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Property Insight - Assured Shorthold Tenancy - How long is the agreement?
27 January 2012
An Assured Shorthold Tenancy (“AST”) that was granted before 28 February 1997 had to be for a minimum fixed term of 6 months. However, with an AST created on or after 28 February 1997 there is no requirement that the AST has to be for a minimum term.
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Noel Edmonds unhappy as planners propose to force him to flatten part of garden
13 January 2012
Planning officers have ruled that TV personality, Noel Edmonds, must flatten a mound he created in his back garden, as it is too high
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Property arrears no longer booming in UK
28 November 2011
The majority of British homeowners have managed to climb out of mortgage arrears meaning fewer properties were taken into possession by mortgage lenders in the third quarter of 2011.
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Neighbour fined over tree cutting
11 October 2011
A disgruntled homeowner who blamed his poor TV signal on a neighbour’s nearby trees has been fined after felling the offending shrubbery without permission.
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Rights of Way
03 October 2011
In recent times, the need for landowners to be vigilant over their property is increasingly important. There are various methods in which owners can either lose ownership of their land or 3rd parties can acquire rights over it. Examples are where land is adversely possessed, compulsory purchased or dedicated as a highway.
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Retrospective planning permission denied for log cabin in man’s garden
03 October 2011
Michael Taggert, a property developer from Co. Derry, has been refused his attempt to overturn a decision of the Planning Appeals Commission not to allow retrospective permission for his log cabin.
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Planning Reform to assist traveller communities say environmental campaigner
26 September 2011
Against the backdrop of proposed evictions at Dale Farm, Essex, the largest gipsy site in the UK, critics have suggested that new planning reforms will make it easier for such communities to legitimise their illegal occupation of land
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Legal battle over ancient tree continued by protester
26 September 2011
A five-year legal battle over the felling of a 100-year-old tree in Irton, North Yorkshire, has been extended by a protester who spent the night in the tree to prevent its removal.
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Close to one million homes face negative equity
25 August 2011
A staggering 827,000 UK households were in negative equity in the first quarter of 2011, as the value of their home dropped to less than their outstanding mortgage.
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Property Insight Special Edition - Spratt Endicott Celebrates CQS Award Presentation
09 August 2011
Leading Banbury legal firm Spratt Endicott has received recognition from the Law Society with the presentation of its Conveyancing Quality Standard (CQS), an award given to recognise the outstanding contributions of legal firms to high-quality conveyancing practices.