I wonder if the Barratt take here is to pivot away from making their money from exploitation of planning gain land value inflation, as they know this is on the menu of potential revenue sources for t… (View Post)

Various aspects to this, with funding from various sources, including a bank and Homes England. A 20 year plan. And £150m is the total build cost of 500-1000 houses. So it will need a lot more of eve… (View Post)

I hope they get some extra Building Control Officers in. (View Post)

Found the link where the start of Council Tax was discussed: Yes, lack of a potable water supply definitely makes the house a non-rateable hereditament, there's case law that defines this. Not a… (View Post)

There's a hugely complex history to that around what "unoccupied" means, and whether it means take the furniture out, or the carpets as well, or disconnection or removal of services, o… (View Post)