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Privately owned residential empty properties
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For the attention of:
• The officer with responsibility for the management of privately owned residential empty properties; and
• Any other officer or team with responsibility for private residential empty homes.
In accordance with the provisions of the Freedom of Information Act, I would be grateful if you could provide the following information:
1. Use of External Property Tracing Services
Please confirm whether the Council currently engages, or has engaged within the last three years, any external organisation to assist in identifying, tracing, or locating the owners of privately owned residential properties that are empty, or suspected to be empty.
If so, please provide:
• The name of each organisation engaged: Datatank
• The nature of the services provided: Council Tax empty homes review
• The dates during which those services were used: Started 6 August 2024 completed September 2024
2. Responsible Officers and Teams
Please provide the following details for the officer(s) and/or team responsible for the Council's work relating to privately owned residential empty homes:
• Name: Revenues Team
• Job title:
• Email address: CTax@wokingham.gov.uk
• Direct telephone number: 0118 974 6000
Where individual contact details are exempt from disclosure, please provide the relevant team contact details instead.
