Builders 'using threats to grab gardens' by Finance News Bulletin

Published: 16/02/07

News Companies & markets Investing authority portfolio Campaigns Mortgages & homesMortgage featuresInsurance customer advice Broadband & phones Retirement Saving & banking Credit & loans Small business Tax & wills communication boards Money blog Tools & calculators Ask an specialist Guides contrast & buyHouseholders are being intimidated into selling their homes so that developers can construct blocks of flats on rows of grounds, it was claimed today

TAKE PART IN OUR SURVEY Tell us what you think of This is Money and help shape our future (you could even make £35)A ONE-MINUTE MAKEOVER If you only have one miniature to learn how to sort your finances, not remember the rest and read this>> Our 8-step planLabour MP Andrew Dismore was speaking in the Commons in hold up of a private member's Bill that would outlaw 'backyard grabbing'He said that once developers had signed up a few people 'they start to get heavy with the ones that won't put up for sale to them' and were prepared to use threats to get what they wantedThe Land employ (Gardens Protection) Bill is the thought of Tory MP Caroline Spelman

She told the Commons the 'foolishness' of building flats and houses in back grounds was damaging the environment and putting a strain on infrastructure and drainage systemsMrs Spelman, shadow communities and local government secretary, blamed the present classification of back gardens as 'brownfield' sites, making them a 'main concern' for growth, for the problemHer Bill would give planning authorities the power to chunk garden development where they considered the protection of green space outweighed other considerationsgap the Bill's second reading debate, she supposed that right across the country, gardens were being sold off, alienated up and turned into building sites - often with the existing home being demolished to make way for denser accommodation units

She said this led to the loss of urban green room, damaging the quality of life for local people and affecting the delicate balance between foliage and buildings The current preparation laws were pitting 'neighbour against neighbour', she warnedAndrew Dismore, who represents Hendon, supposed: 'What we have is developers who go around making these offers to people They get a few people signed up then they start to get serious with the ones that won't sell to them

Often they're now buying options, they're not actually putting money up front to buy the home altogetherPublish your views in Reader Comments below (we only require your email for verification - About reader comments) Your comments will be read by journalists from the Daily letters, the letters on Sunday or the Evening normal who will follow up on potential stories and may desire to publish your views - See an example'They'll winkle out those who don't desire to sell They will employ threats, they will employ fear

They'll say to the little aged lady: 'You don't want to put up for sale Fine But immediately next to you on your left, and on your right, will be an enormous block of flats full of very young people Do you really desire to stay

''The old woman will say 'not really', they'll sign up, usually without taking legal advice, they'll pocket a comparatively little amount of money then they'll come to the constituency surgery a few weeks later absolutely frightened about what they've done in selling the family house where they've lived for decades The developers are utterly unscrupulous in this admiration'Does anyone consider the impact on type of weather change of having more homes Or the problems that are being stored up for when these first time buyers require a family home, but that wasn't what was built because more cash could be made from intensive flat structure

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