See answers to previous information requests

1. Total number of garages currently owned or managed by the council
485

2. Total number of garage blocks
77

3. Number of garages currently tenanted
297

4. Number of garages currently vacant
188

5. Average monthly rental price for a garage
£58.11

6. Number of garages considered unlettable or in disrepair
93

7. Whether garage management is handled internally or outsourced (if outsourced, please name the third party)
Internally

8. Estimated annual revenue lost due to vacant garages
This is void loss – based on the information above average void loss from vacant garages would be £131,096.

9. Average duration garages sit vacant before being re-let
No complete statistics, the last 10 garages that went through the void process averaged at 6.5 months to be let

10. Garage occupancy rates for the past 3 years
Since August 2022 we have let 3 garages

11. Breakdown of void reasons (e.g. disrepair, access issues, planning constraints)
The reason for all garages become void are due to the licensee ending their licence, the licensee is deceased or the licence is ended due to rent arrears

12. Lettings policy or eligibility criteria for tenants (e.g. can anyone rent them?)
Our policy does allow for tenants and non tenants to rent our garages, however, our tenants are given a preference. Due to the large number of applicants on our waiting list, we are currently only taking applications from tenants

13. Number of people currently on a waiting list for garages (if one exists)
101

14. Software/system used to manage garage lettings
A combination NEC Housing/spreadsheets

15. Total rental income from garages in the last financial year
£217,314.34

16. Any plans to sell, redevelop, or repurpose parts of the garage portfolio in the next 3 years
At present there is only one block identified for demolition this year and that’s the last block in 50-56 Patten Ash Drive. Its due for demolition this financial year and is being turned into parking spaces. We are also looking at the Valon Road garage site but this is possibly only for general refurbishment. No decisions have been made as the works are to be costed first. Further works will be identified as and when required.

17. Number of people employed internally to manage the garages
Garage management/administration is covered by a number of Housing Services staff members, there is no staff member specifically employed to work on garages alone

18. Average response time to an inbound garage enquiry
Garage enquiries can be via multiple platforms and to multiple teams, this is not a statistic we can provide