FOI Request - Garage Portfolio
Request 101003829864
Under the Freedom of Information Act 2000, I am requesting information about garages owned or managed by your council. Please provide the following:
Primary Questions
1. Total number of garages currently owned or managed by the council
2. Total number of garage blocks
3. Number of garages currently tenanted
4. Number of garages currently vacant
5. Average monthly rental price for a garage
6. Number of garages considered unlettable or in disrepair
7. Whether garage management is handled internally or outsourced (if outsourced, please name the third party)
8. Estimated annual revenue lost due to vacant garages
9. Average duration garages sit vacant before being re-let
Secondary Questions (optional, if readily available)
10. Garage occupancy rates for the past 3 years
11. Breakdown of void reasons (e.g. disrepair, access issues, planning constraints)
12. Lettings policy or eligibility criteria for tenants (e.g. can anyone rent them?)
13. Number of people currently on a waiting list for garages (if one exists)
14. Software/system used to manage garage lettings
15. Total rental income from garages in the last financial year
16. Any plans to sell, redevelop, or repurpose parts of the garage portfolio in the next 3 years
17. Number of people employed internally to manage the garages
18. Average response time to an inbound garage enquiry
Response 22-08-2025
Primary Questions
1. 758
2. 388 - Note - This is the number of sites, not number of blocks which might be different - This is the only information we hold.
3. 533
4. 205
5. £115.56 - based on 52 week year
6. This information is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
7. Internally
8. If all currently void were void for a whole year it would be £283,585.12 (52 weeks) Not all garages are equivalent to bring up to standard, therefore this is not an amount which we could yield with significant greater investment. Currently 163 of the 205 vacant garages have been vacant for over 365 days
9.
Primary Questions
1. 758
2. 388 - Note - This is the number of sites, not number of blocks which might be different - This is the only information we hold
3. 533
4. 205
5. £115.56 - based on 52 week year
6. This information is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
7. Internally
8. If all currently void were void for a whole year it would be £283,585.12 (52 weeks) Not all garages are equivalent to bring up to standard, therefore this is not an amount which we could yield with significant greater investment. Currently 163 of the 205 vacant garages have been vacant for over 365 days
9. This information is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.
Secondary Questions (optional, if readily available)
10. – 18. This information is not held. Information that is not held falls under Section 17 of the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 - Information not held.