Selling house but missing planning permission....

usemobile

Thanks for response,

It is not extended any where but made separates doors to A and B with kithchen,shower separatly and paying separate Tenancy agreements/council tax since 4 years 5 months till today.

I have two separate lease as well for A and B flats and we can see in land registry before 4years.

When i approach estate they raised the point of PP.

What to do ? They need evidence to make lawful .

Regards

chappers

That is then your evidence ,the point of splitting the title to the two properties.

lush_walrus

foolishqueen wrote: »

Hello Everyone,

I am currently selling my house which I bought in January this year. We have just rejected an offer £15k below asking as apparently the single story extension to the side of the house which has the kitchen, does not have planning permission (the guy who made the offer found this out as he is quite meticulous my agent says).

Now the person we bought the house from said there were no planning issues in the sellers questionnaire you get. She bought the house in 1991, and as I have the actual deeds, I can see from a copy of the Land Registry entry for 1991 that the extension was there then. This makes it at least 16/17 years old.

What are the issues surrounding restrospective planning permission given the age of the extension? Obviously I am going to have to decalre this which is going to put a lot of people off. Do I have any comeback with anyone - my original solicitor/the seller?

Just a bit confused and concerned about the implications and hoping someone out there has some info.

Thanks.

Are you sure it needed planning permission, some solicitors don't exactly know what they are doing on this. Is this the only extension? And is it single storey? If so, then it is very unlikely. Permitted development allows for an extension that fits planning guidelines to be built without permission. A kitchen extension should be within that, if you post the size of it, and how it compares in terms of % of your original house, I can check for you.

usemobile

chappers wrote: »

That is then your evidence ,the point of splitting the title to the two properties.

Thanks

But this estate agents asking PP offcourse they can see the evidence of land registry. Compitition with in estate agents making flat to go down price with this issue.

What about this Building regs , is there any involvement in this for Building regs regarding sound proof or separate utilities like that.

Any experience information regarding this

Cheers

Doozergirl

Your two flats have been in existance long enough that Building Regs and Planning Permission are not really issues any more. You could talk to the Planning Department about your property, without giving the address, and ask them whether you will be able to obtain a certificate of lawful development for the flats in your circumstances.

If the EA is having none of it, then I suggest you find a different EA and talk less about issues which your solicitor will be able you to deal with after you have found a buyer

Estate Agents are Estate Agents; things like Planning Permissions and Building Regs are for Solicitors to deal with, not EAs.

ds1980

you don't need planning in any case. You are allowed a certain amount of permitted development depending on type of house.

If you house has no other extensions (loft etc) then it should fall into that anyway

this guy is obviously just another charlie trying his luck. Tell him to take a hike unless he pays full asking price!