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SALFORD COUNCIL TAX SUMMONS FOR DEMOLISHED HOUSE
 

Star date: 29th November 2012

SALFORD COUNCIL ISSUES COURT SUMMONS FOR DEMOLISHED HOUSE

Salford Council has issued a court summons for non payment of Council Tax on a house it actually bought and demolished earlier this year, after forcing the occupant out with a Compulsory Purchase Order.

The former occupant now has until his Magistrates Court hearing on December 6th to pay over £750.

Full details here…

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Salford Council Tax Court Summons
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It's bad enough when the Council comes calling with a Compulsory Purchase Order (CPO) to force you out of your house because it wants to demolish it to make way for new unaffordable housing.

It's even worse when, once they've forced you out of that house and demolished it, they issue a Court Summons for non payment of Council Tax for a home that's now just a pile of rubble.

Guy Griffiths reluctantly left his home on Leicester Road before the end of March this year, after a CPO and later an eviction order from the Sheriff himself (click here).

The house was instantly tinned up and later demolished. The site is now a pile of rubble and mud, being prepared for Countryside Properties so-called `Kings Square' development of three, four and six bedroom houses…largely unaffordable for any of the four hundred or so Salfordians who used to live in the Top and Bottom Streets of Higher Broughton and also had their homes demolished (click here and click here).

Now Guy is livid that he's received a summons from Salford City Council to appear at Manchester Magistrate Court on December 6th for non-payment of Council Tax for a house that he no longer owns, hasn't lived in for eight months, and is, in fact, demolished…

"Nothing surprises me at the incompetence of Salford Council" he says "If I have to go to court maybe I'll ask them to pay a visit to the `property'. I'm not very happy at the situation."

The summons states that if the full amount of £761.64 isn't paid by the date of the hearing, "an application will be made for a Liability Order to be issued against you with costs of £80". The summons also states that Guy shouldn't go to court unless he has a "valid legal defence"…

…Perhaps he should take a pile of bricks and some mud. Except that he doesn't even own them any more…

See previous Salford Star article on the Top Streets...

Insane Salford Council Demolition Disgrace - click here

The Assassination of Higher Broughton Community - click here

 

 
wrote
at 10:35:39 on 12 December 2012
Hmmmm... Funny how the favorites get all the lucrative contracts . Hmmmm.... Highly suspect
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matt wrote
at 06:12:41 on 12 December 2012
Angry, you would be right, took a look and surprise surprise it's Palmers doing the job. The spent over 3 months demolishing Seedley road school, and most of that time was spent moving piles of rubble from a to b and back again. They are currently slowly knocking down some houses in lower broughton, and going of the piles outside the houses they'll make a pretty penny at they scrapyard.
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Arnold Rimmer wrote
at 13:58:02 on 06 December 2012
Fair enough, I missed that. :-)
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wrote
at 11:52:54 on 06 December 2012
...and the council always check if the householder is in arrears prior to issuing homeloss or relocation payments. Outstanding council tax is deducted by SCC before the payments are released. A family member who homeswapped had council tax(which they didnt owe) deducted in this way-only to have it refunded back a month later when they raised a complaint.
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Mr Kryten wrote
at 11:52:22 on 06 December 2012
Wake up Arnold Rimmer ! You've been in a holographic state for far too long , and it's clouded your mind !
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Salford Star wrote
at 08:43:59 on 06 December 2012
See Arnold Rimmer's comment below...There's a scan of the court notice which shows quite clearly that it is for this financial year - have a look at the photo!
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Arnold Rimmer wrote
at 08:40:11 on 06 December 2012
What year is the council tax bill for? It could be for a previous year that he lived there. If that's the case, pay up!
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Outraged wrote
at 17:14:02 on 30 November 2012
Once again the corrupt state machiney of a corrupt administration attacks the innocent . We should all be outraged by this . Good luck , Guy. Fight them ! Get it sorted , Mayor greedy bastard .
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Paul Dunstan wrote
at 12:50:31 on 30 November 2012
If true this would put Salford, sorry, Tesco City Council in the invidious position of taking themselves to court. Let's face it, they're stupid enough to do it then send bailiffs into themsclves. After all it's only public money. They must think they've not bled us totally dry yet
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Stewart Ian wrote
at 11:51:14 on 30 November 2012
When will the Salford Star stop pprinting the damnable lies?
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This is a joke, yes? wrote
at 19:43:42 on 29 November 2012
I presume they have sent the usual demands for payment (the ones that say DO NOT REDIRECT on the envelope) before sending this summons, so the question is WHY did nobody at the council realise the house no longer existed or aleast THINK "thats odd" when the clowncil tax demands were returned as undeliverable by postman pat.
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Angry angus wrote
at 19:43:03 on 29 November 2012
Notice in the pics the scaffolding, bet some bastard made a killing here, all the slates stripped, pipes and wires weighed in, floor boards lifted, kitchen sink down the scrapyard. Bastard parasites the people involved clowncil, contractors, developers all for a quick profit, clowncil not happy yet though lets do the poor bugger who we have screwed over twice for a bit of council tax. Fucking inept retards, are they after finishing this guy off he will end up in Meadowbrook, and then when he gets out he will find they have fucked all the support off by closing the drop ins.
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