Mobile Home

gooner63_2

A friend of mine bought a house a couple of years ago ........but before it went up for sale part of the garden was annexed of by the vendors and was retained by them......this part of the garden had a mobile home on it and there was temporary planning for this granted in the late eighties......all services obviously came from the main house.....but were disconnected before the sale. Now the original vendors are trying to sell this land with a mobile home on at a premium price......the land has no planning permission for a dwelling and is unlikely to get it due to it's location. My question is if permission came via the main house.....and you then annex off the piece of land with the mobile home on does the mobile home still have permission to be there !!!!

Many thanks

gooner63_2

Anyone !!!:)

mrschaucer

Wouldn't have thought so if the permission was "temporary" back in the 80s? Why doesn't your friend ask the local planning authority's view - if it doesn't have permission, they could offer a v low price to the sellers as the land then would not be able to be sold for a "premium", and your friend could have a larger garden again ...

gooner63_2

If permission was only temporary in the Eighties.....but it's still there today......has it got permanent permission ......because it seems to have slipped through the planning net......my friends searches in the legal back only state temporary consent, but no other details...I can't believe temporary means 25 years plus !!!!
The main point though is still..... if permission was via the main house ......does the annexed land have permission to have a mobile home on it !!!!

BitterAndTwisted

Why doesn't your friend talk to the Planning Dept at their Local Authority? They're much more likely to get an informed and reliable opinion from them rather than from non-specialist strangers on a forum

planning_officer

In a word - no, it is unlikely to benefit from planning permission. Without seeing the original planning permission it is difficult to give a definitive answer, but originally the land was all one 'planning unit' with a mobile home on part of it - so it did not have a use as an independent dwelling, but was most likely an annexe or just ancillary accommodation to the main dwelling. Whilst the permission was temporary, it would become immune from enforcement action after being there for 4 years (the 4 year period would start when the temporary permission expired, so that is likely to now have been exceeded). However, it only remains lawful whilst it is being used for its original use - i.e. an annexe etc. As soon as this land is separated off and in effect turned into a different planning unit and likewise an independent dwelling, it needs planning permission. As that only happened two years ago, it cannot be immune from enforcement action.

Definitely worth reporting to your Local Planning Authority.