Northampton Council Pays £132,000 for property it sold for peanuts
The shambles of Right to buy
One property shows how Northampton Borough Council operates
They flog off the property to the tenant on the cheap at a discount (i.e. via Right to Buy)
The property in question has a large garden so the buyer builds a new home on half the garden, then in 2016 the property (got on the cheap) is sold back to NBC for £132,000 minus half the garden.
My current understanding is that the property as been purchased by NBC and NPH with intention to knock it down
Be very interested to know how the great and good square that as value for money
Norman Adams – Northampton – January 2018
Reference notes:
Planning application – N/2017/1412
41A Eastfield Road, Duston, Northampton, Northamptonshire, NN5 6TG – N/2017/1412
Received on 26 October 2017
Prior Notification of the Demolition of 2no semi detached dwellings (41A Eastfield Road and 2 Northfield Road)
This shows the intention to knock it down…
FOI response NPH1022-001304/17 … gives the purchase price of £132,000
This document (plan) clearly shows how the garden was used
This document is the planning consent for building 41B Eastfield Road
Northampton Defend Council Housing 