TA6 form Help please

Sunny23_2

Hi, im new to this so please bear with me!

We have accepted and offer on our property and have stated proceding with solicitors. This is the first time we have sold a house so not very clued up on all this! We have received the TA6 form in the post and have started to fill it out. We have a query on section 3.2 about any proposals of development of land nearby. How far do they accept as nearby and does this include proposals which have been refused planning? We live on a new build estate which has had proposals for expansion close to our property refused recently. Do these need to be included even though they have been refused and not current?

Thank you for your help!

Fire_Fox

Please check this with your conveyancer - it is important to get this right and you are paying them for legal advice.

AlexMac

Agree with FF but your buyer's conveyancer will check this themselves via the local authority search, and plan-aps are public knowledge (and often viewable online via the local council' site or a link therein).

So while it's necessary to be honest on the standard enquiries forms it's not a deal breaker even if you were to say 'not to our knowledge' or 'make you own enquiries'. The only dodgy replies would be if you lied (even by omission) in respect of things such as neighbour disputes or access problems which you knew about and which would devalue your property. In fact, refusal of some recent planning applications (which you presumably could only be expected to know about if you were on the list of neighbours consulted by the Council?) could be an asset, not a problem?

The questions I really like answering are those about flood risk, as co-incidentally, out last three homes have been on London hilltops which would need a 200 foot rise in sea-levels or polar melting to inundate!

caeler

I'm in the same boat so have answered yes and made reference to the continued building of the development.

bigmomma051204

Your buyers are lucky.... I am buying a house at present and our seller has REFUSED to complete that form. They have been MOST unhelpful and pretty vile though to be fair - they have bullied us via the estate agent EVERY day since we had offer accepted. Yes, a phonecall EVERY day from estate agent saying "what have you done today? Vendor is asking for 4 week completion etc etc" Every day for 5 weeks. It sucks! So i envy your buyer LOL

Fire_Fox

bigmomma051204 wrote: »

Your buyers are lucky.... I am buying a house at present and our seller has REFUSED to complete that form. They have been MOST unhelpful and pretty vile though to be fair - they have bullied us via the estate agent EVERY day since we had offer accepted. Yes, a phonecall EVERY day from estate agent saying "what have you done today? Vendor is asking for 4 week completion etc etc" Every day for 5 weeks. It sucks! So i envy your buyer LOL

Seriously? I'd tell the estate agent you deem their actions to be harassment and only to contact you once a week, or to remove your telephone number from their system and only contact you by letter. If they want to write to you daily let them crack on. :rotfl:

Sunny23_2

Thank you for your replies, I spoke to our solictors and as a result answered yes stating that plans for expansion of site have been refused. Fingers crossed that we manage to complete without any hold ups! :-)