{"id":313,"date":"2015-09-03T14:45:52","date_gmt":"2015-09-03T14:45:52","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/new-government-property-finder-launches\/"},"modified":"2018-02-19T15:28:31","modified_gmt":"2018-02-19T15:28:31","slug":"new-government-property-finder-launches","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/new-government-property-finder-launches\/","title":{"rendered":"New Government Property Finder Launches"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<!-- SEO Ultimate Plus (https:\/\/seoultimateplus.com) - Code Inserter module -->\n<script async>(function(s,u,m,o,j,v){j=u.createElement(m);v=u.getElementsByTagName(m)[0];j.async=1;j.src=o;j.dataset.sumoSiteId='b68b392479b5981b8acf46565e9fe32a0734fc21a1f7c1e60121eaa6ca1a1c64';v.parentNode.insertBefore(j,v)})(window,document,'script','\/\/load.sumo.com\/');<\/script>\n<!-- \/SEO Ultimate Plus -->\n\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" src=\"http:\/\/www.valerievazmp.co.uk\/wp-content\/uploads\/2014\/03\/GOV.UK-LOGO.png\" alt=\"\" width=\"650\" height=\"420\" align=\"none\" \/><\/p>\n<div><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">image source: image source: http:\/\/www.valerievazmp.co.uk\/2014\/03\/government-centralise-websites-to-www-gov-uk\/<\/span><\/div>\n<div><span size=\"1\" style=\"font-size: xx-small;\">\u00a0<\/span><\/div>\n<div>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">The Grain Tower Battery fort is being sold and there are people who believe it will make a good hotel or nightclub, but are there any other <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Property\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/property\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/property;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05wrt;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Property\" >properties<\/a> out there that can be put to better <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Land use\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-use\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_use;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0flb7;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_use\" >use<\/a>? There\u2019s a new online tool available seemingly made to answer that question.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\"><span color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u><a href=\"https:\/\/www.gov.uk\/find-government-property\">The Government Property Finder<\/a><\/u><\/span> can be used, as the website says, to \u201cfind government-owned property, <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Building\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/building\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/building;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.0cgh4;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Building\" >buildings<\/a> or <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Land (economics)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/land-economics\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/land_economics;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01238b;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Land_(economics);http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Land_(economics)\" >land<\/a> that\u2019s available to <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"rental\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/renting\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/renting;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.01y857;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Renting\" >rent<\/a> or buy across the UK.\u201d It was launched on August 20<sup>th<\/sup> by Cabinet Office minister Francis Maude, who <span color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.theguardian.com\/money\/2014\/aug\/20\/government-property-finder-website-underused-land\">states<\/a><\/u><\/span> that the purpose of the new tool is to make sure the Government makes the most out of the property they own.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">The tool is very easy to <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Use (law)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/use-law\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/use_law;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.05r4j5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Use_(law)\" >use<\/a>; you can search for property to let, <a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-for-sale\" title=\"property for sale\">property for sale<\/a> and government <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"Estate (land)\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/estate-land\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/estate_land;http:\/\/yago-knowledge.org\/resource\/Estate_(land);http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.038t8_;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Estate_(land)\" >estate<\/a>, and then you can search by location, holding ID or government department. Property that can be located with this tool include airfields, closed prisons and the Old War Office Building in Whitechapel. Over 31,000 government properties are listed and can be searched for. A number of landmarks are included, but the Cabinet insists that of course, Downing Street won\u2019t be sold off.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Using this tool, you can utilise the Right to Contest if you believe a government-owned property isn\u2019t being used effectively. This can be done via filling out a simple form where one can say why they think that property isn\u2019t being used to its full potential. The government will then release the property if they find no reason not to. This will allow the government to save money on rentals, increase transparency and make good use of existing property.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">The government <span color=\"#0000ff\" style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><u><a href=\"http:\/\/www.cambridge-news.co.uk\/Business\/Business-News\/Could-it-be-put-to-better-use-20140820010101.htm\">managed to vacate about 1,250 buildings since 2010<\/a><\/u><\/span>, and has saved \u00a31.4 billion in the process, but Maude says the government needs to do more, hoping that this new tool will be able to provide <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"House\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/house\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/house;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03jm5;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/House\" >houses<\/a>, create growth, and give a new <a class=\"wl-entity-page-link\" title=\"leasing\" href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/lease\/\" data-id=\"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/entity\/lease;http:\/\/rdf.freebase.com\/ns\/m.03x_d3f;http:\/\/dbpedia.org\/resource\/Lease\" >lease<\/a> of life to some unloved buildings.<\/p>\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">\n<p class=\"western\" style=\"margin-bottom: 0cm;\">Gareth Paul Barsby<\/p>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>image source: image source: http:\/\/www.valerievazmp.co.uk\/2014\/03\/government-centralise-websites-to-www-gov-uk\/ \u00a0 The Grain Tower Battery fort is being sold and there are people who believe it will make a good hotel or nightclub, but are there any other properties out there that can be put<span class=\"ellipsis\">&hellip;<\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"read-more\"><a href=\"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/new-government-property-finder-launches\/\">Read more &#8250;<\/a><\/div>\n<p><!-- end of .read-more --><\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":41,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"wl_entities_gutenberg":"","_lmt_disableupdate":"","_lmt_disable":"","spay_email":""},"categories":[17],"tags":[],"wl_entity_type":[602],"modified_by":null,"_wl_alt_label":[],"jetpack_featured_media_url":"","wl:entity_url":"http:\/\/data.wordlift.io\/wl0502\/post\/new_government_property_finder_launches","_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313"}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/users\/41"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/comments?post=313"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":15078,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/posts\/313\/revisions\/15078"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/media?parent=313"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/categories?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/tags?post=313"},{"taxonomy":"wl_entity_type","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/www.thehouseshop.com\/property-blog\/wp-json\/wp\/v2\/wl_entity_type?post=313"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}