Flat block owners to get right to add floors with no permission needed

Ministry’s move to allow two storeys to be added to blocks aims to boost homeownership The shadows are about to lengthen across suburbia. Property owners are to be granted new rights to install extra storeys on housing blocks without planning permission in a government push to boost homeownership that appears likely to provoke furious neighbourhood debates.The scheme, which will begin this summer, is expected to transform the skyline of residential areas as owners are allowed to build upwa