FOI – 2025-000006 Sale And Purchasing Of Property (HTML)

Date received – 06 January 2025 Date responded – 16 January 2025

Request

Please provide the following strictly in spreadsheet form:

1. A list of all land and property that your local authority sold between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024.

For each sold asset, please include:

The address and coordinates of the land/property – A description of the asset, including what your local authority used it for – The size of the asset (e.g. hectares, sq. km) – The sale price – The buyer (please state the name of any company, organisation, etc. or otherwise state whether it was a private individual) – The date of sale

2. Please provide a list of all the land and property currently owned by your local authority.

For each asset, please include:

The address and coordinates of the land/property – A description of the asset, including what your local authority uses it for – The size of the asset (e.g. hectares, sq. km) – The date of purchase.

Response

We have now completed the search of our records and can provide you with the following information:

1. A list of all land and property that your local authority sold between 1 January 2020 and 31 December 2024.

For each sold asset, please include:

The address and coordinates of the land/property – A description of the asset, including what your local authority used it for – The size of the asset (e.g. hectares, sq. km) – The sale price – The buyer (please state the name of any company, organisation, etc. or otherwise state whether it was a private individual) – The date of sale.

Under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information Scotland Act, 2002 (FOISA), an organisation does not have to provide that information if it does not hold it. NHS National Services Scotland (NSS) has not sold any land or property from 01 January 2020 to 31 December 2024.

2. Please provide a list of all the land and property currently owned by your local authority.

For each asset, please include:

The address and coordinates of the land/property – A description of the asset, including what your local authority uses it for – The size of the asset (e.g. hectares, sq. km) – The date of purchase.

NSS own one land/property asset. All other properties are under lease or land lease/freehold. This information is detailed below and as requested, also attached is a spreadsheet Appendix 1 – Land and Property Owned by NSS.

Hassockrigg Eco Park, Shotts Road, Shotts, ML7 5TQ:

• Site co-ordinates are 55.84520592295853, -3.7942945673926065.
• Hassockrigg Eco Park is an NSS owned clinical waste treatment facility based in Shotts. NSS are currently conducting essential works to enable the site to operate and support NHS Scotland’s waste resilience strategy.
• Site is 3.74 acres.
• Purchased by NSS in December 2022.

I trust you will find the information of assistance and if you require any further information, please do not hesitate to contact us.

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