We have updated the template letter for you to use when writing to your parliamentary candidate, highlighting the difficulties you face as a listed property owner and details of our campaign. Your name Address Date Dear Parliamentary Candidate I am writing to ask you to give support to a campaign to help protect an important part of the nation’s heritage. Thousands of listed properties across the country, including many in your own constituency, are cherished and protected by owners who spend time and resources keeping them in good repair. In 2012 the Government dealt a huge blow to those owners
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Owners’ campaign for tax and planning reform launching at Listed Property Show to protect national heritage
Listed property owners are to have a unique opportunity to shape a major campaign to change tax and planning laws at the Listed Property Show at Olympia London on 18-19 February 2017. The Listed Property Owners’ Club (LPOC) is launching ‘Owners’ Voice’ at the Show, following the successful creation of their All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties. Those attending the Show will be able to make their case directly to the secretariat of the new APPG, describing the challenges of owning a listed home and setting out the solutions for Government. Challenges owners face go back to 2012 when government
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LPOC hosts APPG Launch at Parliament
LPOC’s Political Campaign for Owners took another step forward on 25th October with the official APPG (All-Party Parliamentary Group) on Listed Properties launch at Parliament. Invited by APPG chair Craig Mackinlay, MP for South Thanet, a host of MPs came along to pledge their support for listed properties and our campaign. The MPs proudly displayed the number of listed properties in each of their constituencies and many were interested in being involved in the APPG. This latest development will help to to boost the APPG and help us to take our campaign to government for reduced VAT for all work on listed buildings.
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The Listed Property Owners Forum
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
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More MPs pledge their support for the APPG
Bill Wiggin Conservative MP for North Herefordshire is the latest MP to join the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties. There are 4150 listed buildings in his constituency, one of which belongs to Bill himself so he was happy to join the group. Karen Buck Labour MP for Westminster North has also joined the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties after a member in her constituency contacted her urging her to join. There are 726 listed buildings in her constituency.
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Chairman for the APPG agreed
We are really delighted that the MP for South Thanet, Craig Mackinlay has agreed to head the proposed All-Party Parliamentary Group (APPG) on Listed Properties. Craig has great tenacity which was shown in his fight to defeat the UKIP leader, Nigel Farage, at the recent General Election and he is promising to use this same dedicated approach for Listed Property owners. Craig already has extensive knowledge of our problems with 1500 listed buildings in his South Thanet constituency, including the town of Sandwich which has more listed buildings per head of population than any other town in the UK. We
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How many listed buildings is your MP responsible for?
The below tables show a list of MP’s who currently hold a seat in Parliament, and the number of listed buildings in their constituency. Constituency Number of LB MP Party Constituency Number of LB MP Party Aldershot 121 Leo Docherty Con Loughborough 355 Nicky Morgan Con Aldridge-Brownhills 23 Wendy Morton Con Louth and Horncastle 1372 Victoria Atkins Con Altrincham and Sale West Boro 201 Graham Brady Con Ludlow 3278 Philip Dunne Con Amber Valley 251 Nigel Mills Con Luton North 7 Kelvin Hopkins Lab Arundel and South Downs 2784 Nick Herbert Con Luton South 109 Gavin Shuker Con Ashfield 103
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Party manifestos outline plans for heritage
The political parties have released their manifestos ahead of the general election on May 7th. While the subject of VAT and listed property ownership was absent from the two main political parties manifestos, UKIP and the Green Party outlined their plans for heritage. The Liberal Democrats focused on energy efficiency for all properties. UKIP Manifesto: From our Norman castles to Battersea Power Station, our heritage is an important part of our vibrant tourist industry, which supports three million jobs and contributes £127 billion annually to our economy. PUTTING HERITAGE AND TOURISM BACK ON THE MAP Heritage’ was a dirty word
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Green Party MP shows support for LPOC’s campaign
Green MP Caroline Lucas contacted us in support of our campaign for owners. The member for Brighton Pavilion said: “I very much support your aims” upon receiving a copy of the presentation we gave to Parliament in October. Ms Lucas said that although her current commitments as the sole Green MP means she is unable to pledge to join our All Party Parliamentary Group now, it is something she would re-consider after the election. We also hope to take advantage of Caroline’s offer to meet and discuss our work further after May 7th, particularly in light of the Green Party’s
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MP for Shipley Philip Davies latest to join the APPG
MP for Shipley Philip Davies is the latest to join the All-Party Parliamentary Group on Listed Properties. This brings the total of MPs and Lords supporting the group to 18. We aim to reach the target number of 20 MPs and Lords needed to form an APPG in the new parliament. Those MPs and Lords already supporting us are: Philip Davies Shipley Charles Hendry Wealden Sir Hugh Robertson(standing down at election) Faversham & Mid Kent David Amess Southend West Lord Tope Sir Peter Bottomley Worthing West Andrew Rosindell Romford Tracey Crouch Chatham & Aylesford Nick do Bois Enfield North Peter Aldous
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