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Then the point as to holding in a discretionary trust still applies unless you have this exact situation currently happening, but bear in mind that stamp duty minimisation might still result in a cgt event

If this is only hypothetical then holding a property in a company means there is no CGT discount if the property is held for more than 12 months before disposal. If you want flexibility then a discretionary trust may be the way to go, even if for other reasons you need to have a unit trust then...

From a stamp duty perspective that sounds right, but there will be other consequences unless the new shares are issued at the value of the existing share. Is the property a pre CGT asset?