FOI Request - Vacant Properties

Request 101002721337

1) As of 26th February 2021 (or the most recently available date), please could you tell me how many private and council homes have been vacant in your authority for the following numbers of financial years*:

a.        Less than one year (i.e. current financial year)
b.        One year
c.        Two years
d.        Three years
e.        Four years
f.         Five years
g.        Six years
h.        Seven years
i.         Eight years
j.         Nine years
k.        Ten years
l.         11 - 19 years
m.       20 or more years

*Please treat ‘years’ as financial years. If a home has been listed as empty within the current financial year, I would expect this to be listed as ‘less than one year’.
Please could you break this information down by:
Column a) The ‘number of years’
Column b) ‘Private’ or ‘council’ home - a separate count for private, and council, if available
Column c) The number of vacant homes

2) For the last five financial years (2016/2017 - 2020/2021), please can you tell me how many homes that had been vacant for two or more years were demolished in your authority?

Please could you break this information down by:
Column a) The financial year
Column b) The number of homes demolished

3) For the last five financial years (2016/2017 - 2020/2021), please can you tell me how many reports related to squatting in a council-owned vacant property you have received?

Please could you break this information down by:
Column a) The financial year
Column b) The number of reports related to squatting

4) For the last five financial years (2016/2017 - 2020/2021) how much money has your council raised from charging extra council tax on homes that have been vacant for two or more years?

Please could you break this information down by:
Column a) The year
Column b) The amount raised via council tax paid on vacant dwellings

Response 22.03.21

1)

For the table below, the empty non-council properties as at 28.02.21. Total 3622.

Number of Years Private or Council Number of Vacant Homes Private or Council Number of Vacant Homes
a. Less than one year Council Owned 66 Private 1125
b. One year Council Owned 1 Private 935
c. Two years Council Owned 2 Private 270
d. Three years Council Owned 2 Private 176
e. Four years Council Owned 0 Private 126
f. Five years Council Owned 0 Private 91
g. Six years Council Owned 0 Private 72
h. Seven years Council Owned 0 Private 64
i. Eight years Council Owned 0 Private 60
j. Nine years Council Owned 0 Private 44
k. Ten years Council Owned 0 Private 49
l. 11 - 19 years Council Owned 0 Private 283
m. 20 or more years Council Owned 0 Private 327

 

2) We are unable to provide any information as we have no way of identifying demolished properties. Entries on and off the Council Tax register are maintained by the Grampian Assessors and we have no marker to identify demolished properties. This information is therefore exempt under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information Not Held.

3) Moray Council have 0 reports related to squatting in a vacant property for any of the years specified.

4) We are unable to provide figures for levy income for properties empty for two or more years. We do not retain such detailed information. This information is therefore exempt under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information Not Held.

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