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Commercial
lettings
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Each local authority provides a list of properties or
land currently available to let within the area.
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Council -
property register
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Information about all land and property owned by the
council which is made available to the public on
request.
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Council
estates - parking
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The local authority is responsible for determining
parking regulations (residents and visitor parking)
on council property and for enforcement of those
regulations.
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Empty
residential properties
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Empty residential properties are a target for
squatters, vandals and burglars. They could be used
to provide homes for the many people who need one.
Councils will act on reports of empty properties and
may provide grants for renovation and/or rental
schemes to encourage owners to make use of empty
properties.
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Environmental
services - ecology and geology
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Working in partnership with other local organisations
to support the conservation and enhancement of the
wildlife and natural environment of the local area.
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Environmental
services - geotechnology
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The local authority provides a range of services
including feasibility studies, desk studies,
geotechnical site investigations, site and laboratory
testing and contaminated land studies.
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Estates
management
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The council provides an estates management service
for land and property in the area. Services provided
include sales, lettings, acquisitions, property
management, asset valuations, insurance valuations,
professional property advice.
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Grants
- community facilities
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Provision of grants for improvements to village halls
and other local facilities subject to local terms and
conditions.
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Housing -
clearance and re-housing
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Where a property is unfit to live in the LA may
decide to demolish it and redevelop the site (which
may mean the clearance of neighbouring property). The
council will usually offer the owners the market
value of the property and repay expenses associated
with moving plus possible compensation. Where the
property is rented tenants will be given priority for
re-housing in a council property.
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Land
and property - availability lists
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Information on residential and commercial land and
property which is available for purchase or for rent
in the local area.
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Land
and property - improvement
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A local authority may provide financial support to
help develop and redevelop industrial and commercial
land and buildings. Assistance is directed towards
work which will create or enhance existing floor
space, bring currently obsolete/vacant land and
buildings into beneficial use and improve working
conditions
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Land
reclamation - support and advice
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Promoting the reclamation or improvement of derelict,
neglected or unsightly land utilising grants. The
council's role is to facilitate reclamation projects
as they are often central to the regeneration of the
economy. The council selects, determines the
priorities, and provides finance at an appropriate
level for these projects. The council is responsible
for the implementation of its reclamation schemes.
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Landscape -
character assessment
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The landscape character assessment involves
systematic analysis, description and classification
of the landscape. This helps develop appropriate
recommendations for its future conservation and
management.
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Local
land charges - personal search
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A personal search is an inspection of the local land
charges register. It can be carried out by anyone
upon payment of the fee.
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Local
land charges search
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The Local Land Charge Section carries out all
official searches covered by the Local Land charges
Act 1975, guaranteeing comprehensive replies to the
official LLC1 (registerable charges, improvement
grants, tree preservation orders etc.) and CON29
(road schemes, planning history etc.) enquiries.
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Planning area
search service
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Area searches provide a check of the neighbourhood
surrounding a property to find out what planning
applications have been approved or refused. It
provides current and historic planning application
information for a specified area around a chosen
property.
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Property -
searches
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Searches on individual properties - usually on behalf
of prospective purchasers - to identify any town
planning, statutory orders, highways, housing and
environmental health matters which might impact on
the property.
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Property
enquiries
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Information and advice on vacant
industrial/office/retail/land and development
opportunities in the area.
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Property
enquiries certificates
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A Property Enquiry Certificate is a document produced
by the council to collate various elements of
information about the status of a property. These
elements are derived from the recommendations of
bodies such as the council of Mortgage Lenders and
the Law Society of Scotland. The information
contained in the PEC is required for property
transactions. A purchaser’s solicitor will normally
request it as part of the property search for
conveyancing activities.
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Property
valuations
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Information and advice on property valuation for
local business and on local chartered surveyors who
may be available to carry out a valuation.
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Proposals for
land use
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The local authority decides on the use to which local
land can be put in accordance with their economic,
planning and environmental strategies. Any proposals
for change in use of land have to be approved by the
local planning department.
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Railway
regulations
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A fire certificate is required for any railway
premises where there are more than 20 people employed
(in one or more buildings) at any one time or more
than 10 people employed other than on the ground
floor of the building. The local fire authority is
responsible for processing applications, inspecting
premises and issuing certificates.
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Roads
- adoption agreements
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New roads that have been constructed in accordance
with the council's guidelines are normally adopted by
way of an agreement between the developer and the
council under section 38 of the Highways Act 1980..
Under the New Roads and Street works Act 1991: s112
Local authorities are obliged to publish a register
of road adoptions and road works, which is available
for public inspection.
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Securing
premises after incidents
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The local fire authority are responsible for securing
premises after they have been damaged by fire to an
extent which could either prove a danger to the
public or leave the premises and contents accessible
(i.e. unlocked).
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Statutory
register - zoning
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Simplified Planning Zones (SPZs) were designed to aid
urban regeneration by de-regulating the planning
process in specific areas. An SPZ scheme grants
planning permission for the types of development it
specifies within the zone without the need for any
individual planning permission.
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Street
naming and numbering register
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Sections 64 and 65 of the Towns Improvement Clauses
Act 1847, and Sections 17, 18 and 19 of the Public
Health Act of 1925 (in England and Wales) or Section
97 of the Civic Government (Scotland) Act 1982
empowers the council to allocate statutory addresses.
The council may, in relation to any street or road to
which the public have access: (a) give such name to
it as they think fit; (b) after advertising in a
newspaper circulating in their area any proposal to
alter its name and taking into account any
representations thereupon made to them within 28 days
after the date of the first publication of the
advertisement, alter any such name; (c) affix, paint
or mark its name on any premises, fence, lamp post,
pole or other structure in it so as to be readily
legible to members of the public there, and erect
poles or other structures there for that purpose; (d)
give each of the premises in it such distinguishing
number as they think fit; alter that number when
necessary; and require the owner of each of the
premises, by notice served on him, to affix or paint
that number on his premises so that it is readily
legible from the nearest part of the public place
giving access to the premises. Once statutory
addresses have been allocated, Royal Mail Address
Management Centre is notified for allocation of
postcodes and emergency and other services are
notified.
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