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Evening everyone. The land/property I am looking to buy is an end of terrace plot which the owner of the last house has obtained PP to build a 2 storey house on and will be splitting the title for and then selling. Currently, there is an extension on that land the footprint of which is the same as the eventual houses. The extension was build in the 70s and there are no plans, certificates, or detailed planning documents. On the council's planning portal it just has the date of the application for an extension and that it was granted, without any further details. The extension has garage shutters on the outside but has for a long time been used by the current owner as a habitable room. On the new planning application is was put down as storage and bathroom. My question is, when the current owner applies to split the title of the property (and I have no idea how that process works), what is likely to become of that structure? Can it, for example, be registered as some sort of habitable space as it is? The new planning permission mentions "Subdivision of site involving demolition of garage and erection of an end of terrace 2 bed single family dwelling." One of the main reasons for asking is that between dividing the property and beginning construction may be a year or two and we would rather try to let the building in the meantime. Does anyone have any experience or clue about what would happen here and is there anything we can/should do to ensure that is feasible? I am attaching pictures of relevant parts of the application.