ANCHO currently owns 51 properties within three maisonette blocks at Redburn Place/Sophia Crescent, Irvine. There are also 13 owned properties within these blocks. Back in June 2010, following a period of consultation, ANCHO’s Management Board agreed to declare the three maisonette blocks involved for demolition with immediate effect on a phased basis:
Since then, ANCHO has been rehousing tenants and seeking to purchase the owned properties in the Phase 1 block. The rehousing of all tenants and the purchase of all but one owned property within the Redburn Place block was achieved by the target date of 31 March 2012. However, it proved impossible to reach agreement on purchase price with one owner. This raised concerns about the feasibility of rolling forward with the Clearance and Demolition Programme, particularly as a number of things had changed since the original decision was made:
These issues were highlighted to ANCHO’s Management Board in March 2012, and, following a period of internal consideration, it was agreed to commission a strategic and financial option appraisal to look again at the future of the blocks. The outcome was considered by ANCHO’s Management Board at a meeting on 22 November 2012, and the following was agreed:
We are aware that this represents a substantial change to our previous approach. However we concluded that this is now the best possible approach for ANCHO, for tenants and for owners within the blocks. It also means that ANCHO will be investing almost £1.8m in the refurbishment of these blocks alone (and therefore the local economy) over the next two years All affected residents have been advised of these changes in writing
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