A £500,000 grant to green up parts of Blackpool town centre will fail to have an impact unless action is taken to rid the area of derelict hotels, the town’s Tory leader has warned.
“The council must link the delivery of the grant to a wider plan dealing with these two empty properties.“If it is not in a position to use existing powers like the Empty Property Dwelling Order or has the funds for compulsory purchase, then it must work with private investors as part of a strategy to purchase and transform the properties.”
“We can and have used improvement notices to try and see some change but this is a slow process and inevitably can be countered by an owner saying that they intend to do something in the near future. “I will now very quickly gain an understanding of their proposal to see if this delivers a speedy route to a solution as that is my clear goal. I am determined that this problem will be solved in the coming months but I can absolutely assure you that nobody is trying harder to resolve this than I am.
He said: “For other empty commercial properties in the area I would like to see the council using the new powers available to them to rent out long-term empty properties directly through the High Street Rental Auctions powers that are due to come in to force.
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