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

Made: 12th August 1998

Laid before Parliament: 19th August 1998

Coming into force: 9th September 1998

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 interpretation

1

• (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 Discount

2

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.

Revocation

3

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

Application

4

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.

SCHEDULE 1 — DISCOUNT OF £16,000

PART I — BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

• South Buckinghamshire.

PART 2 — CORNWALL AND THE ISLES OF SCILLY

• The Isles of Scilly.

PART 3 — GREATER 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 4 — HERTFORDSHIRE

• Three Rivers.

SCHEDULE 2 — DISCOUNT OF £13,500

PART 1 — BERKSHIRE

• Bracknell Forest,

• Slough,

• Windsor & Maidenhead,

• Wokingham.

PART 2 — BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

• Chiltern,

• Wycombe.

PART 3 — CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• Cambridge.

PART 4 — ESSEX

• Brentwood,

• Epping Forest,

• Harlow.

PART 5 — GREATER LONDON

• Barking & Dagenham,

• Bexley,

• Bromley,

• Croydon,

• Enfield,

• Greenwich,

• Havering,

• Lewisham,

• Newham,

• Redbridge,

• Sutton,

• Waltham Forest.

PART 6 — HAMPSHIRE

• Basingstoke & Deane,

• East Hampshire,

• Hart,

• Rushmoor,

• Winchester.

PART 7 — HERTFORDSHIRE

• Broxbourne,

• Dacorum,

• East Hertfordshire,

• Hertsmere,

• North Hertfordshire,

• St Albans,

• Stevenage,

• Watford,

• Welwyn Hatfield.

PART 8 — KENT

• Sevenoaks,

• Tonbridge & Malling.

PART 9 — OXFORDSHIRE

• Oxford.

PART 10 — SURREY

• Elmbridge,

• Epsom & Ewell,

• Guildford,

• Mole Valley,

• Reigate & Banstead,

• Runnymede,

• Spelthorne,

• Surrey Heath,

• Tandridge,

• Waverley,

• Woking.

PART 11 — WEST SUSSEX

• Crawley,

• Mid Sussex.

SCHEDULE 3

PART 1 — BATH AND NORTH EAST SOMERSET

• Bath and North East Somerset.

PART 2 — BEDFORDSHIRE

• Mid Bedfordshire,

• North Bedfordshire,

• South Bedfordshire.

PART 3 — BERKSHIRE

• West Berkshire,

• Reading.

PART 4 — BOURNEMOUTH

• Bournemouth.

PART 5 — BRIGHTON AND HOVE

• Brighton and Hove.

PART 6 — BUCKINGHAMSHIRE

• Aylesbury Vale.

PART 7 — CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• South Cambridgeshire.

PART 8 — CHESHIRE

• Chester,

• Macclesfield.

PART 9 — CITY OF BRISTOL

• City of Bristol.

PART 10 — CUMBRIA

• Barrow-in-Furness,

• South Lakeland.

PART 11 — DEVON

• East Devon,

• North Devon,

• South Hams.

PART 12 — DORSET

• Christchurch,

• East Dorset,

• North Dorset,

• Purbeck,

• West Dorset,

• Weymouth & Portland.

PART 13 — DURHAM

• Durham.

PART 14 — EAST SUSSEX

• Eastbourne,

• Lewes,

• Wealden.

PART 15 — ESSEX

• Basildon,

• Castle Point,

• Chelmsford,

• Colchester,

• Maldon,

• Rochford,

• Uttlesford.

PART 16 — GLOUCESTERSHIRE

• Cheltenham,

• Cotswold.

PART 17 — GREATER MANCHESTER

• Manchester,

• Stockport,

• Tameside,

• Trafford.

PART 18 — HAMPSHIRE

• Eastleigh,

• Fareham,

• Gosport,

• Havant,

• New Forest,

• Test Valley.

PART 19 — KENT

• Ashford,

• Canterbury,

• Dartford,

• Dover,

• Gravesham,

• Maidstone,

• Swale,

• Thanet,

• Tunbridge Wells.

PART 20 — LANCASHIRE

• Fylde,

• Ribble Valley,

• West Lancashire.

PART 21 — LUTON

• Luton.

PART 22 — MEDWAY TOWNS

• Medway Towns.

