No tenants will be forced to move out

2:28pm Friday 1st August 2008

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RE: Rayners Lane Mobile Home Park.

I WOULD like to address some of the concerns expressed by residents in relation to the consultation being carried out by Tribal on our behalf about the future of Rayners Lane Mobile Home Park.

At this time no decision to dispose of the site has been made. We are considering this as an option and we are asking Tribal to investigate it further.

They in turn are consulting tenants as part of the process.

Should a sale be recommended it could only be sold if the purchaser legally contracted to continue to operate it as a mobile home park and there is no question of it being sold off and the existing tenants being forced to move out.

All tenants have a contract setting out their rights and responsibilities and this would not change, and as now, tenants are secure and can only be asked to leave if there has been a breach of these conditions.

Our intention is simply to identify the best possible way to get the necessary repairs to the site completed. These are extensive and involve the estate roads, drains and asbestos roofs to some of the outbuildings and are likely to cost around £500,000.

The surplus we have from the rental income is insufficient to do these and we cannot afford to maintain this site to the required standard.

This consultation aims to talk to the tenants in order to find a suitable solution for everyone and in doing so protect the future of the park. If the site is marketed, any prospective purchaser will be made aware of the repairs required, so the price that they paid would reflect this.

Whatever recommendation is put to us we would ensure that these tenants would remain protected, no one would be forced to lose their home and the park would continue to operate.

Chris Watson, Wycombe District Council Cabinet Member for Homes and Housing