Empty properties and derelict land
Derelict land and commercial properties
Advice for investors interested in derelict land and commercial properties
Interested investors often enquire about derelict land and commercial properties. Our advisors can provide a signposting service to help you find a solution to help bring the site back into use.
We can also offer advice to find a temporary security solution to protect your site from further vandalism.
Help for investors and developers
If you are an investor or developer we can help you source empty properties and derelict land or commercial properties.
- 01472 326296
- [email protected]
- Home Improvement Team, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1HU
Empty Homes
Council tax information, report an empty home online and help bringing a property back into use.
Our team can work with owners of empty homes to find solutions to help bring them back into use. There is no council tax discount for an empty property.
If a property has been empty for a long period of time you may be charged a higher percentage of council tax.
| Number of years empty | Percentage |
|---|---|
| 1 year | 100% |
| 5 years | 200% |
| 10 years | 300% |
To let us know about about an empty or derelict property or land complete the Empty homes and derelict commercial property and land.
If you are a landlord or owner of an empty property and would like some support bringing the property back into use complete Empty property questionnaire.
We can help to find a buyer for the property, or we can advise owners on how to bring an empty property back into use. There are loans and grant schemes available to help fund (or contribute towards) refurbishing an empty property. The schemes are dependent on funding from the Council.
- 01472 326296
- [email protected]
- Home Improvement Team, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1HU
Council owned land and property
Ownership of non-council land and property, derelict property and land, the information we publish and our corporate asset management place.
The information is held on a digitised mapping system and database, and has details of all council acquisitions, disposals, leases, lettings, licences, easements and rights of way.
We are able to identify council land provided that the precise location of the land or property concerned can be accurately described. A sketched plan of the location in question can be useful. We can also advise which council department is responsible for the land or property and, where possible, provide a contact for that department.
Response times are dependent upon demand and also upon the possible need for a more detailed plan to be submitted to us. Provided all necessary details have been given to us a telephone response can normally be given within one working day. In certain cases, depending on the complexity of land ownership in the area, reference to the council’s deeds may be required in which case the enquiry may take longer.
Ownership of registered land and property not owned by the council may be traced via the Land Registry website.
The council has developed an action plan to deal with derelict commercial property and land. For further information, or to report derelict commercial property or land, please visit the Empty property and derelict land page.
Authorities to publish details of all land and building assets including:
- all service and office properties occupied or controlled by user bodies, both freehold and leasehold;
- any properties occupied or run under Private Finance Initiative contracts;
- all other properties they own or use, for example, hostels, laboratories, investment properties and depots;
- garages unless rented as part of a housing tenancy agreement;
- surplus, sublet or vacant properties;
- undeveloped land;
- serviced or temporary offices where contractual or action occupation exceeds three months; and
- all future commitments, for example under an agreement for lease, from when the contractual commitment is made.
The following land and building assets are however excluded from publication:
- social housing;
- rent free properties provided by traders (such as information booths in public places or ports);
- operational railway and canals;
- operational public highways (but any adjoining land not subject to public rights should be included);
- assets of national security; and
- information deemed appropriate for public access as a result of data protection and/or disclosure controls (such as refuge houses)
Land and building asset data can be downloaded at the bottom of this page.
A full dataset version including the GeoX and GeoY (map references) and UPRN (unique property reference number) derived from Ordnance Survey (OS) data can only be released for “using the data to respond to, or interact with the Licensor to deliver or support the delivery of the Licensor’s Core Business” due to OS licensing restrictions under a Public Sector Mapping Agreement end user licence.
If you wish to use this data for any other purpose other than supporting the delivery of the Licensor’s Core Business, then you should contact Ordnance Survey to discuss how they can help you with your requirements.
The Corporate Asset Management Plan considers our strategic position with regard to property. The process includes the analysis of reports on the condition, suitability, sufficiency and accessibility of property. Also considered are the cost in use, directorate or unit business plans, the community strategy, the redefinition of the council’s priorities and objectives, the outcome of best value reviews, and external inspection reports. It then identifies the changes necessary to support council service providers and their partners to meet the corporate priorities of the council and community.
Read our Land and Property Strategic Asset Management Plan 2025-2028 (PDF, 8MB)
- 01472 324664
- [email protected]
- Property Data Unit, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1HU
Surplus land and buildings
Our approach to disposal of surplus land and property, community asset transfer of land or property and our land and property disposal process.
Lease available
Expressions of interest invited for lease of sports ground including football pitches, pavilion, store and play area. Butt Lane, Laceby, DN37 7BB.
For more information download the Butt Lane brochure (PDF, 230KB) .
