Recent content by Bobthebuilder58

Thanks for that Woody, i guess we will have to approach the local planning dept and see what they have to say :| :| Bob.

50% is the minimum we would need to demolish the house but anything up to 95% would be better,if we would be allowed to do it.

Thanks for that Woody. This is what i need to establish!!! Is there an actual planning rule to determine how much of a house you can knock down and rebuild before it is considered to be a rebuild. To fix our house properly i would need to take the roof off and demolish approx 50% of it and...

I hope any further replies i may get are more helpful than the last one :x We did take the decision to demolish the house but hadn't actually done it when we got the shocking news about the CIL levy. We would have waited until we received full planning permission to build a replacement...

Hi everybody! :) I don't think i made myself very clear. The original building with the subsidence is still standing. We cannot claim any relief from the CIL levy on this, because the property has to have been lived in six months out of the twelve prior to the planning application for the new...

Hi Everybody my name is Bob and this is my first post on this site. :) We recently bought an old vicarage with serious subsidence with the intention of fixing the problem, with either piling new foundations or underpinning etc. We bought the property because it is in a beautiful spot and it...