Olden Property has recently been instructed by a number of leaseholders affected by the Grahame Park CPO, which is being promoted by the London Borough of Barnet. An increase to the existing 25 per cent making purchasing the freehold more #leaseholdupdate #leaseholdpolitics #extendyourlease #leaseextension #kingsspeech #freeholdpurchase #leaseholders #leaseholdchanges #newleaseholderEdited Leaseholders in buildings with up to 50 per cent of non-residential floorspace in a building will be able to buy their freehold. * A new leaseholder will no longer need to have owned their flat for two years before they can extend their lease. * A standard lease extension term will be increased from 90 years to 990 years for both houses and flats, with ground rent reduced to £0. * A ban the creation of new leasehold houses in England and Wales. If people had been reading quotes from Michael Gove in early 2023 around the subject of lease extensions, freehold purchase and leasehold reform, you would have probably expected extensive reforms.įollowing the Kings Speech earlier this month, it appears any reforms will be far from extensive, as predicted by Olden Property earlier in the year. The CPO has now been confirmed in November 2023 which will allow for the redevelopment of the existing Nicholson Centre to provide a mixed-use development including flexible retail and food units, offices, residential units, accommodation for the elderly and car parking.Ī valuable lesson in the need to actively engage in genuine negotiations in advance of the CPO By reaching a settlement a costly High Court battle was avoided. Once this issue was resolved the Secretary of State consented to the quashing of the Inspector’s decision. The Council and developer sharpened their pencils and reached a settlement with Smokey’s on confidential terms. The CPO was refused because of a failure by the acquiring authority to engage with an objector, Smokey’s nightclub. This CPO was promoted in order to allow the comprehensive redevelopment of an important town centre site in Maidenhead. The Royal Borough of Windsor & Maidenhead (Nicholsons Shopping Centre and Surrounding Area at High Street, Queen Street and King Street, Maidenhead) Compulsory Purchase Order 2022. a mortgage lender who has the right to sell the property and who can give immediate possession or a personal representative of a deceased person (such as an executor under a will) who, at the date of his death, would have been able to serve a blight notice.īoth freeholders and leaseholders are eligible provided that the lease has at least three years left. Residential owner occupiers of a private dwelling and owner occupiers of agricultural units. There are rules however which need to be met – Owner-occupiers of business premises are able to serve blight notices provided the annual rateable value of their premises does not exceed a prescribed limit (currently GBP44,200 in Greater London or GBP36,000 in the rest of England and Wales per year). If it is, the owner will be entitled to serve a 'blight notice' on the appropriate authority which, if accepted, will mean that the authority must purchase the property and compensate the owner for its full unaffected market value. These apply if the property in question is subject to 'planning blight'. A property owner – residential, commercial and agricultural – can force a public sector body to purchase their land in advance of the public bodies CPO timeline, in order to mitigate against hardship. This definition relates to Blight brought about by a compulsory purchase order.
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