Has my local council/planning department devalued my house.

collectors

About 10 years ago i purchased my property & all my property was within the local planning area. I was looking to build another house in conjunction with another neighbour as i had a large garden & he could give me access to the lower half of my garden.  Then after applying for planning they told me the boarders for planning had been moved in 2016 from the bottom of my garden to the back of my house. Myself & 4 neighbours had not been informed & were told that it was down to me to check. I am now wondering if this has devalued my property??, as i cant build anything on my property, as all my rear garden is now outside the planning area.
Would i have a claim against them??

25_Years_On

What is a "local planning area"? There used to be an obsession with allowing people to build in gardens but this became much harder in recent times.

AdrianC

Do you mean your property straddles the boundary between two local authorities?

If so, apply for permission in the one that covers the plot...

GDB2222

I am struggling to understand the OP. Nevertheless, the gist seems to be that the local council boundary has changed, and he wants some compo, as he wasn’t consulted fully. The compo culture has taken root well in this country.

Doozergirl

I'm presuming that you're talking about a village envelope, perhaps.  

It hasn't devalued your house.  It's stopped you from building in the back garden, something there's no guarantee of getting, without this additional barrier.  They obviously don't want backland development, hence they've done what they've done.  

You never had planning permission and never had the additional value from it to lose.  

Of course you don't have a claim!  It's their strategic planning policy, you're at the whim of it.  

nyermen

I think its potentially about to get easier again?   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53625960

Doozergirl

nyermen said:

I think its potentially about to get easier again?   https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/uk-53625960

Not for the OP, it won't! 

"under the new rules, land will be designated in one of three categories: for growth, for renewal and for protection." 

So the OPs would be classified for protection.  It already has - it's just semantics.  

davidmcn

No, of course you can't claim just because the Local Plan has changed (if that's what you mean). You can keep up to date yourself (and find out how to respond to relevant consultations) by looking at your council's website - these decisions aren't made in secret.

collectors

Thanks for the interesting replies & yes it comes under the village envelope. What was very strange is we put in for planning for a single house with a restrictive covenant to say that after a single house was built, no other development would be allowed in perpetuity on this land to please the locals. The nearest local house was just over 80m from the plot to be built on & none of the other houses would actually be able to see the new build. We also had a complaint from as far as 1 mile away. But hay'ho the neighbour that i was planing the project with is offered to buy the land off me, with taking a gamble at a later date. If he has no luck, he will have an extra 1/2 acre of land to mow.

Owain_Moneysaver

collectors said:

But hay'ho the neighbour that i was planing the project with is offered to buy the land off me, with taking a gamble at a later date.

Then you may wish to negotiate an uplift clause in the sale so that if he or a subsequent owner do obtain planning permission you gain a share (usually a third) of the increase in the plot value (not the sale value of the final house). 

sammyjammy

collectors said:

Thanks for the interesting replies & yes it comes under the village envelope. What was very strange is we put in for planning for a single house with a restrictive covenant to say that after a single house was built, no other development would be allowed in perpetuity on this land to please the locals. The nearest local house was just over 80m from the plot to be built on & none of the other houses would actually be able to see the new build. We also had a complaint from as far as 1 mile away. But hay'ho the neighbour that i was planing the project with is offered to buy the land off me, with taking a gamble at a later date. If he has no luck, he will have an extra 1/2 acre of land to mow.

So you would get to build a house but nobody else would?  Jeeze....