Details of Empty Commercial Properties

Natalie Davis Communities, Law & Governance

via email: Direct Line - 020 7525 7511
[1][FOI #11622 email]
Fax - 020 7525 7675

[2][Southwark Borough Council request email]

11 Sept 2009

Dear Natalie Davis

Re: Your request for information: 3787

Thank you for your request for information that was received on 10 June in
which you requested:

Please can you provide me with the following information under the

Freedom Of Information Act 2000:-

(a) addresses of "long term empty" Commercial properties that are

within Southwark Borough Council area; and

(b) the names of the owners of those properties referred to in (a)

Firstly, I must apologise for the extreme delay in responding to you.
This has been due to a lapse in monitoring on my part and for this I
personally apologise to you.

Enquiries were made with the Empty Homes team and they have supplied the
following information:

The council does not have a list of researched and confirmed empty
properties which are owned by private individuals or companies to give
out.

We do however work with owners of empty properties to find ways to bring
their properties back into use. We offer an information pack that contains
a list of private individuals and developers looking to buy empty
properties in Southwark. This is given out and it is down to the owner to
decide if where they wish sell or work with a developer on this list.

If you would like to be included on this list please forward contact
details that you do not mind being published on the leaflet. Your details
will then be included on the leaflet. You should also check the empty
homes agency website at [3]http://www.emptyhomes.com and
[4]www.reportemptyhomes.com where there maybe information on empty
properties you might be interested in.

If you buy an empty property in Southwark, there maybe grants and loans
available to help bring the property back into habitable use. Please
contact 0207 525 4082 for more information.

You are free to use the information provided for your own purposes,
including any non-commercial research you are doing and for the purposes
of news reporting. Any other re-use, for example commercial publication,
requires the permission of the copyright holder. You may apply for
permission to re-use this information by submitting a request to
[5][Southwark Borough Council request email]; you can find details on these arrangements
at [6]http://www.southwark.gov.uk/YourCouncil/.... Detailed advice
about the Reuse of Public Sector Information Regulations (PSI) 2005 is
available from the Office of Public Sector Information at:
http://www.opsi.gov.uk/advice/index.htm.

If you have any queries or concerns then please contact us using the above
details.

Further information on the Freedom of Information Act is available through
the Information Commissioner at the:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire. SK9 5AF
Telephone: 01625 545 700
Internet: [7]www.informationcommissioner.gov.uk

Yours sincerely,

Laura Wannop

Freedom of information officer
Regeneration and neighbourhoods

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4. http://www.reportemptyhomes.com/
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