Parking Permit - Restrictions in Lease

Alan2020

Most new flats in crowded city centres will have this as a planning condition.
Of course you can apply as the council say but you will not be allocated one.

Don’t buy if you need parking as sooner or later Council will clamp down. They don’t forget planning conditions, people will complain and it will be enforced.

JayBeeFrog

I read through all of the planning documents available online regarding the recent works (ground floor extension) and found no mention of parking restrictions. Whether something was put in place before this I don’t know.

silvercar

In our area you would only be entitled to one permit per property, so it may be that the original house an only be allocated one free permit. To avoid squabbles between the owners of the 7 flats as to who gets the free permit the leases may have attached that right to one flat only.

davidmcn

JayBeeFrog wrote: »

I read through all of the planning documents available online regarding the recent works (ground floor extension) and found no mention of parking restrictions. Whether something was put in place before this I don’t know.

If there were anything relevant it would have been in the consent for the original construction / conversion of the flats.

Comms69

No lease can prevent action outside of the property.


Where you park your vehicle has no relation to where you sleep.

Okrib

Depending on the council they might need the V5 form to be registered to the property along with some other form of proof of address (bank statement etc). It would be pretty simple for the freeholder to provide this information if they wanted the permit themselves.

Alternatively, councils often do place restrictions on new build properties where there are no parking permits allocated, or on conversions on houses into flats where only a proportion of the properties have the right to a permit.

I would ask the council if anyone is currently claiming a permit for this property. I suspect the freeholder probably is.

stator

Put in a FOI request to the council and ask for a list of properties in that parking zone which are not allowed parking permits. Then check your house isn't on that list.


It's quite common for new housing units in over subscribed areas to not allow parking. If you're on the list, the council will not allow one.


You might think of asking for an indemnity policy to cover the loss of value in your home if it turns out you can't get a parking space. It could be quite a significant loss in value.

davidmcn

stator wrote: »

You might think of asking for an indemnity policy to cover the loss of value in your home if it turns out you can't get a parking space. It could be quite a significant loss in value.

Not sure exactly what risk you'd be seeking to insure against - surely the council's current parking policy is known? And what goes in the lease is subject to negotiation between the OP and the vendor. Are you talking about insurance against future changes to the council's parking policy?