Living near new build development

Beeboo23

AskAsk said:

Beeboo23 said:

AskAsk said:

for such a big development, i am surprised it hasn't been flagged up in the searches.  not sure about where you stand with the owner claiming no knowledge of the project.  doesn't sound right to me.

We haven’t actually spoken to them about it, it just came to my attention through a conversation I had with someone else. 

There was a standard clause in the survey results about the area possibly having planning permission but when I asked the solicitor he said he puts that in all the searches as there’s so many new build developments popping up and he might look at changing the wording of it. 

you don't have to speak to the vendor.  they have to declare on the property information form if they are aware of any proposed development in the area.  something this big would be lodged at the council, unless the person you spoke is mistaken and is referring to something that had already been turned down by the council or that it is in its early stage and no consultation has yet taken place.

you could try to google as developments can be posted on the internet in articles.

It looks like it’s a proposed development site. They have a sign up saying they’ve acquired the land. Planning permission was submitted in March last year and they had a public consultation last month. 

davidmcn

AskAsk said:

Beeboo23 said:

AskAsk said:

for such a big development, i am surprised it hasn't been flagged up in the searches.  not sure about where you stand with the owner claiming no knowledge of the project.  doesn't sound right to me.

We haven’t actually spoken to them about it, it just came to my attention through a conversation I had with someone else. 

There was a standard clause in the survey results about the area possibly having planning permission but when I asked the solicitor he said he puts that in all the searches as there’s so many new build developments popping up and he might look at changing the wording of it. 

you don't have to speak to the vendor.  they have to declare on the property information form if they are aware of any proposed development in the area.

It depends what you think "nearby" means. I wouldn't necessarily think a site several hundred metres from the property is relevant. They wouldn't have had neighbour notification about the planning application.

Beeboo23

I don’t know if I’ve got the blinkers on because we’re so close to completion, but thinking about if it could be good for the area. We’re not far from an existing housing estate anyway and the only people that use the field are really drug dealers and quad bikers so it might actually reduce some of that!

AskAsk

davidmcn said:

AskAsk said:

Beeboo23 said:

AskAsk said:

for such a big development, i am surprised it hasn't been flagged up in the searches.  not sure about where you stand with the owner claiming no knowledge of the project.  doesn't sound right to me.

We haven’t actually spoken to them about it, it just came to my attention through a conversation I had with someone else. 

There was a standard clause in the survey results about the area possibly having planning permission but when I asked the solicitor he said he puts that in all the searches as there’s so many new build developments popping up and he might look at changing the wording of it. 

you don't have to speak to the vendor.  they have to declare on the property information form if they are aware of any proposed development in the area.

It depends what you think "nearby" means. I wouldn't necessarily think a site several hundred metres from the property is relevant. They wouldn't have had neighbour notification about the planning application.

this must be the explanation of why it didn't appear on the local searches.  i don't know how far the searches cover, except it states the searches cover an area that would affect the property.

AdrianC

Beeboo23 said:

It looks like it’s a proposed development site. They have a sign up saying they’ve acquired the land. Planning permission was submitted in March last year and they had a public consultation last month. 

It's entirely likely that the disruption of the years of work ahead are already priced in, since the dev is clearly public knowledge.

frogglet

We moved into an unfinished site, can't say it was noisy or disruptive,  the problem was the mud as the roads were not finished.
 They then knocked down a warehouse adjacent to our estate to build another estate that actually improved the area, the only problem we had for a while was our cat bringing home dead rats, obviously being evicted out their home.

JGB1955

We moved into an unfinished site too, having disregarded an existing house on the estate in favour of a new build which we could put our own stamp on (and for the same price).  It was good to have contractors still on site (for well over a year) to sort out problems, and my 1 year old son was endlessly entertained by bulldozers, dumper trucks etc etc.

Beeboo23

AdrianC said:

Beeboo23 said:

It looks like it’s a proposed development site. They have a sign up saying they’ve acquired the land. Planning permission was submitted in March last year and they had a public consultation last month. 

It's entirely likely that the disruption of the years of work ahead are already priced in, since the dev is clearly public knowledge.

I wish it was but our house was renovated to a high spec and we’re paying 100k more than they bought it for 6 years ago. Prices on that street seem to go for roughly the price we’re paying though and some further up have sold for a bit more. 

Beeboo23

frogglet said:

We moved into an unfinished site, can't say it was noisy or disruptive,  the problem was the mud as the roads were not finished.
 They then knocked down a warehouse adjacent to our estate to build another estate that actually improved the area, the only problem we had for a while was our cat bringing home dead rats, obviously being evicted out their home.

JGB1955 said:

We moved into an unfinished site too, having disregarded an existing house on the estate in favour of a new build which we could put our own stamp on (and for the same price).  It was good to have contractors still on site (for well over a year) to sort out problems, and my 1 year old son was endlessly entertained by bulldozers, dumper trucks etc etc.

It’s good to know that people on the site have found it manageable. We’re not actually on the site we’re 235m away with a few rows of houses in between so hopefully we should be ok. 

AdrianC

Beeboo23 said:
...and we’re paying 100k more than they bought it for 6 years ago. 

Not that that means a thing in itself...

Perhaps if the dev wasn't there, it'd be £150k more?