What would you do?
Spouse's family sold land to a developer. The land floods and needs significant drainage. The developer wants to install large diameter underground pipes to carry the water to a nearby river.
The route to the river means the developer needs to put the large underground pipes through a site I own plus the site my home sits on plus lands still retained by my spouses family!
Nothing in the contract of sale says we must allow the developer to do this BUT there was a gentlemans agreement to give access. This agreement was well before my time, before my home was built and I was not party to any of it.However other family members will give access no problem.
I have concerns about significant disruption if it goes ahead, possible devaluation of my home, inability to build on the second site, inability to get planning permission for the second site, capacity of the pipe to carry the water, pipe blockage or failure leading to flooding me etc.
Final point the developer has other routes to the river through 3rd party owned land and I assume would be told either a) no way or b) would have to pay a fortune for the access!
Don't want to fall out with the family, but don't want to let the thing go ahead either, not really looking to extort money myself....... any advice?
Spouse's family sold land to a developer. The land floods and needs significant drainage. The developer wants to install large diameter underground pipes to carry the water to a nearby river.
The route to the river means the developer needs to put the large underground pipes through a site I own plus the site my home sits on plus lands still retained by my spouses family!
Nothing in the contract of sale says we must allow the developer to do this BUT there was a gentlemans agreement to give access. This agreement was well before my time, before my home was built and I was not party to any of it.However other family members will give access no problem.
I have concerns about significant disruption if it goes ahead, possible devaluation of my home, inability to build on the second site, inability to get planning permission for the second site, capacity of the pipe to carry the water, pipe blockage or failure leading to flooding me etc.
Final point the developer has other routes to the river through 3rd party owned land and I assume would be told either a) no way or b) would have to pay a fortune for the access!
Don't want to fall out with the family, but don't want to let the thing go ahead either, not really looking to extort money myself....... any advice?