Empty Properties

Tackling Ellesmere Port and Neston's EMPTY PROPERTIES

Help is available

Empty Property Repair Grant - Up to £ 1,000 towards essential repairs to help to bring a property back into use
Conversion Grant - to sub-divide vacant premises into residential units. 50% of eligible costs up to a maximum of £15,000 per unit of self-contained accommodation.
Decent Homes Equity Loan - up to a maximum of £30,000 available to owner-occupiers or owners of empty properties for major renovation schemes.

If you own an empty property, we would like to work with you to enable it to be re-occupied.

You can consider...

Repairing /converting the property for occupation
Living in the property yourself
Renting out the property
Leasing the property through a letting agent
Leasing the property to a Housing Association
Selling the property to a private developer
Selling the property on the open market

If you know of a property which has been empty for six months or more we would like to know

What to do next...

Live close to an empty property which is detrimental to the area
Own an empty property
Are a landlord with one or more empty properties

Please call the Private Housing Renewal Unit for a chat on
0151 3566472 (Fax 0151 3566545)
Or write to:
Private Housing Renewal Unit
Housing Services Group
Council Offices
4 Civic Way
Ellesmere Port CH65 OBE

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