Elba Ground Rent Campaign
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Letters from City and County of Swansea
Some residents may have received a letter from the City and County of Swansea today setting out in more detail how their ground rent figure has been calculated.
The penultimate paragraph suggests that residents who do not agree with the Council's valuation should put their reasons in writing and that such reasons must be "valid reasons" having regards to the provisions of Schedule 4 of the lease.
The Action Group's understanding is that residents do not need to take any immediate action in response to the Council's request for reasons. Certainly no deadline for such a response was included within the letter(s) which the Action Group have received/seen.
Any formal response setting out "valid reasons" for objecting to the valuations would need to be made following appropriate, expert legal advice which the Action Group is in the process of commissioning.
We would suggest that residents defer responding to the letter at this time and pending the outcome of the forthcoming negotiations with the City and County of Swansea.
If the position changes in that respect we will of course update residents accordingly.
The penultimate paragraph suggests that residents who do not agree with the Council's valuation should put their reasons in writing and that such reasons must be "valid reasons" having regards to the provisions of Schedule 4 of the lease.
The Action Group's understanding is that residents do not need to take any immediate action in response to the Council's request for reasons. Certainly no deadline for such a response was included within the letter(s) which the Action Group have received/seen.
Any formal response setting out "valid reasons" for objecting to the valuations would need to be made following appropriate, expert legal advice which the Action Group is in the process of commissioning.
We would suggest that residents defer responding to the letter at this time and pending the outcome of the forthcoming negotiations with the City and County of Swansea.
If the position changes in that respect we will of course update residents accordingly.
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