We are proceeding with a purchase of a Victorian 4 bed detached property. However, the ground floor of the property has been a vet's surgery for many years and the upper floors remained as residential.
Our mortgage company have told us they will not advance the funds unless the house is fully converted back to residential use and a change of use application is required from D1 use to residential.
Apart from the fact the seller's solicitor has asked us to make the application for change of use (rather than them) - does an application need to be made to change it back to what it was in the first place - a residential home? My solicitor has suggested that to save costs we could put in the planning application ourselves for change of use but having looked at the local website for the Council I am struggling to find the application form I need - can anybody advise if this application is likely to be refused and whether it may need to go to the usual Committee Council meetings for approval?
Our mortgage company have told us they will not advance the funds unless the house is fully converted back to residential use and a change of use application is required from D1 use to residential.
Apart from the fact the seller's solicitor has asked us to make the application for change of use (rather than them) - does an application need to be made to change it back to what it was in the first place - a residential home? My solicitor has suggested that to save costs we could put in the planning application ourselves for change of use but having looked at the local website for the Council I am struggling to find the application form I need - can anybody advise if this application is likely to be refused and whether it may need to go to the usual Committee Council meetings for approval?
