Affordable Homes Policy and Stock

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Hi [Authority name],

1)
Please share your council’s affordable housing planning policy.

Please also clarify the different affordable housing options offered by your council alone, which may include MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.

2)

a)

Please specify how many affordable homes offered by your council alone have been built from 1 March 2016 until 1 March 2019.

Please break down this number by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.).

b)

If the council has comparable local data on RSL activity in regards to the above, please supply this information.

3)

a)

Please specify how many were demolished, sold or were made otherwise unavailable as affordable homes from 1 March 2016 until March 2019.

Please break down this number of affordable houses by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.).

b)

If the council has comparable local data on RSL activity in regards to the above, please supply this information.

4)

a)

Please detail how much your council has made from sales of affordable housing stock each year, over last five years.

b)

Please provide the addresses of sold properties and specify how much each one was sold for.

5)

a)

Please outline the council’s projections for the number of affordable homes to be added to its housing stock from 1 March 2019 until 1 March 2021. (Including any which may have been added from March 1- to the date this FoI was received).

Please break down this number by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.).

b)

Can you also specify the number of affordable houses which are ring fenced and guaranteed to remain affordable over the same time period?

c)

If the council has comparable data on RSL activity in the council area, please supply this information.

6)

a)

Please specify how affordable homes are projected to be demolished, sold or made otherwise unavailable as affordable homes from 1 March 2019 until 01 March 2021 (Including any which may have been demolished, sold or made otherwise unavailable as affordable homes from March 1 to the date this FoI was received).

Please break down this number of affordable houses by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.).

b)

If the council has comparable local data on RSL activity in regards to the above, please supply this information.

7)

a)

Please clarify whether plans are put in place to replace demolished affordable homes.

I.e. Are demolished affordable homes guaranteed to be replaced? If so, will the affordable homes be in the same category? (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.)

b)

If the council has comparable information in regards to RSL activity in the council area, please supply this information.

Thanks for your help,

Jamie

foi, Orkney Islands Council

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Barbara Scollay
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Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Tel: 01856 873535, Ext 2164

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foi, Orkney Islands Council

Dear Sir

Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Request for Information

I refer to your email dated 8 March 2019 and received on 11 March 2019, our reference is FOI 2019-0291.

I am pleased to give the information you requested and hope that it meets your requirements.

1) Please share your council's affordable housing planning policy. - The Council does not have an affordable housing policy.
Please also clarify the different affordable housing options offered by your council alone, which may include MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc. - The Council develops social rented housing only

2)
a) Please specify how many affordable homes offered by your council alone have been built from 1 March 2016 until 1 March 2019. - 24
Please break down this number by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.). - 2016, 24 properties, social rented

b) If the council has comparable local data on RSL activity in regards to the above, please supply this information. - The Council does not have comparable data for our local housing association

3)
a) Please specify how many were demolished, sold or were made otherwise unavailable as affordable homes from 1 March 2016 until March 2019. - 18 sales
Please break down this number of affordable houses by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.). -All properties sold have been social rented properties which are either in low demand areas or could not be brought up to the required energy efficiency standards affordably.

b) If the council has comparable local data on RSL activity in regards to the above, please supply this information. - The Council does not have comparable data for our local housing association

4)
a) Please detail how much your council has made from sales of affordable housing stock each year, over last five years.
Year Sale price
2016/17 £414,400
2017/18 £418,100
2018/19 £295,000

b) Please provide the addresses of sold properties and specify how much each one was sold for.

