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Amend the Party Wall Act 1996 to give adjoining owners stronger legal protection

Submitted by Michael Haggett on Thursday 17th July 2025

Published on Monday 4th August 2025

Current status: Closed

Closed: Wednesday 4th February 2026

Signatures: 21

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Tagged with

Affordable ~ Build ~ Compensation ~ compensation scheme ~ Create ~ Damaged ~ Ensure ~ Expose ~ FINES ~ Grant ~ Ignore ~ Innocent ~ Law ~ Legal action ~ local ~ Option ~ Owners ~ Penalty ~ property ~ Protecting ~ Reform ~ Scheme ~ The Act ~ The Law ~ The Party ~ Trespass ~ Unlawful ~ view ~ Viewing ~ Wall ~ weather ~ work

Daily and Total Signatures by Date

Popularity

This petition has 21 signatures in total, with signatories from 17 constituencies. That makes it the 42,053rd most popular petition of all time.

Geography

This petition has a Diversity Rating of 7% (very low) and a Local Issue Rating of -2% (very low).

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Notes on geography

Signatures by constituency and region don't necessarily add up to the total number of signatures. That's because the petitions system doesn't validate postcodes, and some people mistype them. And without a valid postcode, a signature cannot be allocated to any particular place.

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