Increase requirements and support for renewable energy for domestic property
- Final Signatures: 142
Legislate that all new buildings should have at least one renewable energy source & increase support to encourage & assist renewable energy to be taken up by existing home owners.
No local authority should be able to increase Council Tax by more than 5% without a referendum. The Government should instead renegotiate its settlements with local authorities in England to find a way to resolve the exceptional financial difficulties that many councils find themselves in.
The Government responsed to this petition on 8th March 2023 (View Full Response)Make overage provision on selling land illegal
- Final Signatures: 396
This is unfair to people purchasing land and wanting to add value to it, if the old vendor wanted to gain from developing the land then they should have done it when they owned it, why should they gain from someone else’s hard work.
Prior to the Leasehold Reform Act, the freeholders could set ground rent at whatever amount they chose. New protections do not extend to existing property owners. Many current leaseholders have found they are unable to sell as mortgage firms and banks may not approve lending on such properties.
The Government responsed to this petition on 29th July 2022 (View Full Response)Reduced Council Tax for private estate properties
- Final Signatures: 618
Councils should be required to reduce the council tax for the properties that are within "private" estates as all the maintenance costs for communal areas are paid by the homeowners, both leaseholders and freeholders.
Make repairing or replacing a damaged boundary fence a legal requirement
- Final Signatures: 46
Home owners should be legally responsible for replacing blown down fencing that intrudes on another property, or repairing fencing to maintain a secure shared boundary.
Increase Local Authority funding for libraries and children's centres.
- Final Signatures: 32
I am calling upon Government to get behind councils with increased ring fenced funding and for these vital centres and libraries to stay open.
The impact of these shutting would undoubtedly increase long term issues and negative impact on communities.
Require all newly built homes to be Carbon Neutral by 2030
- Final Signatures: 45
The Government should require all new build homes to be Carbon Neutral, using eco materials, solar panels, and planting trees etc. All materials/resources should have their carbon impact measure and then offset by appropriate means.
Abolish Chancel Repair Liability
- Final Signatures: 23
Eradicate the need of Chancel Repair Liability Insurance, and the potential to be called upon and forced to pay money towards the repair of a Church simply because you live within a certain area. Payment towards such things should be a choice, not a legal necessity.
Save our Green and Pleasant Land and abandon the proposed Planning Reforms
- Final Signatures: 4,551
The government is consulting on a White Paper to change Planning Laws. It basically carves up the entirety of England into 3 zones. One will get automatic development rights. The second has presumption of development. Only the conservation and aonb areas etc will have methods of protection.