Knowsley Council leasehold
Paul of the Woods Family made this Freedom of Information request to Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council This request has been closed to new correspondence. Contact us if you think it should be reopened.
Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
Do you own the freehold of any leasehold properties in Knowsley and if so, how many?
Yours faithfully,
Paul Woods
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Dear Mr Woods,
Thank you for your email received on 30 October 2023 requesting information about freeholds.
Please note you can now log a Freedom of Information request on our online portal on the following link.
https://www.knowsley.gov.uk/your-council...
I have recorded your request for information under reference F2023.10.7080.
This has been passed to the relevant service and you will receive a response by 24 November 2023.
In line with guidance published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the council may make a charge for the provision of information – for example in order to cover the costs of postage (in line with the relevant postal charges) or charges for printing and copying (which will reflect photocopying charges levied by the council’s public libraries) or if this falls within the regulations of an EIR (Environmental Information).
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,
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX
Dear Paul of the Woods Family
Clarification of your freedom of information request
I have looked into your request for information about the freehold of any leasehold properties, and could you please clarify if your request is about residential properties or commercial / industrial properties or both?
If I do not receive clarification from you by 24 November 2023 I will assume you no longer require the information.
If you need further information please see contact details above.
Yours sincerely
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley MBC
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX
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Dear Freedom of Information,
My request in this instance is in regard to residential properties.
Yours sincerely,
Paul Woods
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Dear Paul of the Woods family
Freedom of Information request F2023.10.7080
Thank you for responding to our request for additional information.
In line with the Information Commissioners Guidance The 20 Working Day Clock will start the day after the authority receives the necessary clarification” (click here for link)
This has been passed to the relevant service and you will receive a response by 24 November 2023
If you need further information please see contact details below.
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Knowsley MBC
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX
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Your FOI request has been completed
Dear Paul Woods
Your FOI with Reference Number : 7080 has been completed please click on the link
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Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
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Merseyside
L36 9UX
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Dear Knowsley Metropolitan Borough Council,
Thank you for your response to my FOI (below)
"Yes. 1970, of which less than 10% of them attract an individual annual ground rent."
Can you please clarify, that Knowsley Council do not own any residential properties, but they do own the freehold on 1,970 residential properties, yet only charge an annual fee on less than 197 of those properties?
How much do you charge?
Why do you hold freeholds on properties that you do not charge ground rent on?
Yours faithfully,
Paul Woods
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We will aim to contact you within 3 working days. In the meantime, further
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Dear Mr Woods
The Council has 17 domestic properties and it uses them for dispersed temporary accommodation. Of the 1970 residential properties it holds the freehold for, over 90% relate to historical leaseholds across housing estates dating back 30+ years and the annual rent payable is a peppercorn (if demanded) and therefore uneconomical to collect. Less than 10% of the total leaseholds relate to some of the more recent housing developments in the Borough and the annual leasehold payments range from £50 - £250 per annum. The number of these more recent leaseholds reduce each year as homeowners buy out their leaseholds to secure the freehold of their residential property.
Kind regards
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Merseyside
L36 9UX
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Dear Freedom of Information,
You stated that "Less than 10% of the total leaseholds relate to some of the more recent housing developments in the Borough and the annual leasehold payments range from £50 - £250 per annum. The number of these more recent leaseholds reduce each year as homeowners buy out their leaseholds to secure the freehold of their residential property."
If homeowners on recent housing developments, Earlesfield on Knowsley Lane for example, are buying out their leasehold (on homes only completed last year), then why on earth would they be leasehold in the first place and not freehold?
Yours sincerely,
Paul Woods
Thank you for your email.
We will aim to contact you within 3 working days. In the meantime, further
information is provided within the Make a Freedom of Information request
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Kind regards,
Customer Liaison Team
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must not be distributed without consent. If you are not one of the
intended recipients, please notify the sender immediately and do not
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take any action based on it.
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individual sender, and not of Knowsley MBC. Legally binding obligations
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Dear Mr Woods,
Thank you for your email received on 18 December 2023 requesting information about leasehold payments.
Please note you can now log a Freedom of Information request on our online portal on the following link.
https://www.knowsley.gov.uk/your-council...
I have recorded your request for information under reference F2023.12.7245
This has been passed to the relevant service and you will receive a response by 16 January 2024.
In line with guidance published by the Information Commissioner’s Office, the council may make a charge for the provision of information – for example in order to cover the costs of postage (in line with the relevant postal charges) or charges for printing and copying (which will reflect photocopying charges levied by the council’s public libraries) or if this falls within the regulations of an EIR (Environmental Information).
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,
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Knowsley
Merseyside
L36 9UX
Your FOI request has been completed
Dear Paul Woods
Your FOI with Reference Number : 7245 has been completed please click on the link
below to view it
[1]https://knowsleytransaction.mendixcloud....
Customer Liaison Team
Knowsley Council
Archway Road
Huyton
Merseyside
L36 9UX
[2]www.knowsley.gov.uk
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privileged information and is intended for the named recipient(s) only. It
must not be distributed without consent. If you are not one of the
intended recipients, please notify the sender immediately and do not
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take any action based on it.
Unless expressly stated, opinions in this email are those of the
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duly authorised officers or representatives.
Knowsley MBC excludes any liability whatsoever for any offence caused, any
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any attachments are virus free. You must therefore take full
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