Freedom of information response

commercial properties

Publication date: 
Tuesday 27 June 2023
Request: 

In spreadsheet format, could you please list all of the commercial properties currently owned by the council including:

  • the address of the property
  • the date the purchase was made
  • the  amount paid for the property
  • the current planning use class of the building (for example, Class E - Commercial, Business and Service)
  • whether the property is currently being rented or leased (Yes/No) (as of 18 April, 2023)

For clarity, a commercial property is any property that is rented out or leased by the council for the purposes of returning an income to the council.

Response: 

In spreadsheet format, could you please list all of the commercial properties currently owned by the council including:

  1. The address of the property.

In issuing our response the Council has applied S21 of the Freedom of Information Act. This means that the information you have requested is already available elsewhere so is therefore exempt from disclosure.

This can be found on the Council’s website via the following web link www.thurrock.gov.uk/lands

  1. The date the purchase was made:

In issuing our response the Council has applied S21 of the Freedom of Information Act.

This means that the information you have requested is already available elsewhere so is therefore exempt from disclosure. This information is available via Land Registry, please contact HM Land Registry

  1. The amount paid for the property

Please see response to 2 above.

  1. The current planning use class of the building (for example, Class E - Commercial, Business and Service)

This information can be found via the following web link: Planning records online | Search planning records | Thurrock Council as planning applications (if any had been made.).

  1. Whether the property is currently being rented or leased (Yes/No) (as of 18 April, 2023):

Please provide a list of the properties that you are interested in from the above, then we will be able to respond to this.

You are free to use any information supplied to you for your own use, including non-commercial research purposes. However, any other type of re-use, for example, by publishing the information or issuing copies to the public will require the permission of the copyright owner.

Where the copyright is owned by Thurrock Council, you must apply to the Council to re-use the information. Please email information.matters@thurrock.gov.uk if you wish to re-use the information you have been supplied. For information where the copyright is owned by another person or organisation, you must apply to the copyright owner to obtain their permission.

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Request reference:
FOI 12853