Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 59069

Ground Rent: Lancashire

Tabled: 11 June 2025
Answered: 17 June 2025
Named Day

Question

Mr Andrew Snowden

Conservative — Fylde

To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, what recent assessment her Department has made of the potential impact of high annual ground rents on the ability of leaseholders to sell their properties in (a) Fylde and (b) La

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
The government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unaffordable ground rents, and we will deliver this in legislation.