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Product articles
Below you’ll find articles or communications we’ve issued which are related to our Planning indemnities.
We understand that lenders increasingly request cover that protects their loan security, and the impact that these requests have on shaping products in the legal indemnities market.
We can now offer a new Lack of Planning Permission and/or Building Regulation Consent option for both unknown rights and easements options, where past works at an existing residential or commercial property may have breached covenants and also obstructed unknown third-party rights and easements affecting the title.
When claims occur on legal indemnity policies, the costs are often eye-watering. But as our latest case study shows, it's sometimes down to expertise rather than money which helps a claim reach a successful conclusion.
In its attempts to stimulate the economy, the Government has recently temporarily extended permitted development rights for homeowners, to allow extensions to be built without planning permission.