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By Nige
on April 11, 2025
at 10:56 am
Type: Post
Category: Freehold
Tags: Developers | Local Planning Authorities | Management Companies | Managing Agents | PEST | Premature Estate Service Transfer
PEST stands for Premature Estate Service Transfer. It applies to a situation where a developer transfers responsibility for maintenance of open space, play area or other communal facilities prior to them being formally signed off and handed over.
By Nige
on February 11, 2025
at 1:53 pm
Type: Post
Category: Freehold
Planning applications can have a big impact on the local community, yet most residents go through life without ever submitting a comment. In some cases, it may be really important to share your thoughts on what is proposed.
By Nige
on January 7, 2025
at 10:53 am
Type: Post
Category: Website
Tags: CIC Report
Residents First's interim CIC Six Monthly Report explaining how it has delivered against its commiunity objectives.
By Nige
on January 4, 2025
at 9:12 am
Type: Post
Category: Freehold
Tags: Developers | Handover | Management Companies | Managing Agents | S106
The authority of a Managing Agent to act on behalf of a Management Company is established through contractual agreements typically put in place during the development phase.
By Nige
on December 15, 2024
at 10:20 am
Type: Post
Category: Freehold | Leasehold
No one stakeholder is the cause of all residential property industry issues. All stakeholders face their own challenges. Developers are no different.
By Nige
on December 12, 2024
at 8:06 pm
Type: Post
Category: Freehold | Leasehold
Tags: Managing Agents | Transitions
If a site is lucky enough to escape from one of the large, unscrupulous managing agents, what happens if that managing agent holds on to site funds?
By Nige
on November 29, 2024
at 7:41 am
Type: Post
Category: Freehold
Tags: S106 | Section 106
In respect to S106 legal agreements, can LPAs include clauses that obligate the developer to retain financial responsibility for maintenance of public open spaces until fully signed off by the LPA?
By Nige
on November 12, 2024
at 10:37 am
Type: Post
Category: Freehold
Tags: S106 | S75 | Section 106 | Section 75
In the context of planning obligations like Section 106 (S106) agreements in England, Scotland has a different legal framework and uses Section 75 (S75) agreements instead.
By Nige
on November 2, 2024
at 1:57 pm
Type: Post
Category: Freehold
Tags: TP1 | TR1 | Transfer of Part of Registered Title | Transfer of Registered Title
If there are errors in your TP1, it is possible for the developer to seek a correction, but their ability to enforce changes depends on the nature of the errors, the specifics of the TP1, and any legal grounds to support a correction.
By Nige
on October 31, 2024
at 1:09 pm
Type: Post
Category: Freehold
Tags: S106 | Section 106
A Section 106 Agreement, commonly known as an S106 agreement, is a legally binding contract between a developer and a local planning authority (LPA) in the UK.
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