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Revenues Monitoring Report

Meeting: 22/06/2022 - Executive, Resources and Contracts Policy Development and Scrutiny Committee (Item 20)

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The report outlined the performance of the Revenues Services provided by Liberata between 1 December 2021 to 31 March 2022.

 

The Revenues and Benefits Manager introduced the report alongside Darren Keen and Tracey Hollidge representing Liberata.  The Committee discussed the Empty Homes Premium which had been launched on 1 April 2022 and applied a premium to owners whose houses had been empty for two years or more.  This charge was currently levied to approximately 300 houses in Bromley and a report would be presented to the Council’s Executive at its meeting on 3 August 2022 proposing that from 1 April 2023, the Premium be increased to 100% on properties empty over 2 years, 200% after 5 years and 300% after 10 years.  This initiative would be complemented by a Negative Homes Review to be undertaken in Summer 2022 and Committee Members were asked to flag any empty properties in their ward. 

 

RESOLVED: That the information contained within Report FSD22039 and the letter provided by Liberata detailed in Appendices 1 and 2 be noted.