Brighton & Hove City Council’s planning enforcement service has ordered the owners of  92 Sackville Road, Hove to improve the condition of a house that has fallen into disrepair.

Officers have served a section 215 notice on Mr and Mrs Stevens, the owners of  92 Sackville Road, requiring them to carry out the following work:

    * Repair and make good all the windows on the property
    * Repaint in white all external timberwork including window frames, doorframes soffits on the house
    * Wash down and repaint the property
    * Repair and make good the front boundary wall and repaint it in the same colour as the house

Councillor Lynda Hyde, chairman of Brighton & Hove’s planning committee, said:
“I understand from officers that formal enforcement action has been considered in relation to this long term empty property for some considerable time. Officers from both the Empty Property and Planning Enforcement Teams have tried many times to talk to the owners to persuade them to carry out works voluntarily and to bring the property back into use.

“This property has fallen into a considerable state of disrepair and is visually detrimental to the amenities of the area so I am pleased that this action is being taken. Experience has also shown that this type of action frequently results in the owners finally dealing with the wasted resource that their empty property represents. This is particularly important in an area like Brighton & Hove where there is high housing need and limited housing supply."

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