Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 23815
Housing: Construction
Tabled: 14 January 2025
Answered: 22 January 2025
Question
Sarah Olney
Liberal Democrat — Richmond Park
To ask the Secretary of State for Housing, Communities and Local Government, if she will bring forward legislative proposals to improve protections for homeowners facing damage to their homes from neighbouring buildings.
Answer
Alex NorrisThe Party Wall Act 1996 currently provides that a building owner carrying out work must not cause unnecessary inconvenience to adjoining owners. This is taken to mean inconvenience over and above that which will inevitably occur when such works are proper...
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