Purchase of Section 106 Affordable Housing by Sage Housing

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Dear Manchester City Council,

I write to you in order to request the information set out below. My request is pursuant to the FOIA.

The information requested relates to the purchase of Section 106 affordable housing units in the local authority area by the company Sage Housing over the last three years.

The information I seek is:

1) the number of applications made by Sage Housing to acquire Section 106 affordable housing units in each calendar year of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

2) the planning reference number that each application applies to

3) For each development in which Sage Housing has acquired Section 106 units between 01/01/2017 and 24/01/2020:

i) The name of the development
ii) The planning reference number
iii) The address of the development
iv) The postcode(s) of the development
v) The number of affordable units in the development
vi) The housing tenure mix (e.g social rent, affordable rent, shared ownership)
vii) The decision date (date/month/year)
viii) The date until when the units are contracted with Sage Housing to stay affordable
(date/month/year)
ix) The price paid by Sage Housing to acquire the development (if known)
x) For rental units, if the council has nomination rights to the first lets, what percentage of units will the council have nomination rights for on subsequent lets?
xi) List any requests made by Sage Housing to alter or amend the original Section 106 agreement and whether the council agreed to these.
xii) Whether the development is a completed or a forthcoming (“starts on site”) development

4) For each development please attach the viability assessment

5) For each unit acquired by Sage Housing:
i) The name of the unit’s development
ii) The unit’s address
iii) The price paid by Sage Housing to acquire the unit (if known)
iv) The Land Registry title number

Please provide the information in an excel or CSV format, with the questions and sub-questions as column headings.

If you need clarification please contact me at this email address. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the 20th working day.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

Cat McShane

Information Compliance, Manchester City Council

Dear Cat
Re: Request for Information - Reference No: STR / BL5G3S
Thank you for your request for information received by Manchester City
Council on 24 January 2020.
Please note that it may take up to 20 working days ( 21 February 2020) for
the Council to consider your request and to provide a formal response.   
If this timescale needs to be extended to consider an exemption you will
be notified and kept informed. 
If you have any queries, please do not hesitate to contact me. 
Yours sincerely
Jerry Frys
Democratic Services
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA
Email:  [1][MCC request email]
Website:  [2]www.manchester.gov.uk

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Information Compliance, Manchester City Council

Good afternoon Cat
Our Planning Service have asked for some clarification in relation to the
first question in your FOI request.
Our Planning service have asked the following , " Is it any planning
application submitted By Sage Housing or once granted Sage Housing
delivering the affordable housing? ".   
Please reply within one calendar month from the date of this email or your
request will be closed down.
Many thanks
Kindest regards,

Jerry Frys

Legal Officer
Democratic Services Legal Team
Manchester City Council
Legal Services
PO Box 532 Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA

External :0161 953 8404
Internal: 48404
informationcompliance[1]@manchester.gov.uk

[2]www.manchester.gov.uk

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Dear Information Compliance,
Many thanks for your swift response.
My understanding is that Sage is focused on buying/delivering affordable housing once granted to the developer. However, I'd appreciate information on both incase there are direct applications.
Please do query any other issues.
Best wishes,
Cat

Information Compliance, Manchester City Council

Dear Cat
Thank you for providing clarification.
A response to your request is now due by 3 March 2020.
Yours sincerely
Cieran Cassidy
Democratic Services
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA
Email:  [1][MCC request email]
Website:  [2]www.manchester.gov.uk

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Julie Roscoe, Manchester City Council

Dear Mr Davies,
Thank you for your request for information received by the City Council on
24 January 2020 and which has been considered under the provisions of the
Freedom of Information Act 2000.
You have asked for the following information:
1) the number of applications made by Sage Housing to acquire Section 106
affordable housing units in each calendar year of 2017, 2018, 2019 and
2020.

2) the planning reference number that each application applies to

3) For each development in which Sage Housing has acquired Section 106
units between  01/01/2017 and 24/01/2020:

i) The name of the development
ii) The planning reference number
iii) The address of the development
iv) The postcode(s) of the development
v) The number of affordable units in the development
vi) The housing tenure mix (e.g social rent, affordable rent, shared
ownership)
vii) The decision date (date/month/year)
viii) The date until when the units are contracted with Sage Housing to
stay affordable
 (date/month/year)
ix) The price paid by Sage Housing to acquire the development (if known)
x) For rental units, if the council has nomination rights to the first
lets, what percentage of units will the council have nomination rights for
on subsequent lets?
xi) List any requests made by Sage Housing to alter or amend the original
Section 106 agreement and whether the council agreed to these.
xii) Whether the development is a completed or a forthcoming (“starts on
site”) development

4) For each development please attach the viability assessment

5) For each unit acquired by Sage Housing:
i) The name of the unit’s development
ii) The unit’s address
iii) The price paid by Sage Housing to acquire the unit (if known)
iv) The Land Registry title number  
The City Council does not hold information relating to Sage Developments. 
If you are not satisfied with the response to your request, you may ask
the Council for an internal review. This will be undertaken by an officer
not involved in handling your request. If you wish an internal review to
be undertaken you should contact the  Democratic Services Legal Team who
can be contacted by post or email:

Democratic Services Legal Team
PO Box 532
Town Hall
Manchester
M60 2LA

Email:  [1][MCC request email]  

When requesting an internal review, please explain which parts of the
request handling and/or response you are unhappy with so that we can
address your concerns in the internal review process.

A copy of the Council’s access to information complaints procedure can be
accessed here:

[2]http://www.manchester.gov.uk/downloads/d...

If you do not have internet access and require a paper copy, please let me
know.

If you are not happy with the outcome of the internal review process once
it is     completed, you have the right to apply directly to the
Information Commissioner for a decision. The Information Commissioner can
be contacted at:

Information Commissioner's Office
Wycliffe House
Water Lane
Wilmslow
Cheshire
SK9 5AF
Tel: 01625 545700
Fax: 01625 524510
Email: [3][email address]" 

The Information Commissioner will generally expect that you have exhausted
the Council’s Information Complaints Procedure before he will consider a
complaint.

If you have any queries about this letter, please contact me. Please
remember to quote the reference number above in any future communications.
Yours sincerely
 
Julie Roscoe
Director of Planning, Building Control and Licensing,
Growth and Development
I♥MCR
Tel 0161 234 4552
internal 800 34552
Fax 0161 234 4508
E-mail: [4][email address]
Postal address: Manchester City Council, P.O.Box 532, Town Hall,
Manchester,M60 2LA
Location address: Town Hall Extension, Level 6. 

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