Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to set up and analyze a formal model for maintenance scheduling for local government purpose buildings. Design/methodology/approach – The authors formulate the maintenance scheduling decision as a dynamic optimization problem, subject to an accelerating...

Purpose – This paper aims to investigate the potential role of property taxes as a revenue source for local government in Tanzania. Often this tax is beset with political and administrative problems that affect its operational efficiencies. Design/methodology/approach – The research is the...

Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to examine the problems that different public sector bodies' face in joint planning to develop and share facilities and property services and how they have overcome some of them. It examines those difficulties that remain outstanding as the public sector...

Examines town centre management styles using Ilford town centre as an illustration of a town centre management initiative. Discuss the background to the Ilford town centre management initiative, the role of local authorities, the traders′ association, the customers, and liaison with the police...

Considers the feasibility study of environmental improvements carried out at Treforest, Mid‐Glamorgan, involving direct higher education participation. Discusses the funding for the study, the study itself, the problems, priority proposals, and implementation. Concludes that the study has...

Examines the effect of the 1980 Right to Buy legislation on local authority housing departments′ service charges collection. Considers outline procedures of the statutory code, leases, estimates and consultation, direct works departments, fees, charging areas, insurances, auditing, and service...

Outlines the Local Government Finance Act which lays down the way living accommodation is to be treated for Community Charge purposes. Considers whether living accommodation in offices should be rated or subject to the Community Charge, and whether it can make a difference to the amount of tax...

Joint ventures in property development can bring considerable benefits to the parties. For example, in a joint venture involving a local authority the authority will be able to play a positive role in urban regeneration while the developer will gain credibility and hopefully obtain a smoother...

On 1 April 1990, with the introduction of the Uniform Business Rate, came new provisions relating to the rating of empty non‐industrial hereditaments. In a booming marketplace, with almost full occupancy, the imposition of a 50 per cent compulsory unoccupied rate charge might pass unnoticed....

Considers the possible overall effects of the current review of local government in Britain on the management of the property assets of local authorities. Draws attention to the present highly uncertain situation, but assumes that reorganization will occur in some form. Considers the ways in...