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Dear Waverley Borough Council,
I am requesting the following information under the FOI

1. How many people are under Council’s Housing waiting list at present ?

2. Would you please give specify how many people are currently on the housing register and requiring one bedroom, two bedroom, three bedroom, four bedroom,Five bedroom, Six bedroom, seven bedroom properties

3. Please share the total number of council properties and please specify the type of the property and number and area and how many are current empty.

4. Please share the total amount of households already in council properties waiting for transfers to a. larger properties and b. Smaller properties c. Disability Adapted properties

5. Please share the new builds planned for the next 2years data for Waverley owned properties including size and type of property

Yours faithfully,

N Turner

Freedom of Information, Waverley Borough Council

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Dear Nat Turner

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Dear Nat Turner,

Request for Information – AI2/1828

Thank you for your email to request information which has been processed
under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA). Please see the response
below alongside your original request for your ease of reference.

1. How many people are under Council’s Housing waiting list at present  
1066 households

2. Would you please give specify how many people are currently on the
housing register and requiring one bedroom, two bedroom, three bedroom,
four bedroom,Five bedroom, Six bedroom, seven bedroom properties
693 one beds, 231 two beds, 142 three beds or larger

3. Please share the total number of council properties and please specify
the type of the property and number and area and how many are current
empty. 
Please see attached Excel Document 

4. Please share the total amount of households already in council
properties waiting for transfers to a. larger properties 53 (some needing
larger properties may be in other bands e.g. medical, social welfare
etc) and b. Smaller properties 33 (some needing smaller properties may be
registered in other bands such as medical, disabled)  c. Disability
Adapted properties 3 (some needing disabled adapted properties may be
included in other bands such as medical, social welfare etc.)

5. Please share the new builds planned for the next 2years data for
Waverley owned properties including size and type of property 
Please see attached Word document 

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Yours sincerely,

Sarah Coates
Information Rights Coordinator
Waverley Borough Council

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