Written Question·Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government·UIN 58822

Leasehold: Surrey Heath

Tabled: 10 June 2025
Answered: 24 June 2025

Question

Dr Al Pinkerton

Liberal Democrat — Surrey Heath

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 Surrey Heath constit

Answer

Matthew Pennycook
My Department is aware that some leaseholders may be experiencing problems with mortgaging or selling a property because of their ground rent terms. The government remains firmly committed to its manifesto commitment to tackle unregulated and unaffordable...
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