Pez

#EndFleecehold #Unadoptedestates

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

#Fleecehold #FakeFreehold #UnadoptedEstates

[Staffordshire Fakefreeholds & Fleecehold Campaign @SFFC2026]

Responses received after concerns were raised through NALC feedback linked to MHCLG consultations.
Leigh Ingham MP & Sir Gavin Williamson MP.
Both letters acknowledge concerns around publicly accessible infrastructure being left in private arrangements. #unadoptedestates

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

Interesting.
So let’s mark this from 2024 onwards.
Labour came into government promising planning reform, more housebuilding and action on the growing problems associated with #fleecehold #Fakefreeholds #unadoptedestates … private estate management.

The problem is that much of the political obsession with housing numbers is driven by growth targets and GDP figures, while many of the long-term consequences are pushed aside.
At the same time, serious questions remain about flooding, public facing infrastructure and accountability.

When will Schedule 3 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 finally be implemented? And what about the countless developments already built under the current system?
More and more public infrastructure, including SuDS, public open spaces and other assets required by planning permissions, is ending up under private management arrangements rather than public ownership.

Residents are paying council tax, yet increasingly find themselves paying again through “estate charges”.

If Labour is going to push large-scale developments through while dismissing concerns as coming from “blockers”, then Labour should also accept responsibility for the consequences.

That means roads that cannot cope, pressure on schools and GP services, flood risk and the continued use of private management arrangements where councils choose not to adopt public facing infrastructure and residents are left paying private companies indefinitely.

People are told they are buying freehold homes, then discover they are funding public open spaces, drainage systems (SuDS), play areas and other infrastructure through estate charges on top of council tax.
The local authorities get paid.
The developers get paid.
The management companies get paid.
…
But it’s the residents get the bill.

Labour promised change.
Residents will judge them on whether they deliver it.
You cannot keep approving thousands of homes, leave public facing infrastructure in private hands and then dismiss legitimate concerns when people start asking who benefits from it all.

From where many of us are standing, it looks like Government is bending over for developers, investors and growth targets while expecting residents to just put up and shut up.
#fleecehold #fakefreeholds #unadoptedestates #section106

https://t.co/SrV76PVJ8b

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

🚨NEW: Peter Mandelson's lobbying company worked for Water UK, the body representing the private water industry.

At the same time, Labour's review of the water industry refused to even consider public ownership as an option.

In our open letter to Steve Reed MP, we ask: who has been controlling the water industry, and to what purpose? https://t.co/HQVIoYjAGf

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

Unbelievable rip off

Our water is a natural monopoly but it's been sold off and handed out to shareholders around the world

We are a guaranteed revenue stream

Any government that cares about sewage and cost of living should be taking EVERY water company into special administration and PERMANENT PUBLIC OWNERSHIP whenever they fail to fulfil their statutory duties (which they do often)

[Anne @Apain2026]

https://t.co/QsyRYil492

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

😡😡😡”The analysis done by private firms was sometimes so poor that NHS radiologists had to read scans again, raising questions about the benefit of outsourcing.”

The government promised “the biggest wave of insourcing in a generation”. They must deliver it now.

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

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.

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

We would also urge greater attention to the growing issue of “fleecehold” housing estates, where residents on new-build developments pay full council tax whilst also being charged “private estate management fees” for roads, paths drainage (SuDS), play parks, public open spaces and other public-facing infrastructure as part of the planning process for everyone to benefit from the development being agreed.

More councils and developers have moved towards “private management/maintenance” arrangements instead of public adoption.
In practice this leaves many residents paying twice for infrastructure that serves the wider public, but without the same accountability, protections or democratic oversight people would normally expect.

This #fleecehold model needs to end, including retrospective action where possible.
Residents should not be paying full council tax whilst also paying private estate charges for roads, drainage, parks and open spaces that were required through planning and are used by the wider public.
There needs to be stronger consumer protection and proper public adoption or accountable long-term management of public infrastructure and open space.

#fleecehold #fakefreeholds #PublicLandPublicGood #unadoptedestates #estatecharges #housing #planning #localgovernment #newbuilds
#conditionalfreehold
#StopTheRotAdoptTheLot
#section106 #flooding
@AndyBurnhamGM

[We Own It @We_OwnIt]

🔥Public OWNERSHIP of our public services is popular with all voter groups

It’s good that Andy Burnham is speaking out against 40 years of privatisation, since Thatcher

But the solution is NOT just public control - it’s public ownership

Sign our letter to Andy Burnham: https://t.co/4Ku1grcl7G

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

We would also urge greater attention to the growing issue of “fleecehold” housing estates, where residents on new-build developments pay full council tax whilst also being charged “private estate management fees” for roads, paths drainage (SuDS), play parks, public open spaces and other public-facing infrastructure as part of the planning process for everyone to benefit from the development being agreed.

More councils and developers have moved towards “private management/maintenance” arrangements instead of public adoption.
In practice this leaves many residents paying twice for infrastructure that serves the wider public, but without the same accountability, protections or democratic oversight people would normally expect.

This #fleecehold model needs to end, including retrospective action where possible.
Residents should not be paying full council tax whilst also paying private estate charges for roads, drainage, parks and open spaces that were required through planning and are used by the wider public.
There needs to be stronger consumer protection and proper public adoption or accountable long-term management of public infrastructure and open space.

#fleecehold #fakefreeholds #PublicLandPublicGood #unadoptedestates #estatecharges #housing #planning #localgovernment #newbuilds
#conditionalfreehold
#StopTheRotAdoptTheLot
#section106 #flooding

[Harry Scoffin @HarryScoffin]

Taylor Wimpey has just pulled out of building more apartments in London because of weak demand. Not planning related.

