Living near new build development

MFWannabe

Thing is you could have moved in and been living there’s for a few months and someone decides to build anyway 
The difference is you know about it now. How much do you want the house? Does the development bother you enough to pull out? 

Beeboo23

MFWannabe said:

Thing is you could have moved in and been living there’s for a few months and someone decides to build anyway 
The difference is you know about it now. How much do you want the house? Does the development bother you enough to pull out? 

To be honest I’m so over the house buying process that I’d have to say not. It’s been over a year and I just want to get the keys. Don’t know if I’m being rash but I’ll crack on.

RelievedSheff

We live on an unfinished new build estate. It can be a bit dusty but now that the building work is moving away from our house we hardly even notice them and I am working from home. The mud on the roads at this time of year is the worst bit of living close to building work.

They are almost finished on our phase of the development but have just started on the groundworks for the next phase which will see another 250 houses being built. We are far enough away from this that it won't bother us, other than the mud on the access roads in and out of the estate.

Ashworks

The planning application will be viewable on your local Council website, along with any conditions imposed around hours of working etc. It sounds far enough away not to be an issue.

Caramac

I agree that it is the mud on the road and dust that are the major issues. Both of which shouldn’t affect you.

OldMusicGuy

You really are worrying over nothing if the new site is not accessed through the road on which your house is. We just bought a new build on a partially finished development and there are two big developments underway nearby. We certainly notice the builders on our site but they are very considerate, while the two big developments (one of which is definitely only a couple of hundred meters away) have no impact whatsoever. However, we are separated from them by a main road so vehicles for their site don't come anywhere near us.

Lessons for next time you buy - first, assume any open land or large gardens can and will be built on. Use the land registry site to find out who owns any such land so you can assess the likelihood of that happening. Second, keep an eye on the local planning portal. You can find out everything that's happening there (it sounds like this application might have gone in after your searches). Third, read the neighbourhood plan for your area. You will find out from that which areas are landmarked for potential development. If there isn't a neighbourhood plan, anything is fair game for future development (because it's harder for residents to object).    

Beeboo23

Thanks for the responses everyone. We should hopefully complete next week. 

kkmat

hi @Beeboo23 just following up on this. how has it been since you moved in? I am in the exact same position as yours. Planned development in a field nearby, ~ 115m away. 

Beeboo23

kkmat said:

hi @Beeboo23 just following up on this. how has it been since you moved in? I am in the exact same position as yours. Planned development in a field nearby, ~ 115m away. 

So far nothing has happened so fine!

davilown

When we moved into our first house in 2011, we had heard an inkling of development taking place in the field adjacent to our neighbours. 4 years later they started.
 It was noisy whilst they the concreted from the old agricultural buildings, and parking was a bit of a mess as they started the initial builds but it soon settled down.
On a side note, our house price (realised) went up 50% in 6 years.