Address Sale Price

36 John Street, Stromness, KW16 3AD £12,600
9 Gray's Noust, Stromness, KW16 3EB £33,200
4 Hordaland, Kirkwall, KW15 1UN £40,670
6 Lother, Kirkwall, KW15 1XG £29,250
16 Ronaldsvoe, Kirkwall, KW15 1XE £40,795
46 Craigie Crescent, Kirkwall, KW15 1EP £41,160
21 Strombery, Kirkwall, KW15 1UX £68,000
5 Summerdale Drive, Kirkwall, KW15 1ET £44,545
4 Lastigar, Westray, KW17 2DJ £42,180
21 Guardhouse Park, Stromness, KW16 3DP £51,480
8 Hamnavoe, Stromness, KW16 3JQ £38,000
20 Buttquoy Crescent, Kirkwall, KW15 1JH £102,000
7 Hordaland, Kirkwall, KW15 1UN £39,600
3 Burrian, Kirkwall, KW15 1XB £32,800
3 Hamnavoe, Stromness, KW16 3JQ £37,200
15 Earl Sigurd Street, Kirkwall, KW15 1QE £100,000
13 Torness, Kirkwall, KW15 1UU £48,450
14 Hamnavoe, Stromness, KW16 3JQ £92,500
14 Hoymansquoy, Stromness, KW16 3DR £56,100
1 Meadowbank, Kirkwall, KW15 1QJ £90,000
22 Craigie Crescent, Kirkwall, KW15 1EP £44,650
27 Hordaland, Kirkwall, KW15 1UN £53,000
10 Buttquoy Drive, Kirkwall, KW15 1JJ £55,000
8 Strombery, Kirkwall, KW15 1UX £55,000
3 Hermaness, Kirkwall, KW15 1XA £36,400
13A Grieveship Terrace, Stromness, KW16 3AY £39,200
19 Burnside, Flotta, KW16 3NP £40,000
1, 2, & 3 Station Houses, Stromness, KW16 3JS £85,200
The Former Sanday Harbour Master's House, Sanday, KW17 2BJ £70,000
21 St Colm's Quadrant, Longhope, KW16 3PH £50,000
19 St Colm's Quadrant, Longhope, KW16 3PH £55,000
Westermill House, Burray, KW17 2SS £170,000
The Former Evie Schoolhouse, Evie, KW17 2PE £125,000

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a) Please outline the council's projections for the number of affordable homes to be added to its housing stock from 1 March 2019 until 1 March 2021. (Including any which may have been added from March 1- to the date this FoI was received). - Orkney's Strategic Housing Investment Programme which covers this period is available at http://www.orkney.gov.uk/Files/Committee...
Please break down this number by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.). - Orkney's Strategic Housing Investment Programme which covers this period is available from the Council's website.

b) Can you also specify the number of affordable houses which are ring fenced and guaranteed to remain affordable over the same time period? - every property built by the Council is guaranteed to remain affordable.

c) If the council has comparable data on RSL activity in the council area, please supply this information. - The Council does not have comparable data for our local housing association

6)
a) Please specify how affordable homes are projected to be demolished, sold or made otherwise unavailable as affordable homes from 1 March 2019 until 01 March 2021 (Including any which may have been demolished, sold or made otherwise unavailable as affordable homes from March 1 to the date this FoI was received). - The Council holds no figures for projected demolitions etc
Please break down this number of affordable houses by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.). - N/A

b) If the council has comparable local data on RSL activity in regards to the above, please supply this information. - The Council does not have comparable data for our local housing association

7)
a) Please clarify whether plans are put in place to replace demolished affordable homes. - As the Council does not plan to demolish any properties, none need replacing.
I.e. Are demolished affordable homes guaranteed to be replaced? If so, will the affordable homes be in the same category? (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.) - N/A

b) If the council has comparable information in regards to RSL activity in the council area, please supply this information. - The Council does not have comparable data for our local housing association

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Regards

George Vickers
Information Governance Officer
Corporate Services
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Telephone: 01856 873535 Extension: 2162
www.orkney.gov.uk

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Hi George,

Thanks for your response. Please can you provide the answer to 4.b in Microsoft Excel spreadsheet format?

Many thanks,

Yours sincerely,

Jamie Mann

foi, Orkney Islands Council

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Hello

Please find attached question 4b in Excel format.

Regards

Barbara Scollay
Administrative Support Manager
Corporate Services
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, School Place, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Tel: 01856 873535, Ext 2164

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Received with thanks Barbara,

Yours sincerely,

Jamie Mann

Hi Barbara,

As requested, please can you break down the numbers provided to answers 2a and 3a by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.).

Yours sincerely,

Jamie Mann

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Dear Sir

Further to your email of 16 May, please note that the answer to question 2a was broken down in the original response:

a) Please specify how many affordable homes offered by your council alone have been built from 1 March 2016 until 1 March 2019. - 24
Please break down this number by year and by tenure type (MMR, social rent, shared ownership, etc.). – 2016, 24 properties, social rented

In relation to 3a, when looking for this information it was found to be incorrect, there were actually 21 sales, all socially rented, breakdown as follows:
16/17 10
17/18 9
18/19 2

Kind regards

Katy Russell-Duff
Administrative Officer
Corporate Services
Orkney Islands Council, Council Offices, Kirkwall, Orkney, KW15 1NY
Telephone 01856 873535 Extension 2210

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Hi Katy,

Many thanks for clarifying this.

Yours sincerely,

Jamie Mann