Property currently care home. The property has been long term empty and is now on the market for sale.
The property is vast and has planning permission lodged by the current owner to convert it back into a family home. There are however conditions attached. 1: the very large extension at the rear must come down to make way for a car parking space in the rear garden. NB: the rear of the property has a path giving a 'right of way' allowing for houses on this street to park in the rear and link up with the main road. The reality is no one parks in this space because there is ample residents parking on the front street.
Having spoken to the local planning authority they say because the change of use amounts to a 'new residential development' the 'new property' must contain at least one parking space within the curtilage of the property. They say to make space for this parking space I must knock down the extension at significant cost to me.
My question to anyone out there is whether a property which was once a family home and is now being converted back into a family home amounts to a 'new residential development' and is bound by this crazy rule.
The property is vast and has planning permission lodged by the current owner to convert it back into a family home. There are however conditions attached. 1: the very large extension at the rear must come down to make way for a car parking space in the rear garden. NB: the rear of the property has a path giving a 'right of way' allowing for houses on this street to park in the rear and link up with the main road. The reality is no one parks in this space because there is ample residents parking on the front street.
Having spoken to the local planning authority they say because the change of use amounts to a 'new residential development' the 'new property' must contain at least one parking space within the curtilage of the property. They say to make space for this parking space I must knock down the extension at significant cost to me.
My question to anyone out there is whether a property which was once a family home and is now being converted back into a family home amounts to a 'new residential development' and is bound by this crazy rule.