Planning application transferrable?

pawlala

Hope someone with knowledge of planning issues can help

I'm thinking of moving to a property so decided to check out recent planning applications nearby. Turns out there was a planning application submitted in 2005 for the property next door for a two storey extension. It was approved in June 2005 which by my reckoning means that work must start this June at the latest.

The application was submitted by a Limited renovations company who according to Companies House has now been dissolved. When I last went for a viewing the extension next door had not been built, but some landscaping works detailed in the application had been completed. The same house was sold 18 months after the application was approved, but don't know whether the house belongs to the same people who wanted the extension.

Is the application transferrable to a different company? Could building work still go ahead? Does a house sale make any difference?

Thanks for any info

Cannon_Fodder

Yes, it is transferable - which is why you see houses with large plots sold "with planning permission" as a highlighted feature.

Even if it expired, it wouldn't be much trouble to get the permission again.

Assume it will be built one day.

pawlala

thanks. Guess I will have to wait and see what develops in the Spring/Summer.

Gwhiz

Planning permission is always for a property/land - not for a person. So you could actually apply for planning even on land you do not own.

Planner

Gwhiz wrote: »

Planning permission is always for a property/land - not for a person. So you could actually apply for planning even on land you do not own.

This isnt 100% true. There can be personal planning permissions relating to a particular person or company. They are very rare and this is very unlikley to be one.