Managing Trustees selling land or buildings are often asked by a potential buyer to allow the buyer time to undertake various investigations before they are in a position to exchange contracts. Such an arrangement may be documented in an “Exclusivity” Agreement or a “Lock Out” Agreement.

Landlord and tenant legislation is ever changing making it essential for Managing Trustees who let out residential property to keep an eye on what is happening and know what action they need to take to ensure they are fulfilling the statutory responsibilities placed on them as a landlord. This article summarises some important recent changes that Managing Trustees need to be aware of.

METHODIST CENTRAL HALL, MANCHESTER, SEEKS NEW TRUSTEES to develop the vision and ten year strategic plan for the Methodist Central Hall, Manchester in order to speak powerfully of God’s love by making this building a focal point for community engagement through the combined use for mission and income through commercial use.

The Web Applications Team at Methodist Church House would like to draw Managing Trustees’ attention to the following updates to the Help & Guidance pages on the Property Consents Website:

You may have received a notification from the Local Authority that your Church/Church Hall has been nominated by a local community group to be placed on the List of Assets of Community Value. It is important to know that Managing Trustees can make representations to the Local Authority that the Local Authority should consider when deciding whether or not to place the property on the List.

In light of GDPR and the Data Protection Act 2018, we have added a notice to the old Data Protection Booklet to indicate that despite the former Data Protection Act 1998 being repealed, Managing Trustees should still refer to the old guidance in relation to Data Subject Access Requests.

The Managing Trustees receive an offer to buy a property – what do they do next? By the time the Managing Trustees receive an offer, the Qualified Surveyor’s Report (“QSR”) will have been approved by TMCP and the Managing Trustees will have marketed the property in line with the advice of the surveyor as set out in the QSR.