We advertise any potential vacant land or property assets that are surplus to requirements on this page. If there are no current advertisements, please check back again in the future.
In most cases we will also engage the services of our external property agent to market and arrange viewings of current vacant or surplus assets which will include details of how we plan to dispose of the asset. Please contact PPH Commercial for further details .
There may be other assets which are not listed here or on the open market and certain sites could be subject to wider regeneration opportunities. In addition, there may be assets which have yet to be declared surplus or assets which we continue to hold that could be of interest to the community.
If you are an eligible group looking for a property by way of a Community Asset Transfer, full details of this approach can be found on the Localism page.
Our disposal process happens in line with legislation and our own constitution and is managed through our adopted Property Policy.
The council has a requirement to receive the best price for all its assets. Disposals which are less than market value will require a business case to demonstrate the social, economic and environmental benefits of a “less than best consideration” which will require Cabinet approval, as the key decision-making body of the council.
It is our intention that all surplus assets will be taken to the open market for disposal unless the circumstances provide reasons for an alternative route. Neither the council nor its partner enters into any exclusive deals with any individual or organisations which do not follow this process.
If, however, an approach is made to the council in respect of a specific asset then the appropriate procedure is applied. Only details relevant to the purchase of an asset are considered in the negotiation process.
Assets which are both council and non-council owned, that are subject to open marketing, are also advertised through our Economy and Growth Team on the website Invest North East Lincolnshire – Properties.
- 01472 324983
- [email protected]
- Estates and Business Development Team, Municipal Offices, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1HU
Architects and facilities management
Information about the architectural consultancy service and the building and facilities asset management team.
Architects and facilities management are part of the EQUANS and North East Lincolnshire Council regeneration partnership, delivering services on behalf of North East Lincolnshire.
Architectural Consultancy deliver services for council departments, individual schools, public bodies and registered charities. Services provided are comprehensive and relate to all aspects of building construction, project design and procurement, which include:
- Architectural design from inception through design to completion of the project on site
- Feasibility studies
- Public consultation
- Cost estimates
- Quantity surveying
- Project management and contract administration
- Life cycle costing, tendering and procurement of building contracts
- Energy management
- Waste management advice
- CDM co-ordination
- Electrical services design
- Mechanical services design
- Building demolitions
- Urban design and landscape schemes
- General construction-related advice
Contact the Architectural Consultancy team by email at [email protected] or by phone on 01472 324570, option
Total Facilities Management (TFM) provides an integrated building & facilities operations team who bring together an all-encompassing experience that comprises of a team of building surveyors, building services engineers, facilities management (FM), project management and design professionals. TFM delivers a diverse range of construction and property FM services to non-housing building and building services repair and maintenance including re-active, pro-active and planned maintenance programmes.
TFM provides a designated team comprising of building surveyors and building services engineers supported by a team of facilities management, project management, technical staff, asbestos and design professional. The TFM experience ensures the council receives a professional property service with a historical working knowledge of the premises and/or access to related information.
Services include:
- Energy Conservation – Provides the council with advice and management of energy conservation measures to their property portfolio to ensure the properties are sustainable and efficient.
- Reactive Maintenance – To provide advice and manage day to day maintenance support.
- Planned Maintenance/Refurbishment Works – To provide advice and manage annual maintenance programmes, including minor alterations, rainwater and drainage maintenance, roof surveys and backlog maintenance schemes.
- Planned Preventative Maintenance – To provide advice and manage cyclical and legislative maintenance and testing programmes aimed at meeting legislative requirements and developing good practise reducing the risk of unexpected breakdown or failure of key building elements.
- Asbestos & Compliance Management – Provide guidance and advice on all Asbestos Containing Material (ACM) management to include Asbestos Management plans, surveys and annual re-surveys of ACM samples.
- Condition survey – Provide assessment of the property condition, identifying and recording condition survey data for all school and corporate buildings.
- Managing the buildings occupied by the council, providing a safe, secure and suitable working environment in buildings which are legislatively compliant.
- Managing property and land the council has declared as ‘surplus’, ie which used to be occupied by the council but is not currently in use.
- Implementing service relocation projects.
- Security services.
- Day to day management of the council’s public conveniences, RADAR key facilities and changing places facilities. Find out more about these on the public toilets page.
- 01472 326289 option 3 then option 3
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- Architectural Consultancy, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1HU
- 01472 324646
- [email protected]
- Asset Management, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1HU
Contact details
- 01472 326296
- [email protected]
- Home Improvement Team, Municipal Offices, Town Hall Square, Grimsby, North East Lincolnshire, DN31 1HU