Freedom of information response
Right to Buy Act
1. How many leasehold properties have been sold by the local authority under the Right to Buy scheme (1980) since its inception?
2. How many of these leaseholds are currently registered at an away address (an address which is not that of the property itself)?
3. How many properties initially sold under the Right to Buy act have been subsequently purchased by the local authority?
A. How many of these were purchased on or after January 1st 2020?
B. How much money has the local authority spent on purchasing these properties? (If any properties have been sold again after being re-purchased, please also specify this income)
1. How many leasehold properties have been sold by the local authority under the Right to Buy scheme (1980) since its inception?
|
2007/08 |
28 |
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2008/09 |
7 |
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2009/10 |
14 |
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2010/11 |
10 |
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2011/12 |
21 |
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2012/13 |
46 |
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2013/14 |
87 |
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2014/15 |
69 |
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2015/16 |
101 |
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2016/17 |
94 |
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2017/18 |
115 |
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2018/19 |
55 |
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2019/20 |
57 |
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2020/21 |
44 |
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2021/22 |
76 |
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2022/23 |
69 |
2. How many of these leaseholds are currently registered at an away address (an address which is not that of the property itself)?
38% of our Council leaseholders are non-resident.
3. How many properties initially sold under the Right to Buy act have been subsequently purchased by the local authority?
We are unable to provide this response under S12. Full response to answer to follow.
a. How many of these were purchased on or after January 1st 2020?
19 Properties
b. How much money has the local authority spent on purchasing these properties? (If any properties have been sold again after being re-purchased, please also specify this income)
The total gross purchase value is £8.1m.
In issuing our response the council have applied S12 of the Freedom of Information Act.
This means that the council does not have to comply with your request if the cost of doing so exceeds the ‘appropriate limit’, which for local authorities is 18 hours. This applies to the time taken spent locating and collating the requested information.