Has my local council/planning department devalued my house.

GDB2222

sammyjammy said:

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....

On his own land. Why is that wrong?

Davesnave

collectors said:

 We also had a complaint from as far as 1 mile away.......

Interesting assumptions are often hidden in posts, and yours is no exception.

Why shouldn't someone a mile away complain if they think a development is unsuitable? The matter will be decided on planning grounds, not whether any individual can see it, or lives nearby.

A month ago I wrote a letter of objection to an application for planning, because it affected the community, not because it had any bearing on my life at all.

AdrianC

GDB2222 said:

sammyjammy said:

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....

On his own land. Why is that wrong?

But nobody else can build a house on the OP's land anyway...

The OP wants to restrict future owners from building a house on what would then be THEIR land...

Doozergirl

Davesnave said:

collectors said:

 We also had a complaint from as far as 1 mile away.......

Interesting assumptions are often hidden in posts, and yours is no exception.

Why shouldn't someone a mile away complain if they think a development is unsuitable? The matter will be decided on planning grounds, not whether any individual can see it, or lives nearby.

A month ago I wrote a letter of objection to an application for planning, because it affected the community, not because it had any bearing on my life at all.

Agree.  I wrote one for a development 100 miles from home, on the street that I grew up in because I felt passionately that it set a horrid precedent for an unusually green street in London and it would be detrimental to current and future residents to not be able to enjoy what I benefited from.  

I didn't complain about the garage that a current neighbour built that doesn't meet PD, because I couldn't really care less.  

Davesnave

Doozergirl said:

Davesnave said:

collectors said:

 We also had a complaint from as far as 1 mile away.......

Interesting assumptions are often hidden in posts, and yours is no exception.

Why shouldn't someone a mile away complain if they think a development is unsuitable? The matter will be decided on planning grounds, not whether any individual can see it, or lives nearby.

A month ago I wrote a letter of objection to an application for planning, because it affected the community, not because it had any bearing on my life at all.

Agree.  I wrote one for a development 100 miles from home, on the street that I grew up in because I felt passionately that it set a horrid precedent for an unusually green street in London and it would be detrimental to current and future residents to not be able to enjoy what I benefited from.  

I didn't complain about the garage that a current neighbour built that doesn't meet PD, because I couldn't really care less.  

Similarly, some very rich neighbours of mine built an extra habitable floor into a barn and made it higher than on the plans to accommodate this. I took photos and made ready to drop them in it, but on reflection, decided my 'concern' was misplaced. At least 3 other neighbours, including myself, have breached planning in the past 10 years and the barn looks fine in the landscape. While the previous owner of the property would have apoplexy if he could see it now, I have no doubt all the extensive works done on it have been carried out exceedingly well, if not 'in the best possible taste.' The fact that this was clandestine made it the least offensive part!

GDB2222

AdrianC said:

GDB2222 said:

sammyjammy said:

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....

On his own land. Why is that wrong?

But nobody else can build a house on the OP's land anyway...

The OP wants to restrict future owners from building a house on what would then be THEIR land...

Any purchaser would know about the covenant. 

Doozergirl

GDB2222 said:

AdrianC said:

GDB2222 said:

sammyjammy said:

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....

On his own land. Why is that wrong?

But nobody else can build a house on the OP's land anyway...

The OP wants to restrict future owners from building a house on what would then be THEIR land...

Any purchaser would know about the covenant. 

They could also ignore it once the OP is off the scene, so to speak.  Indemnity policy time... 

collectors

What the locals were worried about was the application of 11 houses being built on the land that was refused by the local planning dept anyway & though this was going to be the same.. This was submitted by the previous owner, 14 years ago.  I was giving the opportunity to just build one house & refuse any future build on the land. But the lovely local just see planning & object without reading what would be given back. Strange that the local parish objected, yet 3 of them that sit on the council that also drink at my local did not know a thing about it. Strange.
The neighbour that was giving me access to the land at the bottom of the garden, that had a 110met private drive for himself & 4 other houses also lost out on me re-tarmacking their road as part of the deal at a cost of 18k to me.  If i sell the land to this neighbour, he is not interested in future planning deals for new houses. I think what he is after is possibly building a granny flat on the side of his house so his family can move in & look after him with some independence.  He is 90, but still on the ball.
Makes me laugh, i asked a local estate agent to value the land for me, & they want £360 just for that. Not bad for an hours work.