Dear Mr Edwards,

Freedom of Information Act 2000 - Request for Information

Thank you for your recent request for information held by Denbighshire County Council received 24 January 2013 regarding empty properties.

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Clare O'Gorman
Swyddog Cwynion Corfforaethol / Corporate Complaints Officer
Rheolath Cofnodion / Records Management
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Dear Mr Edwards,

Thank you for your request for information received 24 January 2013 regarding empty properties.

The process of searching for the information you required is complete and I can now advise you as follows:

Q1.Could you please advise me how many properties owned by your Council are vacant at the moment and how many of those are in Llangollen or Llantysilio? Please state what proportion of those properties have been vacant for three months or longer?

A1. We currently have three vacant properties in Llangollen – two of which have been vacant for more than three months.

We don’t have any vacant properties in Llantisilio.

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Yours sincerely,

Clare O'Gorman
Swyddog Cwynion Corfforaethol / Corporate Complaints Officer
Rheolath Cofnodion / Records Management
01824 707 023
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Mae cynnwys yr e-bost yn cynrychioli barn yr unigolyn(ion) a enwir uchod ac nid yw o angenrheidrwydd yn cynrychioli barn Cyngor Sir Ddinbych. Serch hynny, fel Corff Cyhoeddus, efallai y bydd angen i Gyngor Sir Ddinbych ddatgelu'r e-bost hwn [neu unrhyw ymateb iddo] dan ddarpariaethau deddfwriaethol.

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Dear Mr Edwards

Please accept my apologies. The total number of empty properties across
the county is 58.

Within the last few days, one of the properties in Llangollen has been let
leaving two empty properties:

* Llangollen Office/Garage
* Former Land Fill Site

Kind regards

Clare O'Gorman          
Swyddog Cwynion Corfforaethol / Corporate Complaints Officer    
Rheolath Cofnodion /  Records Management
Cyfathrebu, Marchnata a Hamdden / Communication, Marketing and Leisure
01824 707 023
clare.o'[email address]
clare.o'[email address]
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http. [1]www.denbighshire.gov.uk

From: Michael Edwards <[FOI #146911 email]>
To: clare.o'[email address]
Date: 22/02/2013 08:07
Subject: Re: Your Enquiry (Our ref: 2013/2643)

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     Dear Sirs,
   
    Thank you for your letter of the 18th February, 2013.
   
    Further to my request regarding DCC&#39;s vacant properties you
    have omitted to answer the first part of the question I.e. how many
    properties do you have vacant across the County?
   
    When replying please also identify the addresses of the three
    properties which are vacant in Llangollen?
   
    Yours faithfully,
   
    Michael Edwards
   
   

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