Housing: Construction
Commons · Question 23815 · Tabled 14 Jan 2025 · Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government · Official record
Answered 22 Jan 2025
Question
Asked by Sarah Olney
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
Answered by Alex Norris, 22 Jan 2025
The 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...