A prominent building on Margate seafront, which has fallen into disrepair over the past decade, is now undergoing major refurbishment, thanks to KCC’s No Use Empty scheme. The listed building in Marine Gardens consists of two adjoining four-storey (plus basement) terraced buildings with two three-storey rear additions. There is also a separate single-storey rear addition…
Work on 22 business units at Whitfield, Dover, is well under way in a development by Tridax Limited, with support from KCC’s No Use Empty scheme. The first phase of seven units began in April and is on schedule for completion and hand-over in October. The units have already been reserved by local businesses including…
The reputation of KCC’s No Use Empty scheme, bringing empty and derelict homes and commercial premises back into use, has led to a similar scheme being set up in Southend-on-Sea. With KCC’s help, the local authority there wants to bring between 10 and 15 empty buildings back into occupation across Southend, Basildon, Thurrock, Castle Point, Rochford…
National Empty Homes Week, which begins today (Monday 28th) is being marked in Kent by the news that KCC’s No Use Empty initiative has passed its record for the number of projects carried out in the current financial year. It also coincides with news that NUE has been granted a further £2.5million from the government’s…
No Use Empty, the longest-running empty property initiative in the country which is run by KCC, is expanding its operations by partnering with Medway Council. Latest council tax records show that there are a total of 6,798 long-term vacant dwellings in Kent alone. However, without the 500 properties per year which NUE is returning to…
No Use Empty, Kent County Council’s award-winning empty homes initiative has announced a new £12 million fund to bring derelict sites back to life. The scheme provides loans to developers to bring derelict land and empty homes back into use. No Use Empty already has several new projects in the pipeline in Dover, Folkestone and…
No Use Empty Commercial, an initiative to bring vacant and derelict commercial property back into use for business and homes has secured £1 million from The Growing Places Fund (GPF) following a successful bid to the South East Local Enterprise Partnership (SELEP) by Kent County Council. The money will be used to help redevelop eight…