Don't miss a thing by getting the day's biggest stories sent direct to your inbox Reforms outlined in the Queen’s Speech today will see the planning system transformed and an overhaul of the leasehold system for property owners.
Communities and developers, particularly smaller developers, should have a better idea about what is permitted and where under the new system.
The leasehold system will see a radical overhaul which will have ground rents for new properties set in law at a "peppercorn rent level" - meaning nothing more than a literal peppercorn can be sought from future leaseholders.
The Leasehold Reform (Ground Rent) Bill covering England and Wales will ensure leaseholders of new, long residential leases cannot be charged a
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