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High Speed 2 Line: Compulsory Purchase

Asked by Andrew CooperLabourDepartment for TransportTabled Answered 14 October 2024UIN 7048

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Transport, how many residential properties in Mid Cheshire constituency have been purchased in preparation for HS2 Phase 2b; and what proportion of those properties have been void for longer than six months.

Answered by Lilian Greenwood

HS2 Ltd currently holds 51 residential properties on the Managed Portfolio in the Mid Cheshire constituency, of which 31 are let and 20 are vacant. 9 of these properties have been vacant for 6 months or more. The majority of vacant properties in Mid Cheshire are currently being actively marketed or prepared for letting, though only where such expenditure provides value for money to the taxpayer.

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