That is people boycotting leasehold flats because they are a terrible buy. Last year, 60% of all London properties sold were leasehold flats, but they made up 90% of all losses. Wake up!

SW1 silence, including from groups who claim to push for radical growth opportunities and represent young people being screwed, is deeply suspect.

[Human⚒️ 🐒💨 @kneeandathal]

🇬🇧✌️

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

UKREiiF stands for the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum.

Interesting that your “bold plan” is being promoted at a real estate investment forum while residents on #fleecehold estates are paying full council tax and extra uncapped estate charges on top.

Roads, drainage, parks and public open spaces are increasingly left in private management instead of public ownership and accountability.
Residents pay through the house price, council tax and then “estate fees” as well.

That is not fixing infrastructure.
It is shifting public responsibility and liability onto homeowners while others profit.

@mtpennycook are you bought?
This is why people are losing trust in government.

@HarryScoffin was right about the lobbying and developers being welcomed in.

Do @HorNet_Group think this government and @SteveReedMP actually care about abolishing #fleecehold or properly fixing leasehold?
The manifesto promised to end it and people are still waiting.

#Fleecehold aka #fakefreeholds
Government and councils enabled this by choosing not to adopt public infrastructure and land, leaving it tied to private management companies and investment interests through homeowners’ deeds.

[Matthew Pennycook MP @mtpennycook]

We arrived in office with a bold plan to build the homes and infrastructure our country needs.

We’re faithfully executing that plan.

It is beginning to bear fruit.

While the headwinds are growing stronger, we are going to stay the course.

Good to be back in Leeds for @UKREiiF

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

UKREiiF stands for the UK’s Real Estate Investment & Infrastructure Forum.

Interesting that your “bold plan” is being promoted at a real estate investment forum while residents on #fleecehold estates are paying full council tax and extra uncapped estate charges on top.

Roads, drainage, parks and public open spaces are increasingly left in private management instead of public ownership and accountability.
Residents pay through the house price, council tax and then “estate fees” as well.

That is not fixing infrastructure.
It is shifting public responsibility and liability onto homeowners while others profit.

@mtpennycook are you bought?
This is why people are losing trust in government.

@HarryScoffin was right about the lobbying and developers being welcomed in.

Do @HorNet_Group think this government and @SteveReedMP actually care about abolishing #fleecehold or properly fixing leasehold?
The manifesto promised to end it and people are still waiting.

#Fleecehold aka #fakefreeholds
Government and councils enabled this by choosing not to adopt public infrastructure and land, leaving it tied to private management companies and investment interests through homeowners’ deeds.

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

You haven’t ended the #fleecehold model, you’ve enabled it.

Councils and developers are still approving massive housing estates where publicly used infrastructure is left in private hands, with residents paying full council tax and then extra uncapped and unregulated “estate charges” on top.

What is becoming the point of local government when huge areas of public infrastructure and land are now effectively controlled by overseas investment companies?
Absolutely disgusting.
You too will become irrelevant?
Have you been “bought?”

That is not “fixing infrastructure”.
It is shifting public responsibility and liability onto homeowners while management and investment companies profit from it.

The UK already has growing concerns around opaque ownership and weak regulation, yet we keep building developments where publicly used infrastructure is tied to private arrangements and endless charges.

Residents pay through the house price, pay council tax and then pay again through estate fees.
How anyone thought this was a sensible long term model for communities is beyond me.

#Unadoptedestates
#fakefreeholds
#fleecehold
#section106

@HorNet_Group
@SFFC2026
@LeighInghamMP

[Matthew Pennycook MP @mtpennycook]

We arrived in office with a bold plan to build the homes and infrastructure our country needs.

We’re faithfully executing that plan.

It is beginning to bear fruit.

While the headwinds are growing stronger, we are going to stay the course.

Good to be back in Leeds for @UKREiiF

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

You haven’t ended the #fleecehold model, you’ve enabled it.

Councils and developers are still approving massive housing estates where publicly used infrastructure is left in private hands, with residents paying full council tax and then extra uncapped and unregulated “estate charges” on top.

What is becoming the point of local government when huge areas of public infrastructure and land are now effectively controlled by overseas investment companies?
Absolutely disgusting.
You too will become irrelevant?
Have you been “bought?”

That is not “fixing infrastructure”.
It is shifting public responsibility and liability onto homeowners while management and investment companies profit from it.

The UK already has growing concerns around opaque ownership and weak regulation, yet we keep building developments where publicly used infrastructure is tied to private arrangements and endless charges.

Residents pay through the house price, pay council tax and then pay again through estate fees.
How anyone thought this was a sensible long term model for communities is beyond me.

#Unadoptedestates
#fakefreeholds
#fleecehold
#section106

@HorNet_Group
@SFFC2026
@LeighInghamMP

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

@Paul66190137962 @zarahussain999 I’m sure you don’t know his situation and certainly not qualified to assess … well anything!

I hope you don’t find yourself in a situation where you have to flee for whatever reason.
Most people are too ignorant to ever believe that would even happen to them …

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

@DenseCraft @zarahussain999 And you use that to justify your racism?
Fully anticipate the people behind the comments do it for a reason! 😂

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

@unionjackspirit @zarahussain999 “British people” 😂
Funny if there’s a plot twist!

[Pez @Magicflapjack]

Erm wtf?
Are you genuinely that delusional to think that would improve the country?

With attitudes like yours, maybe you should be the one leaving.
I don’t want my children, friends or family anywhere near people thinking like that.
You sound genuinely dangerous and completely unhinged.

[CommunityPlanningAlliance 🦇🦎 @CommunityPlann1]

70% sold to foreign investors - and we wonder why getting on the housing 🪜 is difficult for local people 🤦‍♀️🙇‍♂️

[Home Owners Rights Network @HorNet_Group]

We fully back this message @CHinchliffMP