Your last editorial had a number of good suggestions for increasing the rate of housebuilding. I have another – easier removal of covenants restricting development. I have a large site adjacent to my house that has planning permission for a detached house. My neighbours have a covenant that restricts each plot to a single house.

To remove this requires a lengthy legal process with no guarantee of success despite generous compensation. I would be interested to know how much development is prevented by such covenants and what increase in the rate of housebuilding would result from allowing planning permission to override them.

Rob Howard, Cambridge

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