!
2011-05-04 14:10:55A former bakery in St Peter’s, Broadstairs, is being given a fresh lease of life with the help of funding from Kent County Council’s No Use Empty scheme. Follow the link to watch a small video..
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Grand Old Building in Dover Given New Lease Of Life
2011-05-06 09:19:09Works have started to bring a derelict building in Dover back to life thanks to funding from Kent County Council’s No Use Empty scheme.
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Could the No Use Empty model be adopted by Scottish councils ?
2011-04-01 08:19:06The Scottish Empty Homes Partnership held their Seminar on 30th March 2011 at the Scottish Government, Edinburgh. Shelter Scotland invited Steve Grimshaw, KCC Project Manager for No Use Empty to present at the event.
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BRISTOL CITY COUNCIL are the first to follow Kent's Lead On Empty Homes.
2011-03-21 09:55:20It has been announced that Kent County Council's pioneering 'No Use Empty' scheme, which is now in its 5th Year and has returned 1,677 empty properties across Kent back into use, will be rolled out in Bristol.
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£4.1 Million Interest Free Loans To Date
2011-03-16 11:34:07The most successful year ever as Kent's Empty Property Initiative celebrates 5 Years
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