{"id":4698,"date":"2012-12-20T17:07:37","date_gmt":"2012-12-20T16:07:37","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=4698"},"modified":"2012-12-20T17:07:37","modified_gmt":"2012-12-20T16:07:37","slug":"manchester-apartment-block-lies-dormant-whilst-housing-crisis-continues","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=4698","title":{"rendered":"Manchester Apartment Block Lies Dormant Whilst Housing Crisis Continues"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchestersurveyor.co.uk\">Manchester Surveyors<\/a> &#8211; Saltford Court, a tower block in Ancoats, Manchester was abandoned and unused after Manchester council closed it in the 1990s. A private developer purchased the building in 2006, but so far no action has been taken to bring it back into use.<\/p>\n<p>Local residents want and need change. The block could be made into more than 100 much-needed apartments at an affordable price, so perhaps there should be a legal limit on how long a Developer can hold empty property before it is compulsorily auctioned?<\/p>\n<p>If you want to bring an empty home back into use, contact your <a href=\"http:\/\/www.manchestersurveyor.co.uk\">local manchester Surveyor.<\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>Manchester Surveyors &#8211; Saltford Court, a tower block in Ancoats, Manchester was abandoned and unused after Manchester council closed it in the 1990s. A private developer purchased the building in 2006, but so far no action has been taken to bring it back into use. Local residents want and need change. The block could be &hellip; <a href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=4698\" class=\"more-link\">Continue reading<span class=\"screen-reader-text\"> &#8220;Manchester Apartment Block Lies Dormant Whilst Housing Crisis Continues&#8221;<\/span><\/a><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":2,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"open","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[14,19,12,13,9],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-4698","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-building-regulations-planning-section","category-legal-advice","category-news-section","category-property-market-section","category-property-purchasers-section"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v27.6 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>Manchester Apartment Block Lies Dormant Whilst Housing Crisis Continues - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER<\/title>\n<meta name=\"robots\" content=\"index, follow, max-snippet:-1, max-image-preview:large, max-video-preview:-1\" \/>\n<link rel=\"canonical\" href=\"https:\/\/www.propertysurveying.co.uk\/newsletter\/?p=4698\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:locale\" content=\"en_GB\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:type\" content=\"article\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:title\" content=\"Manchester Apartment Block Lies Dormant Whilst Housing Crisis Continues - Property Surveying NEWSLETTER\" \/>\n<meta property=\"og:description\" content=\"Manchester Surveyors &#8211; Saltford Court, a tower block in Ancoats, Manchester was abandoned and unused after Manchester council closed it in the 1990s. 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