1998 No. 2014

HOUSING, ENGLAND

The Housing (Right To Acquire) (Discount) Order 1998

Made

Laid before Parliament

Coming into force

The Secretary of State for the Environment, Transport and the Regions, as respects England, in exercise of the powers conferred upon him by section 17(1) and (5) of the Housing Act 19961 and of all other powers enabling him in that behalf, hereby makes the following Order:

Citation, commencement and interpretation1

1

This Order may be cited as the Housing (Right To Acquire) (Discount) Order 1998 and shall come into force on 9th September 1998.

2

In this Order “area” means a “county” or “district” as defined by section 270 of the Local Government Act 19722, a London borough or the City of London.

Amounts of Discount2

The following amounts of discount are specified for the purpose of section 17(1)(a) of the Housing Act 1996 (the right to acquire)—

a

£16,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 1 to this Order;

b

£13,500 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 2 to this Order;

c

£11,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 3 to this Order;

d

£10,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 4 to this Order; and

e

£9,000 where a dwelling is in one of the areas specified in Schedule 5 to this Order.

Revocation3

The Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 19973 is hereby revoked.

Application4

Articles 1 to 3 of this Order do not apply in a case where a notice has been served claiming to exercise the right to acquire before this Order comes into force.

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary ArmstrongMinister of State,Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions

SCHEDULE 1DISCOUNT OF £16,000

Article 2(a)

PART IBUCKINGHAMSHIRE

  • South Buckinghamshire.

PART 2CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

  • The Isles of Scilly.

PART 3GREATER LONDON

  • Barnet,

  • Brent,

  • Camden,

  • City of London,

  • Ealing,

  • Hackney,

  • Hammersmith & Fulham,

  • Haringey,

  • Harrow,

  • Hillingdon,

  • Hounslow,

  • Islington,

  • Kensington & Chelsea,

  • Kingston upon Thames,

  • Lambeth,

  • Merton,

  • Richmond upon Thames,

  • Southwark,

  • Tower Hamlets,

  • Wandsworth,

  • Westminster.

PART 4HERTFORDSHIRE

  • Three Rivers.

SCHEDULE 2DISCOUNT OF £13,500

Article 2(b)

PART 1BERKSHIRE

  • Bracknell Forest,

  • Slough,

  • Windsor & Maidenhead,

  • Wokingham.

PART 2BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

  • Chiltern,

  • Wycombe.

PART 3CAMBRIDGESHIRE

  • Cambridge.

PART 4ESSEX

  • Brentwood,

  • Epping Forest,

  • Harlow.

PART 5GREATER LONDON

  • Barking & Dagenham,

  • Bexley,

  • Bromley,

  • Croydon,

  • Enfield,

  • Greenwich,

  • Havering,

  • Lewisham,

  • Newham,

  • Redbridge,

  • Sutton,

  • Waltham Forest.

PART 6HAMPSHIRE

  • Basingstoke & Deane,

  • East Hampshire,

  • Hart,

  • Rushmoor,

  • Winchester.

PART 7HERTFORDSHIRE

  • Broxbourne,

  • Dacorum,

  • East Hertfordshire,

  • Hertsmere,

  • North Hertfordshire,

  • St Albans,

  • Stevenage,

  • Watford,

  • Welwyn Hatfield.

PART 8KENT

  • Sevenoaks,

  • Tonbridge & Malling.

PART 9OXFORDSHIRE

  • Oxford.

PART 10SURREY

  • Elmbridge,

  • Epsom & Ewell,

  • Guildford,

  • Mole Valley,

  • Reigate & Banstead,

  • Runnymede,

  • Spelthorne,

  • Surrey Heath,

  • Tandridge,

  • Waverley,

  • Woking.

PART 11WEST SUSSEX

  • Crawley,

  • Mid Sussex.

SCHEDULE 3

DISCOUNT OF £11,000

PART 1BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET

  • Bath and North East Somerset.

PART 2BEDFORDSHIRE

  • Mid Bedfordshire,

  • North Bedfordshire,

  • South Bedfordshire.

PART 3BERKSHIRE

  • West Berkshire,

  • Reading.

PART 4BOURNEMOUTH

  • Bournemouth.

PART 5BRIGHTON AND HOVE

  • Brighton and Hove.

PART 6BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

  • Aylesbury Vale.

PART 7CAMBRIDGESHIRE

  • South Cambridgeshire.

PART 8CHESHIRE

  • Chester,

  • Macclesfield.

PART 9CITY OF BRISTOL

  • City of Bristol.

PART 10CUMBRIA

  • Barrow-in-Furness,

  • South Lakeland.

PART 11DEVON

  • East Devon,

  • North Devon,

  • South Hams.

PART 12DORSET

  • Christchurch,

  • East Dorset,

  • North Dorset,

  • Purbeck,

  • West Dorset,

  • Weymouth & Portland.

PART 13DURHAM

  • Durham.

