Greenbelt land offered

JC_Derby

Sorry if this is the wrong place for this.

MiL has been offered part of a field which is at the end of her garden. Been offered the width of the field adjacent to her garden, her neighbours have received the same offer.
Apparently its greenbelt land. Ive been told that if she does buy it she cant do anything with it - ie turn it into an extended garden as this becomes change of use and needs planning permission.

Can anyone clarify this or offer any advice.
Obviously one of the reasons for buying this would be to stop anyone else getting a change of use through at any stage and building properties there.

Gloomendoom

If it was me and I could afford it I would buy it for just the reason that you have mentioned... it will stop somebody else buying it and 'developing' it. Although, if the land is being offered, the current owner must be pretty certain that they will not be able to make a fortune selling it as building land.

My neighbours have bought the paddock at the end of their garden and the restrictions are pretty tough. They had to fight for a year just to get permission to put a shed up on it.

neneromanova

JC_Derby wrote: »

she cant do anything with it - ie turn it into an extended garden as this becomes change of use and needs planning permission.

So she could do something if she got planning permission. Why not try getting planning permission for it then? nothing to lose and more to gain

But I would buy it if I had the money so that noone could build down the end

A.Penny.Saved

My first thought are of the weeding and grass cutting :eek:

Stopping someone building student apartments or something else unpleasant would be worth doing but what restrictions are there? Can't you even tarmac it over to keep the hassle from maintaining down?

Gloomendoom

neneromanova wrote: »

But I would buy it if I had the money so that noone could build down the end

Who is this chap Noone? He seems to crop up in a lot of posts.

JC_Derby

neneromanova wrote: »

So she could do something if she got planning permission. Why not try getting planning permission for it then? nothing to lose and more to gain

But I would buy it if I had the money so that noone could build down the end

because too me it seems unlikely. why would you sell land if you could get planning permission yourself?

as far asim aware you cant even tarmac greenbelt land as it would then have had a change of use. im not even sure you can mow it or turn it to garden.
Does anyone have any actual experience of this?

MX5huggy

I would buy it and plant fruit trees/ daffs for cropping of course you would have to mow to keep the weeds down and production high.

Gloomendoom

JC_Derby wrote: »

because too me it seems unlikely. why would you sell land if you could get planning permission yourself?

as far asim aware you cant even tarmac greenbelt land as it would then have had a change of use. im not even sure you can mow it or turn it to garden.
Does anyone have any actual experience of this?

Yes, you are correct. You cannot turn it into garden without planning permission. I discussed this with my local planning office when my neighbour wanted to put a shed on his land. He wanted to build a lake on it too but that was turned down although I didn't have any objection to anything he wanted to do.

Essentially, you can only use it it for what it is being used for now. Mowing it won't be a problem and I expect you could graze animals or grow crops on it too.

Why not speak to your local planning office. They will tell you exactly what you can and can't do without applying for change of use.

You most definitely can't tarmac it!

neneromanova

Gloomendoom wrote: »

Who is this chap Noone? He seems to crop up in a lot of posts.

He's a very good friend of mine. Gets around a lot though

System

i would definitely take it!! even if it's not very valuable at the moment who knows what the long term holds, green belt is very difficult to get permission to build on, however, it doesn't mean it never happens!

JC_Derby

the_r_sole wrote: »

i would definitely take it!! even if it's not very valuable at the moment who knows what the long term holds, green belt is very difficult to get permission to build on, however, it doesn't mean it never happens!

lol
I think its probably alot of money for What it is. als i wouldnt want it to be built on!!