Croydon Borough Council : 2024 : Use of EDMOs and CPOs

The request was successful.

Dear Croydon Borough Council,

I write to ask for the following information for your Local Authority area.

A. The number of residential homes that have been empty for more than two years.
B. The number of Empty Dwelling Management Orders that have been raised by your Local Authority during 2024.
C. The number of Compulsory Purchase Orders that have been raised by your Local Authority during 2024.
D. A copy of any report on use of Empty Dwelling Management Orders and/or Compulsory Purchase Orders that has been written by your Local Authority for either internal or external audiences.
E. The number of households your local authority is housing in temporary accommodation.
F. The cost per month of housing the households at (E) above.

Yours faithfully,

Mr Nigel Cook

croydon@infreemation.co.uk, Croydon Borough Council

Information Team Croydon
Digital Services
Assistant Chief Executive Directorate
Bernard Wetherill House
7th Floor, Zone B
Croydon
CR0 1EA

Contact: Information Team
[email address]

 

Dear Mr Cook

Request FOI/11004

Further to your request received on 01/11/2024, I confirm that the Council
has now considered your request under the Freedom of Information Act
2000. For ease of reference, I will now address each of your questions in
turn.

A. The number of residential homes that have been empty for more than two
years.

Council only holds this informational on its own stock and the answer is
zero.  

B. The number of Empty Dwelling Management Orders that have been raised by
your Local Authority during 2024. 

None

C. The number of Compulsory Purchase Orders that have been raised by your
Local Authority during 2024. 

None

D. A copy of any report on use of Empty Dwelling Management Orders and/or
Compulsory Purchase Orders that has been written by your Local Authority
for either internal or external audiences. 

None

E. The number of households your local authority is housing in temporary
accommodation. 

Council only holds this informational on its own stock.

F. The cost per month of housing the households at (E) above 

Not available.

 

The Council publishes Access to Information requests and responses on its
online Disclosure Log. (Any request included within this log will be
anonymised appropriately)

To view the Council’s Disclosure Log, please visit our website available
here:

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(disclosure-log.co.uk)

 

If you are dissatisfied with the way the Council has handled your request
under the Freedom of Information Act, you may ask for an internal review.
This should be submitted to us within 40 working days of this response.
You can do this by outlining the details of your complaint by:

 

Email:        [2][email address]

 

Writing:     Information Team

London Borough of Croydon

Bernard Weatherill House

Floor 7 - Zone B

8 Mint Walk

Croydon, CR0 1EA

 

Any requests received after the 40 working day time limit will be
considered only at the discretion of the council.

 

If you are not content with the outcome of the internal review, 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

 

Yours sincerely,

 

Information Team

Croydon Digital Services

Assistant Chief Executive Directorate

Bernard Wetherill House,

Mint Walk,

Croydon,

CR0 1EA

 

 

[3][email address]

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