Leasehold Reform

Part of 1. Questions to the First Minister – in the Senedd at 1:42 pm on 22 October 2019.

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Photo of David Melding David Melding Conservative 1:42, 22 October 2019

First Minister, do you join with me in welcoming Persimmon Homes' decision to settle out of court during the summer and grant 55 householders on a Cardiff estate—St Edeyrns—their leasehold free of charge? They were on that estate despite the fact that the other 1,100 properties were sold as freehold, and it really is time that developers stopped using leasehold simply as another tool to generate income. It should only be used when the type of tenure requires leasehold, and there are times when it does, but usually on these residential estates freehold is what should be granted.