croboy

According to the original owners the buildings on the paddock were demolished "accidentally" as they had presumed once a building had been on it they would be able to put a bungalow on it and downsize at some point. The land reverted to being classed as agricultural and here we are.

Hi Ian thanks for that. Yes we own the drive and allow the neighbors access (the owner of our property developed the farm so thats how it was set up and we have a private driveway). Ironically my wife has a horse we pay a fortune to keep but she claims 1 acre is not enough land to keep a horse on 🤷‍♂️.

Hi, we purchased a house on a former farm which came with a piece of land approximately 1 acre. The land historically had various buildings on it which were demolished and removed when the farm was developed into properties. we commissioned an architect to put in a preplanning application and received a summary response “It is considered that the proposal is unlikely to be supportable in planning terms. Theproposal represents inappropriate development in the Green Belt in accordance with Policy STP 8 and national planning policy. Despite the intention to provide a home of exceptional quality design, it is not considered likely that very special circumstances will exist to enable the development proposal to be supported.” Which is guess is pretty standard for Green Belt land. I suppose my question is 1: is it worth pursuing as the architect said it could be 8k plus to work up a full application using panels to assess the application in advance etc (could this be done far cheaper??) 2. if planning for a dwelling is a no-no then what could i do with this land that could lend itself to future development? at the moment i have to pay to have it maintained so its not an eyesore for the neighbours who live that side of the farm. Id be happy to share full details with any experts who have suggestions Attached a historic photo of the land with buildings in purple and a modern photo with just grass