Buying land

skinback69

hi does anyone know about buying land or what to do i live in a property which backs on to fields and ive just had a conservatory built and was hoping to try and buy some of the field to get my garden back thing is nobody else has bought any of the land and i dont know who the owners of the fields are
i would also like to know what sort of prices you can buy land at i suppose its how long is a piece of string but if anyone has had any experience with it i would love to know
thanks in advance

Errata

If it's farm land it's very rare for councils to approve an application for change of use from agricultural to domestic.

skinback69

yes it is farm land do the council have to approve it then i just thought if the owners wanted to sell some they could but at a price

olias

Farmers field - agricultural
Garden - domestic/residential

Two completely different things as far as planning law is concerned. You would have to apply for planning permission for change of use of the land from one to the other. TBH I don't think you have a hope. In the eyes of the planners changing agricultural land to garden is virtually the same as whacking a dwelling on it.

Olias

planning_officer

Yep, you will have to apply for planning permission to change the use of the land from agricultural to residential, and as Olias says, such applications are rarely approved as it represents an encroachment of residential land onto rural agricultural land, which is damaging to the rural character. Check the policies of your local Council though to see whether it may be acceptable - although if it's Green Belt or AONB you have no chance. You can still buy the land, but it remains agricultural land, so you can't dig flower beds, put sheds up, let the kids play on it etc - you could always plant fruit trees and have an orchard (that's a horticultural use, which is included in the definition of agriculture).

AdrianW2

I've bought poor quality agricultural land at £1000/acre. On the other hand I know someone else who paid £35,000 for a few square meters. The difference being that he wanted the particular few square meters that bordered his back garden.