Welcome to the Summer 2010 update from Strutt & Parker’s Land Research Group.

May's General election delivered the youngest prime minister in almost two centuries;
the first coalition government in 65 years and the first-ever Conservative-Liberal
Democrat government. The political and fiscal challenges the government faces are
equally unique in their scale. As we sit in anticipation in the period of calm before the
storm, the way in which it addresses those challenges could have serious implications
landowners.

This quarter we cover how the new coalition Government intends to do business, upcoming increases to the Assured Shorthold Tenant maximum rent threshold, planning for the historic environment, and changes affecting properties with septic tanks.

Read the full update: Land Research Group update Summer 2010