PART 14EAST SUSSEX

  • Eastbourne,

  • Lewes,

  • Wealden.

PART 15ESSEX

  • Basildon,

  • Castle Point,

  • Chelmsford,

  • Colchester,

  • Maldon,

  • Rochford,

  • Uttlesford.

PART 16GLOUCESTERSHIRE

  • Cheltenham,

  • Cotswold.

PART 17GREATER MANCHESTER

  • Manchester,

  • Stockport,

  • Tameside,

  • Trafford.

PART 18HAMPSHIRE

  • Eastleigh,

  • Fareham,

  • Gosport,

  • Havant,

  • New Forest,

  • Test Valley.

PART 19KENT

  • Ashford,

  • Canterbury,

  • Dartford,

  • Dover,

  • Gravesham,

  • Maidstone,

  • Swale,

  • Thanet,

  • Tunbridge Wells.

PART 20LANCASHIRE

  • Fylde,

  • Ribble Valley,

  • West Lancashire.

PART 21LUTON

  • Luton.

PART 22MEDWAY TOWNS

  • Medway Towns.

PART 23MERSEYSIDE

  • Liverpool.

PART 24MILTON KEYNES

  • Milton Keynes.

PART 25NORTH SOMERSET

  • North Somerset.

PART 26NORTH YORKSHIRE

  • Harrogate.

PART 27OXFORDSHIRE

  • Cherwell,

  • South Oxfordshire,

  • Vale of White Horse,

  • West Oxfordshire.

PART 28POOLE

  • Poole.

PART 29PORTSMOUTH

  • Portsmouth.

PART 30SOUTHAMPTON

  • Southampton.

PART 31SOUTHEND-ON-SEA

  • Southend-on-Sea.

PART 32SOUTH YORKSHIRE

  • Sheffield.

PART 33SWINDON

  • Swindon.

PART 34THURROCK

  • Thurrock.

PART 35TYNE AND WEAR

  • North Tyneside.

PART 36WARWICKSHIRE

  • Stratford-upon-Avon,

  • Warwick.

PART 37WEST MIDLANDS

  • Birmingham,

  • Solihull.

PART 38WEST SUSSEX

  • Adur,

  • Arun,

  • Chichester,

  • Horsham,

  • Worthing.

PART 39WEST YORKSHIRE

  • Leeds.

PART 40WILTSHIRE

  • Kennet,

  • North Wiltshire,

  • Salisbury,

  • West Wiltshire.

PART 41WORCESTERSHIRE

  • Bromsgrove.

PART 42YORK

  • York.

SCHEDULE 4DISCOUNT OF £10,000

Article 2(d)

PART 1BLACKBURN

  • Blackburn.

PART 2BLACKPOOL

  • Blackpool.

PART 3CAMBRIDGESHIRE

  • East Cambridgeshire,

  • Huntingdonshire.

PART 4CHESHIRE

  • Congleton,

  • Crewe & Nantwich,

  • Ellesmere Port and Neston,

  • Vale Royal.

PART 5CITY OF KINGSON-UPON-HULL

  • City of Kingston-Upon-Hull.

PART 6CORNWALL & THE ISLES OF SCILLY

  • Caradon,

  • Carrick,

  • Kerrier,

  • North Cornwall,

  • Penwith,

  • Restormel.

PART 7CUMBRIA

  • Allerdale,

  • Carlisle,

  • Copeland,

  • Eden.

PART 8DARLINGTON

  • Darlington.

PART 9DERBYSHIRE

  • Chesterfield,

  • Derbyshire Dales,

  • Erewash,

  • High Peak,

  • North East Derbyshire,

  • South Derbyshire.

PART 10DEVON

  • Exeter,

  • Mid Devon,

  • Teignbridge,

  • Torridge,

  • West Devon.

PART 11DURHAM

  • Chester-le-Street,

  • Derwentside,

  • Easington,

  • Sedgefield,

  • Teeside,

  • Wear Valley.

PART 12EAST RIDING OF YORKSHRIE

  • East Riding of Yorkshire.

PART 13EAST SUSSEX

  • Hastings,

  • Rother.

PART 14ESSEX

  • Braintree,

  • Tendring.

PART 15GLOUCESTERSHIRE

  • Forest of Dean,

  • Gloucester,

  • Stroud,

  • Tewkesbury.

PART 16GREATER MANCHESTER

  • Bolton,

  • Bury,

  • Oldham,

  • Rochdale,

  • Salford,

  • Wigan.

PART 17HALTON

  • Halton.

PART 18HARTLEPOOL

  • Hartlepool.

PART 19HEREFORDSHIRE

  • Herefordshire.

PART 20ISLE OF WIGHT

  • Isle of Wight.

PART 21KENT

  • Shepway.

PART 22LANCASHIRE

  • Burnley,

  • Chorley,

  • Hyndburn,

  • Lancaster,

  • Pendle,

  • Preston,

  • Rossendale,

  • South Ribble,

  • Wyre.

PART 23LEICESTER

  • Leicester.

