Council assets
To the information officer,
I am emailing to request the following information from the council under the Freedom of Information Act 2000:
Note: This request does not relate to social housing stock
1) A list of building, land and heritage assets disposed of (i.e. the council no longer owned the asset) by the council between 2014/2015 and the date on which you received this request, including:
- Name of the asset
- What type of asset is it - building, land or heritage?
- Address (if applicable)
- Postcode (if applicable)
- UPRN (if possible)
- The date it was disposed of
- The type of disposal (for example sale, community asset transfer, etc)
- The valuation of the asset at the point it was classified as an asset held for sale (both lower amount and fair value less, if possible)
- How much it was sold for? (if applicable)
- Who it was sold to?
- How it was disposed of (open market, auction, etc)
2) A list of building, land and heritage assets acquired by the council between 2014/2015 and the date on which you received this request, including:
- Name of the asset
- What type of asset is it - building, land or heritage?
- Address
- Postcode
- UPRN (if possible)
- The date it was acquired
- Who was it acquired from?
- How much did it cost?
- Is it now classed as an investment property?
3) How many land, building and heritage assets did the council have as of
a) the beginning of 2014/15
b) the date on which you received this request
I would like to receive this information electronically a spreadsheet, with the points above as the column headers.
If the decision is made to withhold some of this information using exemptions in the Act, please inform me of that fact and cite the exemptions used.
Please note the questions:
Who it was sold to?
Who was it acquired from?
In response to test FOIs some local authorities declined to release this information relating to these questions, arguing it was exempt under Section 40 - Personal information.
The definition of personal data referred to in the FOIA is that used by the Data Protection Act. This states that, for data to constitute personal data, “it must relate to a living individual, and that individual must be identifiable”. As a result, unless the response relates to a person (or a sole trader) it cannot be exempt under Section 40.
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.
Thank you for your time,
Gareth
Dear Mr Davies,
Thank you for your request for information about Council assets, which we received on Tuesday 31st July 2018. Your request is being dealt with under the terms of the Freedom of Information Act 2000 and/or the Environmental Information Regulations 2004.
As required by the legislation, we aim to answer your request within 20 working days from the date we received it. If for any reason we are unable to meet this deadline we will keep you fully informed of the reasons for this.
If you have any queries about this letter please do not hesitate to contact Customer Services on 023 9244 6019.
Yours sincerely,
Amanda Piper.
Dear Gareth
Thank you for your request made under the Freedom of Information Act.
Please see response to your query below:
Building, land and heritage assets disposed of between 2014/15 to date:
None
Building, land and heritage assets acquired between 2014/15 to date:
179 London Road, Waterlooville PO7 7RJ
UPRN: WA339
Date Acquired: 24/04/2014
Purchase Price: £770,000
Vendor: 179 London Road Limited
Classification: Investment
One Stop, Prospect Lane, Leigh Park, Havant PO9 5PA
Date Acquired: 28/04/2014
Purchase Price: £500,000
Vendor: FUKP Limited
Classification: Investment
Land on North Side of Westbourne Road, Emsworth
UPRN: EW087
Date Acquired: 28/10/2014
Transferor: Bellway Homes Limited
Consideration: £0
Classification: Operational
32 West Street, Havant PO9 1PG
UPRN: HA128
Date Acquired: 07/03/2017
Vendor: T Adams and S E Adams
Consideration: £320,000
Classification: Operational
Please see attached spreadsheet showing assets held by the Council at the
start of 2014.
A list of the Council's current assets is publicly available via the
website. Please follow the link below:
[1]https://www.havant.gov.uk/transparency
[2][IMG] [3]Transparency | Havant Borough Council
www.havant.gov.uk
Local Government Transparency Code 2015 - Fraud 1 April 2017 to
31 March 2018: Number of occasions powers under the Prevention of
Social Housing Fraud (Power to Require Information) (England)
Regulations 2014, or similar powers have been used
Regards
Vicki Offen BSc (Hons) MRICS and Registered Valuer
Estates Team Leader - 023 92 446120
Estates Team
Havant Borough Council, Public Service Plaza, Civic Centre Road, Havant,
PO9 2AX
email: [4][email address]
[5]www.havant.gov.uk
[6]www.facebook/havantboroughcouncil
[7]www.twitter.com/havantboroughcouncil
If you are requesting information under the Freedom of Information Act,
Environmental Information Regulations or Data Protection Act then please
re-direct your email to [8][email address]
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From: Piper, Amanda
Sent: 31 July 2018 14:20
To: Property Mailbox
Cc: HBC Info Requests
Subject: FW: Freedom of Information request - Council assets
Hi
Please see below an FOI request which has been logged on CRM CAS
300545-V2F6T7
Could you send a copy of the response to [email address]
Regards
Amanda
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