Magistrates' Courts: Sales
(asked on 9th May 2018) - View Source
Question to the Ministry of Justice:
To ask the Secretary of State for Justice, what the sale price was of each magistrates' court building sold in the last two years; and for how long each such building was not in use for court business prior to being sold.
In the last two financial years (2016-17 and 2017-18) the following magistrates’ courts were closed, with information provided on the closure date, the sale or transfer date and the capital receipt received.
Courts Sold
2016/17* | Sale receipt | Date closed** | Date sold |
Bridgend Law Courts | 375,000 | 29/07/2016 | 10/03/2017 |
Carmarthen Magistrates’ & Crown Court | 223,004 | 27/05/2016 | 30/11/2016 |
East Berkshire (Bracknell) Magistrates’ Court | 1,000,001 | 14/10/2014 | 20/06/2016 |
Feltham Magistrates’ Court | 2,150,000 | 30/09/2016 | 10/03/2017 |
Frome Magistrates’ Court | 397,666 | 01/04/2011 | 10/08/2016 |
Grantham Magistrates’ Court | 560,000 | 30/06/2016 | 06/01/2017 |
Pontypridd Magistrates’ Court | 350,000 | 29/07/2016 | 24/03/2017 |
Sherborne Magistrates’ Court | 250,000 | 01/10/2012 | 08/02/2017 |
Spalding Magistrates’ Court | 270,430 | 25/11/2014 | 20/12/2016 |
Totnes Magistrates’ Court | 237,000 | 01/04/2011 | 23/09/2016 |
Weston Super Mare Magistrates’ Court | 116,078 | 01/05/2012 | 10/08/2016 |
Pontefract Magistrates’ Court | 205,000 | 22/03/2013 | 06/06/2016 |
Bridgewater Magistrates’ Court | 167,652 | 30/03/2012 | 10/08/2016 |
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Cirencester Magistrates’ Court | 450,000 | 01/04/2011 | 07/09/2017 |
Dorking Magistrates’ Court | 2,125,000 | 01/03/2010 | 11/08/2017 |
Greenwich Magistrates’ Court | 12,005,000 | 27/05/2016 | 23/08/2017 |
Hammersmith Magistrates’ Court | 43,000,000 | 31/12/2017 | 19/12/2017 |
Holyhead Magistrates’ Court | 112,500 | 28/04/2017 | 13/10/2017 |
Richmond Upon Thames Magistrates’ Court | 9,838,000 | 18/03/2016 | 16/08/2017 |
Solihull Magistrates’ Court | 4,312,000 | 31/03/2016 | 26/05/2017 |
Waltham Forest Magistrates’ Court | 3,471,040 | 30/03/2016 | 07/08/2017 |
Chester-Le-St Magistrates’ Court | 100,000 | 22/09/2016 | 18/08/2017 |
Tottenham (Enfield) Magistrates’ Court | 4,570,000 | 10/02/2017 | 26/05/2017 |
Dolgellau Magistrates’ Court | 67,509 | 25/08/2016 | 20/11/2017 |
Caerphilly Magistrates’ Court | 445,000 | 30/05/2016 | 23/03/2018 |
Towcester Magistrates’ Court | 50,000 | 01/04/2011 | 22/02/2018 |
Transfers To Education Skills Funding Agency
2017/18 | Transfer Receipt | Date Closed | Date Transferred |
Redhill Magistrates’ Court | 6,550,000 | 31/03/2017 | 01/11/17 |
Transfers To Homes England (Formerly Homes & Communities Agency)
2016/17 | Transfer Receipt | Date Closed | Date Transferred |
Consett Magistrates' Court | 225,000 | 29/07/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
Dartford Magistrates' Court | 1,000,000 | 03/05/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
Halifax Magistrates' Court | 550,000 | 30/09/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
North Avon (Yate) Magistrates' Court | 1,350,000 | 30/09/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
Ormskirk Magistrates' Court | 250,000 | 28/06/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
Skegness Magistrates' Court | 150,000 | 30/09/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
Trafford Magistrates' & Altrincham County Court | 3,235,000 | 30/06/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
West Berkshire (Newbury) Magistrates' Court | 1,000,000 | 24/06/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
Worksop Magistrates' Court | 115,000 | 31/03/2016 | 31/10/2016 |
Corby Magistrates' Court | 140,000 | 01/07/2016 | 27/03/2017 |
Fareham Magistrates' Court | 1,150,000 | 30/09/2016 | 27/03/2017 |
Kettering Magistrates' Court | 187,500 | 30/06/2016 | 27/03/2017 |
Rotherham Magistrates' & County Court | 1 | 30/09/2016 | 27/03/2017 |
Bury St Edmunds Magistrates' & Crown Court | 1,050,000 | 07/10/2016 | 28/03/2017 |
Lowestoft Magistrates' & County Court | 150,000 | 30/09/2016 | 28/03/2017 |
Sandwell Magistrates' Court | 530,000 | 30/09/2016 | 28/03/2017 |
Wakefield & Pontefract Magistrates' Court | 360,000 | 26/09/2016 | 28/03/2017 |
Burton upon Trent Magistrates' Court | 240,000 | 30/09/2016 | 29/03/2017 |
Macclesfield Magistrates' Court | 385,000 | 30/09/2016 | 29/03/2017 |
Hinckley Magistrates' Court | 800,000 | 31/07/2016 | 30/03/2017 |
Oldham Magistrates' Court | 650,000 | 30/09/2016 | 30/03/2017 |
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Bicester Magistrates' Court | 1,270,000 | 19/05/2017 | 07/08/2017 |
Dover Magistrates' Court | 350,000 | 26/05/2017 | 09/08/2017 |
Stafford Magistrates' Court | 435,000 | 28/04/2017 | 07/092017 |
Bury Magistrates' & County Court | 400,000 | 09/06/2017 | 26/10/2017 |
Eastbourne Magistrates' & County Court | 805,000 | 29/09/2017 | 31/10/2017 |
Kendal Magistrates' Court | 720,000 | 30/06/2017 | 02/11/2017 |
HM Courts & Tribunals Service will seek to obtain the best possible value from the sale of surplus court and tribunal buildings and conduct sales as expediently as possible. For some locations, disposals have been taken longer due to legal restrictions on disposal and development, co-location with other public services and market conditions. * Financial year figures relate to the date on which the court is sold.
** A court is considered closed when it has been operationally exited, or when services are no longer delivered from the site. In many cases fully exiting a site will take longer.