Developer requires extensive access to our land (general advice welcome and wanted)

kazwookie

I'd be getting an old banger of a car, an d parking it on your parking spot for now, an d refuse to move it.

How is the purchaser of this new build going to access the property?

The builder can bring in a water bouser.

I suggest a check with the local planing department to see what / how / when access / plan were grated and what they actually say.

As someone has already said get legal advise, does your house insurance cover this or one of the other 3 freeholders?

Alderbank

Without photos or a plan I'm struggling to understand the layout.
Is it anything like this?
If so, what borders the bungalow plot on the sides marked ?
Could the developer be in discussions with the owners of any of those boundaries?

twopenny

Ok some great advice has been given and the length of it shows many reasons why this is a no go but still something has to be done.

I live in a bungalow where the land behind was granted planning for 2 bungalows. The major thing was access. The proposal was via the Tennis Club adjacent. The club bought their land and made it private access. This has prevented building on the plot.

How are the people in this bungalow going to access it?

Where do they park their car/cars/van?

The builders require crossing narrow private path, using your property, your water and building on your land. It really is crazy.

The amount of agreed cost and documents for them to do this is a lot. Not to mention the compensation you may require.

What, on the planning application that was approved agrees access for the inhabitants of the new bungalow?

Frankly they have waited too long. They should have bought the access but didn't. Now they are trying it on with people who are obviously kind and considerate.

It will be a nightmare while they are building. My friend had this happen with builders using an adjacent lane and it drove her nuts.

They propose digging up your access, using your water, using your land, altering your land and the resale value potentially. Frankly I'd want an arm and a leg in compensation with enough to retire to a tropical island! But that's aside.

If they weren't granted access in the first instance when applying for the planning - or were they? Which came first? Were they granted access before the purchase of the land or was that not included/mentioned?

The whole thing is that the situation has changed since they applied.

There are strict regulations over disabled access. Your 0.8mtr is pretty darn close to what they need. A door opening should be 0.9 I believe but math isn't my storn point so look at that. The access to the build should be at least that. Could a mobility scooter get down your path? "The unobstructed width of a public corridor should not be less than 1.50 m. The recommended width is 1.80 m" but maybe that is side tracking.

Access is the key though.

MikeJXE

What happened to minimum 2 parking spaces for new build ?

Ectophile

MikeJXE said:

What happened to minimum 2 parking spaces for new build ?

You claim it's an "eco friendly" new bungalow, and it has a bike store.  Councils will actually fall for that.

MikeJXE

Ectophile said:

MikeJXE said:

What happened to minimum 2 parking spaces for new build ?

You claim it's an "eco friendly" new bungalow, and it has a bike store.  Councils will actually fall for that.

How ridiculous 

twopenny

But it doesn't have a bike store.

The OP has the bike store on their land.

Slinky

I see no mention of electric.  How do the developers plan to build the bungalow without using any electric?

theoretica

This is why early on I suggested the OP talk to the council planning officer - to find out if they really cared about the bike store and it was a potential spanner in the developer's works or not.

MikeJXE

Slinky said:

I see no mention of electric.  How do the developers plan to build the bungalow without using any electric?

A generator, a petrol mixer. Hand unloading, barrow for concrete or an overhead crane, back to the 60s