Cheryl Gillan – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department for Transport
The below Parliamentary question was asked by Cheryl Gillan on 2016-01-14.
To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many applications for the High Speed 2 (a) need to sell scheme and (b) exceptional hardship scheme have been received from constituents in Chesham and Amersham constituency; how many of those applications have been completed with the property now in the ownership of the Government or HS2 Ltd; how many of those properties in the ownership of the Government or HS2 Ltd have been (i) sold, (ii) rented and (iii) remain vacant; for how many of those applications that have been accepted the price has not been agreed; how many of those applications are awaiting a decision on whether they will be accepted; how many of those applications have been rejected; and of those rejected how many times each such application has been rejected and for what reasons.
Mr Robert Goodwill
The information requested is in the table below:
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Chesham and Amersham constituency |
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(a) Need to Sell (NTS) scheme |
(b) Exceptional Hardship Scheme (EHS) |
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Applications received |
34 |
49 |
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Applications accepted |
17 |
12 |
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Applications rejected |
8 |
31 |
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Applications withdrawn |
1 |
6 |
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Applications pending a final decision |
8 |
0 |
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offers made |
12 |
12 |
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offers accepted |
10 |
9 |
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offers declined/no longer active |
0 |
3 |
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Properties acquired |
6 |
9 |
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How many of those properties in the ownership of the Government or HS2 Ltd have been: |
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(i) sold |
0 |
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(ii) rented |
10 (with 2 under offer) |
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(iii) remain vacant |
3 |
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(a) Need to Sell (NTS) scheme |
(b) Exceptional Hardship Scheme (EHS) |
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Total number of unsuccessful applications (of which were reapplications) |
8 (1) |
31 (5)* |
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Unsuccessful for reasons including criterion 1 (Property Type) |
1 |
1 |
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Unsuccesful for reasons including criterion 2 (Location of property) |
2 |
18 |
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Unsuccesful for reasons including criterion 3 (Effort to Sell and impact of blight) |
3 |
23 |
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Unsuccesful for reasons including criterion 4 (No prior knowledge) |
0 |
0 |
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Unsuccesful for reasons including criterion 5 (NTS-Compelling reason to sell/EHS- Exceptional Hardship) |
6 |
25 |
*of the five rejected reapplications none are from the same applicant.
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