We are delighted to announce that the 2016 Listed Property Owners’ Forum will be hosted by The Listed Property Owners’ Club in partnership with Craig Mackinlay, Conservative MP for South Thanet and chairman of our All Party Parliamentary Group; at The Guildhall, Sandwich on Saturday 15th October.
The event has been specifically designed to allow listed property owners to come along and discuss their concerns or suggestions surrounding listed property ownership with a local MP.
Craig will be listening to visitors’ views on how parliament can better serve the needs of listed property owners through actions such as simplifying the planning process and reducing VAT for work on listed buildings to 5%. The LPOC team will also be on hand to explain more about our Campaign for Owners and to offer help and advice on topics such as listed building consent and specialist insurance cover.
This first ever forum is a real milestone for the club, which plans to hold similar events in other areas of the UK in order to help as many owners as possible.
The Listed Property Owners’ Forum takes place in The Guildhall, Sandwich on Saturday 15th October from 10am to 4pm. Entrance is free and visitors are invited to drop in at any time during the day. To confirm your attendance, please email events@lpoc.co.uk
About the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties
In support of our Campaign for Owners, The Listed Property Owners’ Club has campaigned for the creation of an All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) which would allow us to take issues to Westminster and work with others in the heritage sector to promote positive change for listed building owners. The aims of our campaign include: reducing VAT to 5% on repairs and approved alterations to listed buildings; reducing red tape and bureaucracy in the regulatory regimes without compromising heritage protection; highlighting the inadequate level of conservation professionals in many planning departments and achieving consistency in local authority decision making. The APPG is chaired by Craig Mackinlay, Conservative MP for South Thanet.