PART 23 — MERSEYSIDE

• Liverpool.

PART 24 — MILTON KEYNES

• Milton Keynes.

PART 25 — NORTH SOMERSET

• North Somerset.

PART 26 — NORTH YORKSHIRE

• Harrogate.

PART 27 — OXFORDSHIRE

• Cherwell,

• South Oxfordshire,

• Vale of White Horse,

• West Oxfordshire.

PART 28 — POOLE

• Poole.

PART 29 — PORTSMOUTH

• Portsmouth.

PART 30 — SOUTHAMPTON

• Southampton.

PART 31 — SOUTHEND-ON-SEA

• Southend-on-Sea.

PART 32 — SOUTH YORKSHIRE

• Sheffield.

PART 33 — SWINDON

• Swindon.

PART 34 — THURROCK

• Thurrock.

PART 35 — TYNE AND WEAR

• North Tyneside.

PART 36 — WARWICKSHIRE

• Stratford-upon-Avon,

• Warwick.

PART 37 — WEST MIDLANDS

• Birmingham,

• Solihull.

PART 38 — WEST SUSSEX

• Adur,

• Arun,

• Chichester,

• Horsham,

• Worthing.

PART 39 — WEST YORKSHIRE

• Leeds.

PART 40 — WILTSHIRE

• Kennet,

• North Wiltshire,

• Salisbury,

• West Wiltshire.

PART 41 — WORCESTERSHIRE

• Bromsgrove.

PART 42 — YORK

• York.

SCHEDULE 4 — DISCOUNT OF £10,000

PART 1 — BLACKBURN

• Blackburn.

PART 2 — BLACKPOOL

• Blackpool.

PART 3 — CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• East Cambridgeshire,

• Huntingdonshire.

PART 4 — CHESHIRE

• Congleton,

• Crewe & Nantwich,

• Ellesmere Port and Neston,

• Vale Royal.

PART 5 — CITY OF KINGSON-UPON-HULL

• City of Kingston-Upon-Hull.

PART 6 — CORNWALL & THE ISLES OF SCILLY

• Caradon,

• Carrick,

• Kerrier,

• North Cornwall,

• Penwith,

• Restormel.

PART 7 — CUMBRIA

• Allerdale,

• Carlisle,

• Copeland,

• Eden.

PART 8 — DARLINGTON

• Darlington.

PART 9 — DERBYSHIRE

• Chesterfield,

• Derbyshire Dales,

• Erewash,

• High Peak,

• North East Derbyshire,

• South Derbyshire.

PART 10 — DEVON

• Exeter,

• Mid Devon,

• Teignbridge,

• Torridge,

• West Devon.

PART 11 — DURHAM

• Chester-le-Street,

• Derwentside,

• Easington,

• Sedgefield,

• Teeside,

• Wear Valley.

PART 12 — EAST RIDING OF YORKSHRIE

• East Riding of Yorkshire.

PART 13 — EAST SUSSEX

• Hastings,

• Rother.

PART 14 — ESSEX

• Braintree,

• Tendring.

PART 15 — GLOUCESTERSHIRE

• Forest of Dean,

• Gloucester,

• Stroud,

• Tewkesbury.

PART 16 — GREATER MANCHESTER

• Bolton,

• Bury,

• Oldham,

• Rochdale,

• Salford,

• Wigan.

PART 17 — HALTON

• Halton.

PART 18 — HARTLEPOOL

• Hartlepool.

PART 19 — HEREFORDSHIRE

• Herefordshire.

PART 20 — ISLE OF WIGHT

• Isle of Wight.

PART 21 — KENT

• Shepway.

PART 22 — LANCASHIRE

• Burnley,

• Chorley,

• Hyndburn,

• Lancaster,

• Pendle,

• Preston,

• Rossendale,

• South Ribble,

• Wyre.

PART 23 — LEICESTER

• Leicester.

PART 24 — LEICESTERSHIRE

• Blaby,

• Charnwood,

• Harborough,

• Melton,

• North West Leicestershire,

• Oadby & Wigston.

PART 25 — LINCOLNSHIRE

• Lincoln,

• North Kesteven.

PART 26 — MERSEYSIDE

• Knowsley,

• Sefton,

• St Helens,

• Wirral.

