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

Amend the Party Wall Act 1996 by introducing penalties such as fines for any breaches, grant local authorities powers to enforce compliance, create an affordable dispute tribunal, and establish a compensation scheme to protect any adjoining owners affected by unlawful or damaging works.

More details

We think the Party Wall etc. Act 1996 fails to protect adjoining owners when building owners ignore the rules. There is no enforcement procedure within the Act, and no automatic fines or right to stop potentially unlawful works. We believe this leaves innocent homeowners exposed to trespass, structural damage, and weather ingress, with no option but costly legal action to protect their property. In our view, the law unfairly favours those doing the work and urgently needs reform to ensure adjoining owners are properly safeguarded.

This petition is closed All petitions run for 6 months

21 signatures

Progress of the petition towards its next target: 21 of 10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Show on a map the geographical breakdown of signatures by constituency

10,000 signatures required to get a government response

Date closed 4 February 2026
Get petition data (json format)

About petition data

The data shows the number of people who have signed the petition by country as well as in the constituency of each Member of Parliament. This data is available for all petitions on the site. It is not a list of people who have signed the petition. The only name that is shared on the site is that of the petition creator.