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Live/Work change of use

whichwaydidhego
whichwaydidhego Posts: 11 Forumite
in House buying, renting & selling
Hi wondering if anyone can help. We are selling our home and have live/work status - which is now redundant and makes it difficult for buyers to find a mortgage - and we need to change the status to residential. We also changed our council tax band a good few years ago and I'm wondering if we'd have to pay the difference in costs for the years it hasn't been in use as live/work - around 4 or 5 years.

Thanks in advance.

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  • anselld
    anselld Posts: 8,684 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    Planning application for change of use to C3.
    When/if planning is approved inform the VOA office to revalue as fully residential and presumably remove the Business Rates element.
  • whichwaydidhego
    whichwaydidhego Posts: 11 Forumite
    Thanks so much. Will this affect anything? Will I owe anyone money? Can they try to take a portion of the value of the house..?
  • anselld
    anselld Posts: 8,684 Forumite
    Part of the Furniture 1,000 Posts Name Dropper
    whichwaydidhego wrote: »
    Thanks so much. Will this affect anything? Will I owe anyone money? Can they try to take a portion of the value of the house..?

    You will have to pay for a planning application.

    You may need to pay additional Council Tax depending what the VOA decide and if they decide to backdate any banding change.
  • Fuzzyness
    Fuzzyness Posts: 635 Forumite
    when my council tax band went up after an unsuccessful application to the VOA i wasn't liable for any backdated council tax. probably best to give them a call.
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