Question to the Ministry of Housing, Communities and Local Government:

To ask the Secretary of State for Levelling Up, Housing and Communities, whether it is his Department's policy that all tenants should be notified of proposals to enfranchise the property they are occupying; and whether all tenants are required to consent to (a) proposals to enfranchise and (b) building extensions.

The Government is committed to making it easier and cheaper for leaseholders to purchase the freehold of their building.

There is no current requirement for all tenants to be notified of proposals for collective freehold acquisition, or for all tenants to consent to a collective freehold acquisition.

The Law Commission have set out a number of recommendations intended to improve the right of collective freehold acquisition. We will respond in due course.

Individual leases set out landlord and leaseholder rights and restrictions in altering their property, including whether landlord consent is required. Building extensions, whether instigated by the landlord or leaseholder, must comply with relevant planning and building regulation obligations.