In the UK you can adjust or remove covenants by paying a large fee to the original covenant holder. The legal theory is that the land without the covenant woul

In the UK you can adjust or remove covenants by paying a large fee to the original covenant holder. The legal theory is that the land without the covenant would have been worth more when it was originally sold, so you pay that difference. In this case finding the original covenant holder seems like it would be tricky, but in the UK most covenants were issued by councils [local government] when council-owned housing was sold off, so you'd pay the council to adjust the covenant. Our house has a covenant against keeping farm animals which I've not felt the need to remove.