Housing Land Strategy Phase 2: Development Costs and Infrastructure Improvements

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Paul of the Woods Family

Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,

You recently published the Budget plans, stating the Council plans to spend £0.678m on 'Housing Land Strategy Phase 2: Development Costs and Infrastructure Improvements'

Can you give me information as to exactly what this entails and exactly what this money will be spent on.

Thank you.

Yours faithfully,

Paul Woods

Freedom of Information, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Woods,

Thank you for your email received on 30 July 2015 requesting information about Housing Land Strategy Phase 2: Development Costs and Infrastructure Improvements.

I have recorded your request for information under reference F2015.07.1470.

This has been passed to the relevant service and you will receive a response by 27 August 2015.

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You will be informed if a fee is to be applied before information is to be provided.

If you need further information please contact me.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information
Knowsley MBC
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX

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Freedom of Information, Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council

Dear Mr Woods,

Freedom of Information request F2015.07.1470

We have looked into your request for information about Housing Land Strategy Phase 2: Development Costs and Infrastructure Improvements, and our response is shown below.

The budget to which you refer relates to the second phase of the Council's housing land disposal programme which will enable the delivery of approximately 1,600 new homes across 15 sites. The funding has been allocated across the following activities to enable the Council to bring forward this programme as quickly as possible:

Pre-sale ground investigations
Arboricultural surveys
Topographic surveys
Ecological surveys
Demolition costs
Title related costs
Legal fees
Planning costs
Project management costs
Site security pending disposal
Promotional activities

If you need further information please see contact details below.

Kind regards,

Freedom of Information
Knowsley MBC
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX

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