Plumberzanna

Was all printed not even the envolope was hand written ?

After speaking to the planning consultant we have been pretty much advised what some of you have said , it is totally up to the seller to find the owner of the lane before . as it is quite likely to be un-mortgageable . we have also found out from the planning that we are the fourth people to apply for pre app so obviously something isn’t right with it . i feel gutted as thought the seller was genuine and was being honest but clearly wasn’t . we will do some more investigating in to the lane owner and see if I can get any where with the name lead from the anonymous letter we received . thank you for all your advise

Soliciter has gone back 30 years and no info is on the track/lane with land registry the anonymous letter said that the lane owner let the surrounding farmers/neighbours have use of the lane in the 60’s for tractors as it was used as a nursery. but will he object to residential if he knew ??? Now the land owner is saying he went to court to get legal access and there was a notice for the lane owner to come forward but never did . But he is only telling us this now and he were seen the land 14 months ago . we have asked him to send that to our soliciter so we shall see. there is a new huge housing devoplement across the field from the land which they are going to connect with a pedestrian / cycle path along the lane so the council have permission or are taking a gamble on the lane owner coming forward and just paying them off ?? So confused it is a massive risk, it really is the house of our dreams in a lovely area but could go so wrong .

Hi we are all but ready to complete on a piece of land with out line planning where the lane to the land is in un known owner but the land owner of the plot has access. we have just received an anonymous letter to say they think they know who owns the land and could possibly come out of the wood work to say they are not allowing us access. our soliciter has said to take out an indemnity policy if this was to ever happen we would be covered. but we are not sure if we could live with the cloud of knowing that could happen one day . what are your opinions ? And do you think this decreases the value of the land ? And makes it harder to get a mortgage on a plot with an indemnity policy ? We are meeting the planning council today so that should help answer some questions. but would love to know if any one else has had the same sort of problem ?? Many thanks Kirsty