"We live near Blackpool FC stadium - now we're being made homeless right before Christmas".

Danny Ocean said:
That was the price they sold for a couple of years ago, there has been an increase in prices up until March of this year.
Just think it is fair that you should be able to buy a house of equivalent standard in the Blackpool area. Especially if you have lived in the
house for a number of years.
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Houses were being sold for £60K on Henry Street in 2021. If anything the current market is currently lower than it was then.

Plenty of equivalent properties available too.
 
Surely with the houses due to be flattened, anyone selling can do things you wouldn't normally do when moving?

Like taking all carpets or anything else? Meaning the houses you're going to might not have be as good initially.
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
£60 - £70K seems to be the going rate on Henry Street.
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I always find "the going rate" to be an interesting term in these situations.

If a compulsory purchase order has been granted - I don't the situation with Back Henry Street - then that's fair enough, argue for and against the CPO but once granted there is a going rate/marker value plus any adjustment.

When a CPO has not been granted, I'm not as happy with "the going rate".

When Blackburn had managed to acquire all the properties they required to develop Ewood, Jack Walker proudly stated that he had ensured that everybody received "the going rate" for their properties but they only received "the going rate" for terraced properties in Blackburn and not for a terraced property in Blackburn that somebody required for development.

I appreciate that I've probably moved the topic of conversation already and moving it even further, what are the exact requirements for a CPO to be granted ?

I ask this because I know of somebody who had to sell up as part of the Yeadon Way development, he didn't want to move but was happy enough with what he received but why did he have to make way to enable the development but the chap with the house in the middle of the M62 allowed to stay put ?
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
I always find "the going rate" to be an interesting term in these situations.

If a compulsory purchase order has been granted - I don't the situation with Back Henry Street - then that's fair enough, argue for and against the CPO but once granted there is a going rate/marker value plus any adjustment.

When a CPO has not been granted, I'm not as happy with "the going rate".

When Blackburn had managed to acquire all the properties they required to develop Ewood, Jack Walker proudly stated that he had ensured that everybody received "the going rate" for their properties but they only received "the going rate" for terraced properties in Blackburn and not for a terraced property in Blackburn that somebody required for development.

I appreciate that I've probably moved the topic of conversation already and moving it even further, what are the exact requirements for a CPO to be granted ?

I ask this because I know of somebody who had to sell up as part of the Yeadon Way development, he didn't want to move but was happy enough with what he received but why did he have to make way to enable the development but the chap with the house in the middle of the M62 allowed to stay put ?
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For starters, the house on the M62 has some kind of fault underneath it or something and so it was never a question of doing anything other than building the road around it.

I’m not sure what your other comment means. The Henry Street site will be the subject of a CPO. The council are attempting to purchase the properties with consent in the first instance.
 
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Wizaard said:
And it's not her house.
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Yes, I'm not getting in to all the issues regarding the rights and wrongs of her possible eviction but surely her gripe is with her current landlord who has presumably agreed to sell the property to BFC rather than with BFC who have presumably purchased the house on the agreement that it will not be occupied ?

I must add though that I am thoroughly disappointed that your social conscious does not consider the plight of the young lady who may become homeless just because the Mighty are getting a new stand.

This appears to be a case of Tangerine Wiz over Red Wiz ?
 
BFC_BFC_BFC said:
For starters, the house on the M62 has some kind of fault underneath it or something and so it was never a question of doing anything other than building the road around it.

I’m not sure what your other comment means. The Henry Street site will be the subject of a CPO. The council are attempting to purchase the properties with consent in the first instance.
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x3

Firstly, although I replied to you, my points and questions were certainly not critical of anything you had said on the matter.

M62 - I wasn't aware of what you say there but a quick google tells me what you say is right and what I suggested was an urban myth.

Henry Street - I didn't know whether a CPO had been granted and if so then any argument would be about the granting of the CPO. I have no problem with the council attempting to purchase with consent and prior to you advising me of this, I thought it was the club who was purchasing the properties directly be it with or without a CPO.

All good x3, you've cleared up just about everything, the only thing that I'm still wondering about is a general thing and not specific to Henry Street, what are the exact definitions on whether a CPO should be granted ? There are some cases where a CPO is granted where folk have to sell against their will and there are some cases where a CPO is not granted and folk are happy because they are able to sell at a premium if they so wish ? I guess it's just all about how much a council thinks a development should be supported ?
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
x3

Firstly, although I replied to you, my points and questions were certainly not critical of anything you had said on the matter.

M62 - I wasn't aware of what you say there but a quick google tells me what you say is right and what I suggested was an urban myth.

Henry Street - I didn't know whether a CPO had been granted and if so then any argument would be about the granting of the CPO. I have no problem with the council attempting to purchase with consent and prior to you advising me of this, I thought it was the club who was purchasing the properties directly be it with or without a CPO.

All good x3, you've cleared up just about everything, the only thing that I'm still wondering about is a general thing and not specific to Henry Street, what are the exact definitions on whether a CPO should be granted ? There are some cases where a CPO is granted where folk have to sell against their will and there are some cases where a CPO is not granted and folk are happy because they are able to sell at a premium if they so wish ? I guess it's just all about how much a council thinks a development should be supported ?
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The project is part of a much larger redevelopment / regeneration of that entire central corridor and Blackpool in general, that will take place over the next few years.

