Why does my solicitor carry out a search for chancel repairs liability when I purchase a property?
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26th July 2018
Chancel repairing rights are ancient rights that can bind property owners (in parishes where a church was built before 1536) to contribute to the cost of repairing the chancel of the church. The chancel is the part of an Anglican parish church…
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Bill to ban some forms of letting fees from private sector residential lettings
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26th July 2018
The Tenant Fees Bill is currently passing through the parliamentary stages. The bill is intended to make private residential lettings more affordable for tenants renting in the private sector in England by banning ‘hidden costs’ in the…
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Removal of agricultural occupancy conditions ("ag tags") on rural dwellings
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17th July 2018
A local planning authority (LPA) may grant a planning permission for the development of a house for occupation by an agricultural or forestry worker on a site where residential development would not normally be permitted, for example, within the…
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Development Viability, Affordable Housing and Land Sale Prices - a valuable lesson in valuation
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11th July 2018
The recent judicial review case of Parkhurst Road Limited v Secretary of State for Housing CLG and London Borough of Islington 2018 is a salient reminder that the starting point in valuing a development site requires an assumption that account must…
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