Petition · past parliament

Make overage provision on selling land illegal

Closed 396 signatures

What the petition asks

This is unfair to people purchasing land and wanting to add value to it, if the old vendor wanted to gain from developing the land then they should have done it when they owned it, why should they gain from someone else’s hard work.
An overage provision is put on land by the vendor, so when new buyer either gets development planning or increases the value of the land the new owner has to give the old owner up to 50% of the value gained on top of what they paid. This is unfair to people purchasing land and wanting to add value to it, if the old vendor wanted to gain from developing the land then they should have done it when they owned it, why should they gain from someone else’s hard work.

Timeline

18 Feb 2021 Petition opened for signatures
18 Aug 2021 Closed to new signatures

Key facts

Signatures 396
Status Closed
Opened 18 Feb 2021
Closed 18 Aug 2021

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Source: the official petition page. Last checked 15 Jul 2026.