So loads of properties are going to be purchased and flattened over time. Most of Central Drive for a start off.

The Club are really beneficiaries of a project that the Council already has planned and to that extent the small area around the back of the East Stand is part of a joint venture.

So it’s not the Club, but the council who are dealing with the purchase of these properties.
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
x3

Firstly, although I replied to you, my points and questions were certainly not critical of anything you had said on the matter.

M62 - I wasn't aware of what you say there but a quick google tells me what you say is right and what I suggested was an urban myth.

Henry Street - I didn't know whether a CPO had been granted and if so then any argument would be about the granting of the CPO. I have no problem with the council attempting to purchase with consent and prior to you advising me of this, I thought it was the club who was purchasing the properties directly be it with or without a CPO.

All good x3, you've cleared up just about everything, the only thing that I'm still wondering about is a general thing and not specific to Henry Street, what are the exact definitions on whether a CPO should be granted ? There are some cases where a CPO is granted where folk have to sell against their will and there are some cases where a CPO is not granted and folk are happy because they are able to sell at a premium if they so wish ? I guess it's just all about how much a council thinks a development should be supported ?
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Yeah, the M62 thing is a myth, it's a bloody good one though and I believed it for years.
 
At the risk of setting certain parties off on one again, this story was covered in the notes of the most recent meeting between BST and Julian Winter. These people are not in imminent danger of being evicted but the area is definitely in the process of being prepared by the council for future development. This will be phased as part of the wider Revoe development, which surely can only help improve the environs of our spiritual home. Though as with all developments, we'll in some ways miss what went before for all sorts of reasons, mostly irrational 🧡
 
SEASIDE2020 said:
Yes, I'm not getting in to all the issues regarding the rights and wrongs of her possible eviction but surely her gripe is with her current landlord who has presumably agreed to sell the property to BFC rather than with BFC who have presumably purchased the house on the agreement that it will not be occupied ?

I must add though that I am thoroughly disappointed that your social conscious does not consider the plight of the young lady who may become homeless just because the Mighty are getting a new stand.

This appears to be a case of Tangerine Wiz over Red Wiz ?
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I'm taking into account she's had a year's notice and failed to act. Personal responsibility rather than blaming the football club.
 
Oyscum owned a house on Henry Street, that was sold during his liquidation, it was auctioned & I seem to recall only raised about £55k, so if they are being offered anywhere near £90k, Id snatch their hands off
 
Mark_GT said:
At the risk of setting certain parties off on one again, this story was covered in the notes of the most recent meeting between BST and Julian Winter. These people are not in imminent danger of being evicted but the area is definitely in the process of being prepared by the council for future development. This will be phased as part of the wider Revoe development, which surely can only help improve the environs of our spiritual home. Though as with all developments, we'll in some ways miss what went before for all sorts of reasons, mostly irrational 🧡
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Yeah, but..... the Sun says the orrible football club is kicking poor folk out of their cherished abodes!...

Probably on Christmas Eve in all the snow and rain!
 
Club have come out and said the same thing that the council has said, they're not forcing anyone out before Christmas. Someone else just pointed out that they're getting above market value for the properties as well. They're being offered between £80-£90k but the last house that sold on that road was for £60k and the one before was £65k. Being offered upto 50% more than their houses are worth but still not happy.
 
Matesrates said:
They’re just trying to ramp up the compo by getting it in the papers, can’t blame them really.
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They've tried to paint the club as the bad guy, so the club may as well go along with it now, even though it's the council.

Full speed ahead and out before Xmas like they claimed.

All the 'negative press' has already been done so nowt to lose now.
 
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-67338431 BBC have picked it up now, and guess what! The resident who rents her property admits that she first heard about the plans at the start of the year! Why would the daft bint wait till now to look for alternative accommodation when her and her disabled child could have been sorted in a different home that's not subject to a compulsory purchase order by now, surely any rational person who has heard from their landlord that their house will be bought to facilitate council regeneration/ new stand at the stadium would think that they should think about moving.
 
BFC_Aspie said:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-england-lancashire-67338431 BBC have picked it up now, and guess what! The resident who rents her property admits that she first heard about the plans at the start of the year! Why would the daft bint wait till now to look for alternative accommodation when her and her disabled child could have been sorted in a different home that's not subject to a compulsory purchase order by now, surely any rational person who has heard from their landlord that their house will be bought to facilitate council regeneration/ new stand at the stadium would think that they should think about moving.
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Be fair, she's only had 7 months she claims, but in reality it was last Nov. It's not that easy to find another low level property. Whoknows, maybe there's one out there that doesn't have crowds of chanting men going past every week.
 
Limechase said:
Oyscum owned a house on Henry Street, that was sold during his liquidation, it was auctioned & I seem to recall only raised about £55k, so if they are being offered anywhere near £90k, Id snatch their hands off
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I'd sell for £90k and use 60k to buy another on Central drive, hoping that would will get CPOd in a year or two and make another 30k
 
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