To seek the adoption of an Enforced Sale
Procedure as a mechanism to bring problematical long-term empty
dwellings in the private sector back into habitable use in cases
where Council debts have been registered as a local land charge
against the property and not discharged.
Decision type: Key
Reason Key: Financial and Community Impact;
Decision status: Recommendations Approved
Wards affected: (All Wards);
Decision due: 24 July 2012 by Cabinet
Lead member: jhanson@lancaster.gov.uk
Department: Regeneration and Planning
Contact: Paul Broadley Paul Broadley, email pbroadley@lancaster.gov.uk, telephone 01524 582691 pbroadley@lancaster.gov.uk.
Consultees
In House Legal and Financial Services have
been consulted
Date for representations to be received: 23 July 2012
Background papers and reason no public access: Law of Property Act 1925, Land Charges Act 1975, Housing Act 1985, Human Rights Act 1998