Total number of council owned dwellings, commercial buildings and property owned and not being used, including multiple storied floors where some floors are occupied and others aren't.

Daniel Harding made this Official Information request to Whanganui District Council

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From: Daniel Harding

Dear Whanganui District Council,
How are you?

Please find enclosed my OIA for the above request. I'm interested to know the following:

Total number of council owned dwellings, commercial buildings and property owned and not being used, including multiple storied floors where some floors are occupied and others aren't.

Yours faithfully,

DC Harding

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Whanganui District Council

Dear Mr Harding,

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request dated 14 August 2022 asking for information related to unused buildings. Please note that in accordance with election protocol your request and our response will be published to the votewhanganui.nz website.

We received your request on 14 August 2022. We will endeavour to respond to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 9 September 2022, being 20 working days after the day your request was received. If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me on (06) 349 0001 or by return email. If any additional factors come to light which are relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that these can be taken into account.

Kind regards

Hayley Fitzgerald

-----Original Message-----
From: Daniel Harding <[FOI #20216 email]>
Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2022 10:08 pm
To: WDC Information Request <[email address]>
Subject: Official Information request - Total number of council owned dwellings, commercial buildings and property owned and not being used, including multiple storied floors where some floors are occupied and others aren't.

Dear Whanganui District Council,
How are you?

Please find enclosed my OIA for the above request. I'm interested to know the following:

Total number of council owned dwellings, commercial buildings and property owned and not being used, including multiple storied floors where some floors are occupied and others aren't.

Yours faithfully,

DC Harding

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From: WDC Information Request
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Dear Mr Harding,

 

I refer to your official information request dated 14 August 2022 asking
for information relating to unused buildings and property owned by
Whanganui District Council.

 

The information you have requested is as follows.

 

*  Total number of council owned dwellings, commercial buildings and
property owned and not being used, including multiple storied floors where
some floors are occupied and others aren't.

 

Council-owned Housing for Older Persons’

Whanganui District Council own 16 complexes throughout the Whanganui city
district for citizens who are 65+ years of age and have limited financial
means. Across the addresses listed below there is a total of 261 tenanted
units and 8 vacant units.

 

·         28 Campbell Street, Captain Laye complex

·         10 Collins Street, Gonville

·         30 Tawa Street, Eugene Crotty complex

 

There is one Community Lounge which is utilised by tenants for e.g.,
knitting groups, cuppa and chat type events, tenants to book and use to
host whanau/family members for e.g., birthdays or Christmas and other
celebrations

 

·         115 Bell Street, Garden Court complex

·         33 Kaikokopu Road, Heathdene complex

·         71A Ikitara Road, Ivan Brown complex

·         1 Puriri Street, Jack Brotherston complex

·         66 Nixon Street/1 Kawakawa Street

·         6 Kawakawa Street, Ladysmith complex

·         189 Parsons Street, Tawhero

·         75-77 Talbot St / 44 Hinemoa Street, Pukatea complex

·         22 Puriri Street

·         23 Rimu Street

·         258 Somme Parade, Rothesay complex

·         67 Puriri Street, Sandown complex

·         10 Walter Nash Place

 

Commercial Buildings

 

•            Eight commercial buildings owned by Whanganui District
Council and all are tenanted.

•            This figure does not include buildings owned by the Whanganui
District Council Holdings Ltd, nor does it include properties owned by the
Whanganui  Port Limited Partnership, Joint Venture (Airport Building) or
Port Operations Buildings. 

•            One vacant commercial/manufacturing piece of land at
Balgownie.

•            Four residential buildings that are tenanted – two in
Papaiti, one at Bason Reserve and one in Rimu.

 

You have the right to seek an investigation and review by the Ombudsman of
this decision. Information about how to make a complaint is available at
[1]www.ombudsman.parliament.nz or freephone 0800 802 602.

 

If you wish to discuss this decision with us, please feel free to contact
me on 06 349 0001 or by return email.

 

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

Hayley Fitzgerald

 

On behalf of

Jillian Penn

Senior Solicitor

 

-----Original Message-----
From: WDC Information Request
Sent: Wednesday, 17 August 2022 10:26 am
To: 'Daniel Harding' <[2][FOI #20216 email]>
Subject: Acknowledgement of your request for official information

 

Dear Mr Harding,

 

I am writing to acknowledge receipt of your official information request
dated 14 August 2022 asking for information related to unused buildings.
Please note that in accordance with election protocol your request and our
response will be published to the votewhanganui.nz website.

 

We received your request on 14 August 2022.  We will endeavour to respond
to your request as soon as possible and in any event no later than 9
September 2022, being 20 working days after the day your request was
received.  If we are unable to respond to your request by then, we will
notify you of an extension of that timeframe.

 

If you have any queries, please feel free to contact me on (06) 349 0001
or by return email.  If any additional factors come to light which are
relevant to your request, please do not hesitate to contact me so that
these can be taken into account.

 

Kind regards

 

Hayley Fitzgerald

 

-----Original Message-----

From: Daniel Harding <[3][FOI #20216 email]>

Sent: Sunday, 14 August 2022 10:08 pm

To: WDC Information Request <[4][email address]>

Subject: Official Information request - Total number of council owned
dwellings, commercial buildings and property owned and not being used,
including multiple storied floors where some floors are occupied and
others aren't.

 

Dear Whanganui District Council,

How are you?

 

Please find enclosed my OIA for the above request. I'm interested to know
the following:

 

Total number of council owned dwellings, commercial buildings and property
owned and not being used, including multiple storied floors where some
floors are occupied and others aren't.

 

Yours faithfully,

 

DC Harding

 

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This is an Official Information request made via the FYI website.

 

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Information requests to Whanganui District Council? If so, please contact
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page.

 

 

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