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That’s the contradiction with these so-called “private estates”. They are not private in reality. The roads, parks, drainage and public open spaces are publicly accessible and often required through planning permission for the wider community benefit. Yet the long-term maintenance, wear, damage and liability gets dumped onto estate residents through management charges while everyone else can still use the spaces for free. Section 106 and CIL are also not “developer gifts”. Those costs are built into viability calculations, land values and ultimately house prices. The anticipated homeowners pay for it. Then local authorities can take money generated from the development and spend it on projects elsewhere, sometimes on their own flagship assets, while refusing to adopt the actual infrastructure on the estate itself. Residents end up paying through the house price, council tax and ongoing estate charges, while older areas remain publicly maintained through general taxation. It’s a broken and unfair system created by failures in both central and local government. For Stafford Borough it seems they pushed this model back onto their residents and developers.

#fakefreeholds #fakefreehold #fleecehold Capping ground rents ignores service charges for leaseholders! … and the 🚨#fleecehold #fakefreeholds model forcing freehold home owners to fund public infrastructure indefinitely.🚨

#fakefreeholds #fleeceholds Capping ground rents ignores service charges for leaseholders! … and the 🚨#fleecehold #fakefreeholds model forcing freehold home owners to fund public infrastructure indefinitely.

#fakefreeholds #fakefreehold #fleecehold Capping ground rents ignores service charges for leaseholders! … and the 🚨#fleecehold #fakefreeholds model forcing freehold home owners to fund public infrastructure indefinitely.🚨

#fakefreeholds #fakefreehold #fleecehold Capping ground rents ignores service charges for leaseholders! … and the 🚨#fleecehold #fakefreeholds model forcing freehold home owners to fund public infrastructure indefinitely.🚨

@SteveReedMP @Keir_Starmer @mtpennycook

🚨📣This wasn’t an accident. It was designed. Watch👀. Share🔁. Respond👍 to the consultation.‼️🏛️ #fakefreeholds #fleecehold 👇 📌Reducing the prevalence of private estate management arrangements gov.uk/government/consultati… 📌Enhanced protections for homeowners on freehold estates gov.uk/government/consultati…