Purchase of Section 106 Affordable Housing by Sage Housing

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Dear Caerphilly County Borough Council,

I write to you in order to request the information set out below. My request is pursuant to the FOIA.

The information requested relates to the purchase of Section 106 affordable housing units in the local authority area by the company Sage Housing over the last three years.

The information I seek is:

1) the number of applications made by Sage Housing to acquire Section 106 affordable housing units in each calendar year of 2017, 2018, 2019 and 2020.

2) the planning reference number that each application applies to

3) For each development in which Sage Housing has acquired Section 106 units between 01/01/2017 and 24/01/2020:

i) The name of the development
ii) The planning reference number
iii) The address of the development
iv) The postcode(s) of the development
v) The number of affordable units in the development
vi) The housing tenure mix (e.g social rent, affordable rent, shared ownership)
vii) The decision date (date/month/year)
viii) The date until when the units are contracted with Sage Housing to stay affordable
(date/month/year)
ix) The price paid by Sage Housing to acquire the development (if known)
x) For rental units, if the council has nomination rights to the first lets, what percentage of units will the council have nomination rights for on subsequent lets?
xi) List any requests made by Sage Housing to alter or amend the original Section 106 agreement and whether the council agreed to these.
xii) Whether the development is a completed or a forthcoming (“starts on site”) development

4) For each development please attach the viability assessment

5) For each unit acquired by Sage Housing:
i) The name of the unit’s development
ii) The unit’s address
iii) The price paid by Sage Housing to acquire the unit (if known)
iv) The Land Registry title number

Please provide the information in an excel or CSV format, with the questions and sub-questions as column headings.

If you need clarification please contact me at this email address. Under your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the 20th working day.

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

Yours faithfully,

Cat McShane

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Dear Cat McShane

 

FREEDOM OF INFORMATION ACT 2000 - INFORMATION REQUEST

 

Thank you for your request for information received on 24th January 2020.
We have considered your request and enclose the following information:

 

No planning applications have been submitted for any development by the
company Sage Housing.

 

We supply this information based on your original request.  If this is not
what you wanted or if you feel we have not fully understood your request
please do not hesitate to contact me to clarify your exact requirements.

 

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GARETH GRIFFITHS

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-----Original Message-----
From: Gareth Davies [[3]mailto:[FOI #638544 email]]
Sent: 24 January 2020 11:47
To: WWW: FOI
Subject: Freedom of Information request - Purchase of Section 106
Affordable Housing by Sage Housing

 

Dear Caerphilly County Borough Council,

 

I write to you in order to request the information set out below. My
request is pursuant to the FOIA.

 

The information requested relates to the purchase of Section 106
affordable housing units in the local authority area by the company Sage
Housing over the last three years.

 

The information I seek is:

 

1) the number of applications made by Sage Housing to acquire Section 106
affordable housing units in each calendar year of 2017, 2018, 2019 and
2020.

 

2) the planning reference number that each application applies to

 

3) For each development in which Sage Housing has acquired Section 106
units between  01/01/2017 and 24/01/2020:

 

i) The name of the development

ii) The planning reference number

iii) The address of the development

iv) The postcode(s) of the development

v) The number of affordable units in the development

vi) The housing tenure mix (e.g social rent, affordable rent, shared
ownership)

vii) The decision date (date/month/year)

viii) The date until when the units are contracted with Sage Housing to
stay affordable

 (date/month/year)

ix) The price paid by Sage Housing to acquire the development (if known)

x) For rental units, if the council has nomination rights to the first
lets, what percentage of units will the council have nomination rights for
on subsequent lets?

xi) List any requests made by Sage Housing to alter or amend the original
Section 106 agreement and whether the council agreed to these.

xii) Whether the development is a completed or a forthcoming (â starts on
siteâ ) development

 

4) For each development please attach the viability assessment

 

5) For each unit acquired by Sage Housing:

i) The name of the unitâ s development

ii) The unitâ s address

iii) The price paid by Sage Housing to acquire the unit (if known)

iv) The Land Registry title number

 

Please provide the information in an excel or CSV format, with the
questions and sub-questions as column headings.

 

If you need clarification please contact me at this email address. Under
your section 16 duty to provide advice and assistance I would expect you
to contact me if you find this request unmanageable in any way before the
20th working day.

 

I would be grateful if you could confirm in writing that you have received
this request, and I look forward to hearing from you in the near future.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

Cat McShane

 

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ar gyfer defnydd yr unigolyn neu'r sefydliad y cyfeiriwyd atynt. Os ydych
wedi derbyn yr e-bost hwn ar gam rhowch wybod i reolwr eich system. Nodwch
fod unrhyw sylwadau neu farn o fewn testun yr e-bost yw sylwadau a barn yr
awdur yn unig ac nid yn angenrheidiol yn cynrychioli barn Cyngor
Bwrdeistref Sirol Caerffili. I orffen, dylai'r person sy'n derbyn yr
e-bost sicrhau nad oes firws ynghlwm nac mewn unrhyw ddogfen atodol i'r
e-bost. Nid yw'r Cyngor yn derbyn unrhyw gyfrifoldeb am unrhyw ddifrod
achoswyd gan unrhyw firws sy'n cael ei drosglwyddo gan yr e-bost hwn.
 
Rydym yn croesawu gohebiaeth yn Gymraeg, Saesneg neu'n ddwyieithog (yn
unol â'ch dewis), ac mewn ieithoedd a fformatau eraill. Cewch ymateb yn
unol â'ch dewis iaith os nodwch hynny i ni, ac ni fydd cyfathrebu â ni yn
Gymraeg yn arwain at oedi.
 
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