Purchase of Section 106 Affordable Housing by Sage Housing

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Dear Tamworth Borough 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

Freedom of Information, Tamworth Borough Council

1 Attachment

Nicola Hesketh

Information Governance Manager

 

Our ref: FOI6313/NH/01

Please ask for: Jack Gallagher

Tel: 01827 709587 / 709266

E-mail: [1][Tamworth Borough Council request email]

 

Cat McShane

What Do They Know

 

24^th January 2020

 

 

Dear Cat McShane

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – Request for Information

 

Thank you for your request for information regarding:

 

Request

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

 

Your request was received on 24^th January 2020 and is being dealt with it
under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000.

 

The request maybe subject to exemptions which the Authority is entitled to
apply, we will inform you if exemptions apply to this particular request. 

 

In some circumstances a fee may be payable and if that is the case, we
will let you know. A fees notice will be issued to you, and you will be
required to pay before we will proceed to deal with the request.

 

Any future correspondence you may have in relation to this matter can be
sent to the Information Governance Manager at:
[2][Tamworth Borough Council request email]  quoting the above reference number or
alternatively by post to:

 

Information Governance Manager,

Tamworth Borough Council,

Marmion House,

Tamworth,

B79 7BZ

 

Yours sincerely

[3]Signature

Jack Gallagher

Information Governance Assistant

 

 

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Freedom of Information, Tamworth Borough Council

1 Attachment

Nicola Hesketh

Information Governance Manager

 

Our ref: FOI6313/NH/02

Please ask for: Jack Gallagher

Tel: 01827 709587 / 709266

E-mail: [1][Tamworth Borough Council request email]

 

 

Cat McShane

What Do They Know

 

21^st February 2020

 

 

Dear Cat McShane

 

Freedom of Information Act 2000 – No Information Found

 

Thank you for your email that we received on 24^th January 2020 where
you requested information relating to Sage Housing affordable housing
acquisitions.

 

I am writing to advise you that, following a search of our paper and
electronic records, I have established that the criteria you set in your
request resulted in no information found on our systems; you can also
interpret this as a nil response where applicable.

 

If you are dissatisfied with the handling of your request, you have the
right to ask for an internal review. Internal review requests should be
submitted within two months of the date of receipt of the response to your
original letter and should be addressed to:

 

Information Governance Manager

Tamworth Borough Council,

Marmion House,

Lichfield Street,

Tamworth,

B79 7BZ

 

Further information can be found in the attached information sheet.

 

Yours sincerely

[2]Signature

Jack Gallagher

Information Governance Assistant

 

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This email (and any attachment) is intended for the named recipient or entity to whom it is addressed.
It may contain private/confidential information or material that is privileged, and may not be further disclosed without authority from Tamworth Borough Council.
If you are not the intended recipient please accept our apologies and notify us immediately or telephone +(44) 01827 709 709, you must not take action based on it,

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