Rooftop development

Lords from all parties trash government’s multi-billion pound give-away to freehold owners

Lords warn government of “tidal wave of protest” at new right for freeholders to add extra floors without permission

After 60 consultations, Bottomley told ‘when parliamentary time allows’ for reforms promised three years ago

To build 8,120 new flats: Government gifts freeholders £41bn, devalues flats by £200m … and torpedoes leasehold reform

Has Jenrick just handed £1bn each to Astor, Tchenguiz and Wallace Estates with two-storey planning gift?

The Times reports criticisms of Jenrick’s two-storey planning windfall to what he called ‘egregious’ freeholders

Robert Jenrick: Why give freeholders such a whopping planning windfall over two new storeys rule, like this site in Newark?

Does Dominic Cumming’s gung-ho planning idea put a hole in Law Commission’s enfranchisement reforms by boosting freehold values?