PART 24LEICESTERSHIRE

  • Blaby,

  • Charnwood,

  • Harborough,

  • Melton,

  • North West Leicestershire,

  • Oadby & Wigston.

PART 25LINCOLNSHIRE

  • Lincoln,

  • North Kesteven.

PART 26MERSEYSIDE

  • Knowsley,

  • Sefton,

  • St Helens,

  • Wirral.

PART 27MIDDLESBROUGH

  • Middlesbrough.

PART 28NORFOLK

  • Broadland,

  • King’s Lynn and West Norfolk,

  • Norwich.

PART 29NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE

  • North East Lincolnshire.

PART 30NORTH YORKSHIRE

  • Craven,

  • Hambleton,

  • Richmondshire,

  • Ryedale,

  • Scarborough,

  • Selby.

PART 31NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

  • Corby,

  • Daventry,

  • East Northamptonshire,

  • Kettering,

  • Northampton,

  • South Northamptonshire,

  • Wellingborough.

PART 32NORTHUMBERLAND

  • Alnwick,

  • Berwick-upon-Tweed,

  • Blyth Valley,

  • Castle Morpeth,

  • Tynedale,

  • Wansbeck.

PART 33NOTTINGHAM

  • Nottingham.

PART 34NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

  • Bassetlaw,

  • Broxtowe,

  • Gedling,

  • Rushcliffe.

PART 35PETERBOROUGH

  • Peterborough.

PART 36PLYMOUTH

  • Plymouth.

PART 37REDCAR AND CLEVELAND

  • Redcar and Cleveland.

PART 38RUTLAND

  • Rutland.

PART 39SHROPSHIRE

  • Bridgnorth,

  • North Shropshire,

  • Oswestry,

  • Shrewsbury and Atcham,

  • South Shropshire.

PART 40SOMERSET

  • Mendip,

  • Sedgemoor,

  • South Somerset,

  • Taunton Deane,

  • West Somerset.

PART 41SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

  • South Gloucestershire.

PART 42SOUTH YORKSHIRE

  • Barnsley,

  • Doncaster,

  • Rotherham.

PART 43STAFFORDSHIRE

  • Cannock Chase,

  • East Staffordshire,

  • Lichfield,

  • Newcastle-under-Lyme,

  • South Staffordshire,

  • Stafford,

  • Staffordshire Moorlands,

  • Tamworth.

PART 44STOCKTON-ON-TEES

  • Stockton-on-Tees.

PART 45STOKE-ON-TRENT

  • Stoke-on-Trent.

PART 46SUFFOLK

  • Babergh,

  • Forest Heath,

  • Ipswich,

  • St Edmundsbury,

  • Suffolk Coastal.

PART 47THE WREKIN

  • The Wrekin.

PART 48TORBAY

  • Torbay.

PART 49TYNE AND WEAR

  • Gateshead,

  • Newcastle upon Tyne,

  • South Tyneside,

  • Sunderland.

PART 50WARRINGTON

  • Warrington.

PART 51WARWICKSHIRE

  • North Warwickshire,

  • Rugby.

PART 52WEST MIDLANDS

  • Coventry,

  • Dudley,

  • Sandwell,

  • Walsall,

  • Wolverhampton.

PART 53WEST YORKSHIRE

  • Bradford,

  • Calderdale,

  • Kirklees,

  • Wakefield.

PART 54WORCESTERSHIRE

  • Malvern Hills,

  • Redditch,

  • Worcester,

  • Wychavon,

  • Wyre Forest.

SCHEDULE 5DISCOUNT OF £9,000

Article 2(e)

PART 1CAMBRIDGESHIRE

  • Fenland.

PART 2DERBY

  • Derby.

PART 3DERBYSHIRE

  • Amber Valley,

  • Bolsover.

PART 4LEICESTERSHIRE

  • Hinckley and Bosworth.

PART 5LINCOLNSHIRE

  • Boston,

  • East Lindsey,

  • South Holland,

  • South Kesteven,

  • West Lindsey.

PART 6NORFOLK

  • Breckland,

  • Great Yarmouth,

  • North Norfolk,

  • South Norfolk.

PART 7NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

  • North Lincolnshire.

PART 8NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

  • Ashfield,

  • Mansfield,

  • Newark and Sherwood.

PART 9SUFFOLK

  • Mid Suffolk,

  • Waveney.

PART 10WARWICKSHIRE

  • Nuneaton and Bedworth.

(This note is not part of the Order)

This Order specifies the amount of discount for the purposes of section 17 of the Housing Act 1996 (supplemental provisions on the right to acquire). Tenants of registered social landlords who have a right to acquire their homes under section 16 of the 1996 Act are able to do so with a discount from the purchase price. The amount of the discount varies according to the area in which the dwelling is situated.

The Order replaces the Housing (Right to Acquire) (Discount) Order 1997. Under this Order, some areas are in different discount bands from before and the Order takes into account changes in local authority areas and names.