First post here on this forum and had a quick search to see if there had been similar questions in the past and couldn't find any.
Right next to our house is a small piece of land. In the past planning permission was seeked but declined because it wasn't in keeping with the other houses on the cul de sac. Planning permission, as far as I'm aware will only be granted if the house next to it (us) wanted to extend or rezoned. It is too small to fit a similar house in keeping with the road. This piece of land has been there since the other houses were built 26 years ago and my mother in law, since past, bought this house when it was new. So it's now over grown and an eye sore to the rest of the neighbours. We would like to purchase/obtain the land to extend and I know the immediate neighbours to us would be really happy with that. I have a feeling the other neighbours would not. No one knows that we are looking into this piece of land. So far we have asked the advise of an architect, managed to track down the owner and made sure the piece of land is zoned for residential.
Currently there is construction going on behind all our houses. One of the neighbours has struck a deal with the construction manager to clear the site beside us and she wants to discuss with all the neighbours about making into a wild flower area and all the neighbours chip in for this to be done.
We don't want to disclose we are looking into this piece of land to extend. If all the other 5 houses on the street decided to do this, does it mean we can't purchase it? When a different neighbour mentioned it to me, I said 'surely you need permission of the person who owns the land' and I was bluntly told that because it's been there un touched for more than 16 years, its own by the residents of the road?
Does anyone have insight on if this is true? We don't want to invest time and money into land that is beside our house if they other residents decide to dig it up and plant flowers +/- a path through it and then be met with objections if we buy it with the intention of extending.
Right next to our house is a small piece of land. In the past planning permission was seeked but declined because it wasn't in keeping with the other houses on the cul de sac. Planning permission, as far as I'm aware will only be granted if the house next to it (us) wanted to extend or rezoned. It is too small to fit a similar house in keeping with the road. This piece of land has been there since the other houses were built 26 years ago and my mother in law, since past, bought this house when it was new. So it's now over grown and an eye sore to the rest of the neighbours. We would like to purchase/obtain the land to extend and I know the immediate neighbours to us would be really happy with that. I have a feeling the other neighbours would not. No one knows that we are looking into this piece of land. So far we have asked the advise of an architect, managed to track down the owner and made sure the piece of land is zoned for residential.
Currently there is construction going on behind all our houses. One of the neighbours has struck a deal with the construction manager to clear the site beside us and she wants to discuss with all the neighbours about making into a wild flower area and all the neighbours chip in for this to be done.
We don't want to disclose we are looking into this piece of land to extend. If all the other 5 houses on the street decided to do this, does it mean we can't purchase it? When a different neighbour mentioned it to me, I said 'surely you need permission of the person who owns the land' and I was bluntly told that because it's been there un touched for more than 16 years, its own by the residents of the road?
Does anyone have insight on if this is true? We don't want to invest time and money into land that is beside our house if they other residents decide to dig it up and plant flowers +/- a path through it and then be met with objections if we buy it with the intention of extending.
