Public Land and Building Assets

Published by:
Colchester Borough Council
Last updated:
21 December 2019
Topic:
Not added
Licence:
Open Government Licence

Summary

Land and building assets as defined in the Code include:

  • all service and office properties occupied or controlled by local authorities, both freehold and leasehold, in this case Colchester Borough Council
  • any properties occupied or run under Private Finance Initiative (PFI) contracts
  • all other properties local authorities own or use, for example, hostels, laboratories, investment properties and depots
  • garages unless rented as part of a housing tenancy agreement
  • surplus, sublet or vacant properties owned by local authorities
  • undeveloped land
  • serviced or temporary offices where contractual or actual occupation exceeds 3 months
  • all future authority commitments, for example under an agreement for lease, from when a contractual commitment is made

Properties must also be included even if they are part of a larger estate (for instance, a school caretakers property on the site of a school, or a residential property on the site of a farm).

Any land or building where the council has currently a property interest should be included. This could include, for example, playing fields or buildings of church run schools.

There are some exclusions as stated in the code:

  • social housing
  • rent-free properties provided by traders (such as information booths in public places or posts)
  • operational railways and canals
  • operational public highways (but any adjoining land not subject to public rights should be included)
  • assets of national security
  • information deemed inappropriate for public access as a result of data protection and/or disclosure controls (eg refuse houses)

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