Buying land from administrators?

martyp

tyllwyd wrote: »

If there is planning permission granted which shows trees growing on the land, I shouldn't rely on that meaning that there could not be new planning permission with something built there. With developers, you can't rely on anything until you see the foundations being built and it becomes uneconomic to make any changes!

Hi tyllwyd,
The planning application stated that the land couldn't be used for any kind of development for the 'forseeable future' due to the land having been mined heavily and several building having had to be demolished because the land was unstable. Unsure exactly how long it might be before it could be potentially built upon again...

martyp

poppysarah wrote: »

Footpath on it then the footpath mob might get a hold of you. Is it a right of way?

Hi poppysarah, it's a muddy track more than a proper footpath to be honest. The land was the contents of a quarry which was dumped there so I can't be sure it's been used regularly for long enough to class as a public right of way (less than 20 years)?
That would be perfect though in that it might prevent a house being built on it?

RLH33

I would be a little careful also about whether you can actually include this land into your garden.

If the land has been shown on a planning application as having trees on it then it could be conditioned on that planning application as being a type of amenity land, for example you get this with verges and open space on estates etc. If this is the case then you would need planning permission to change the use to residential land i.e. garden before you could fence it and include it in your garden.

If the land has been set aside as landscaping as part of a wider development, or even an adjacent development, the local Council may be unwilling to see it fenced and lost as an area of open space.

tyllwyd

martyp wrote: »

Hi tyllwyd,
The planning application stated that the land couldn't be used for any kind of development for the 'forseeable future' due to the land having been mined heavily and several building having had to be demolished because the land was unstable. Unsure exactly how long it might be before it could be potentially built upon again...

If that is the case, maybe it isn't such a worry about a house potentially being built there? I would imagine that if the land is unstable due to mining, there would have to be some expensive work to make it suitable for building (if it is possible) so if something is built in the next few years they aren't likely to want to spend that kind of money. (Does that mining blight the value of your own house?)