PART 27 — MIDDLESBROUGH

• Middlesbrough.

PART 28 — NORFOLK

• Broadland,

• King’s Lynn and West Norfolk,

• Norwich.

PART 29 — NORTH EAST LINCOLNSHIRE

• North East Lincolnshire.

PART 30 — NORTH YORKSHIRE

• Craven,

• Hambleton,

• Richmondshire,

• Ryedale,

• Scarborough,

• Selby.

PART 31 — NORTHAMPTONSHIRE

• Corby,

• Daventry,

• East Northamptonshire,

• Kettering,

• Northampton,

• South Northamptonshire,

• Wellingborough.

PART 32 — NORTHUMBERLAND

• Alnwick,

• Berwick-upon-Tweed,

• Blyth Valley,

• Castle Morpeth,

• Tynedale,

• Wansbeck.

PART 33 — NOTTINGHAM

• Nottingham.

PART 34 — NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

• Bassetlaw,

• Broxtowe,

• Gedling,

• Rushcliffe.

PART 35 — PETERBOROUGH

• Peterborough.

PART 36 — PLYMOUTH

• Plymouth.

PART 37 — REDCAR AND CLEVELAND

• Redcar and Cleveland.

PART 38 — RUTLAND

• Rutland.

PART 39 — SHROPSHIRE

• Bridgnorth,

• North Shropshire,

• Oswestry,

• Shrewsbury and Atcham,

• South Shropshire.

PART 40 — SOMERSET

• Mendip,

• Sedgemoor,

• South Somerset,

• Taunton Deane,

• West Somerset.

PART 41 — SOUTH GLOUCESTERSHIRE

• South Gloucestershire.

PART 42 — SOUTH YORKSHIRE

• Barnsley,

• Doncaster,

• Rotherham.

PART 43 — STAFFORDSHIRE

• Cannock Chase,

• East Staffordshire,

• Lichfield,

• Newcastle-under-Lyme,

• South Staffordshire,

• Stafford,

• Staffordshire Moorlands,

• Tamworth.

PART 44 — STOCKTON-ON-TEES

• Stockton-on-Tees.

PART 45 — STOKE-ON-TRENT

• Stoke-on-Trent.

PART 46 — SUFFOLK

• Babergh,

• Forest Heath,

• Ipswich,

• St Edmundsbury,

• Suffolk Coastal.

PART 47 — THE WREKIN

• The Wrekin.

PART 48 — TORBAY

• Torbay.

PART 49 — TYNE AND WEAR

• Gateshead,

• Newcastle upon Tyne,

• South Tyneside,

• Sunderland.

PART 50 — WARRINGTON

• Warrington.

PART 51 — WARWICKSHIRE

• North Warwickshire,

• Rugby.

PART 52 — WEST MIDLANDS

• Coventry,

• Dudley,

• Sandwell,

• Walsall,

• Wolverhampton.

PART 53 — WEST YORKSHIRE

• Bradford,

• Calderdale,

• Kirklees,

• Wakefield.

PART 54 — WORCESTERSHIRE

• Malvern Hills,

• Redditch,

• Worcester,

• Wychavon,

• Wyre Forest.

SCHEDULE 5 — DISCOUNT OF £9,000

PART 1 — CAMBRIDGESHIRE

• Fenland.

PART 2 — DERBY

• Derby.

PART 3 — DERBYSHIRE

• Amber Valley,

• Bolsover.

PART 4 — LEICESTERSHIRE

• Hinckley and Bosworth.

PART 5 — LINCOLNSHIRE

• Boston,

• East Lindsey,

• South Holland,

• South Kesteven,

• West Lindsey.

PART 6 — NORFOLK

• Breckland,

• Great Yarmouth,

• North Norfolk,

• South Norfolk.

PART 7 — NORTH LINCOLNSHIRE

• North Lincolnshire.

PART 8 — NOTTINGHAMSHIRE

• Ashfield,

• Mansfield,

• Newark and Sherwood.

PART 9 — SUFFOLK

• Mid Suffolk,

• Waveney.

PART 10 — WARWICKSHIRE

• Nuneaton and Bedworth.

Signed

Signed by authority of the Secretary of State

Hilary Armstrong — Minister of State, — Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions — 12th August 1998

Explanatory note

(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.

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