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Having found a plot and just posted a question about one of the planning conditions requiring a turning area, I request your indulgence with an other question. I have not bought the plot, just made an offer subject to contract, and the owner and I are working together so that the purchase can be completed. The plot is at the end of a short unadopted road which leads to a large commercial property, and is bounded on the front and one side by the road, which leads to the gates for the commercial property. In between the east side of the plot and the road is a small, triangular, strip of land which apparently belongs to the Government(!). On the plot there used to be a large barn, which has recently been demolished, but it had been there for decades, access to it being via a tarmac driveway built over the strip in question. Historically the current and previous owners had used the strip of land as if it belonged to the plot, and even fenced it in accordingly. Whilst I can build on the plot without using this strip, I cannot comply with the planning condition to provide a turning area, because I would have to pave over part of the strip. Also, to own the strip would be better, because then I could build a detached double garage (STTPP). Almost Catch 22. The owner has been told by his solicitor to make an offer to purchase the strip, which he has done, but has now been told that the process could take up to a year, assuming the Government Property Office agree to sell. I have read about "Adverse Possession" - is this an avenue worth exploring or are there any other options perhaps?

Having just found this excellent forum and also a plot of land near to my house in Milton Keynes, I am in need of advice about one of the conditions the local council has imposed on the Planning Permission that has been granted to the current owner of the plot. The plot is at the end of an unadopted road which leads to a large commercial property, the owners of which also own, and are responsible for the upkeep of, the road. The are several houses on the road already, the last one being built in the 1970s, although the plot I am wanting to buy used to have a large barn on it, belonging to the bungalow opposite. The condition states that before any house built on the plot is occupied a turning area has to be provided, apparently sufficiently large to allow a 7.5 metre truck, which will use a fair chunk of what will be the front garden. I understand this is calculated using a standard template. My question is - can the council insist on this condition for an unadopted road? I also notice from the approved plans that one visitor parking space has to be included, which the seller says is for the benefit of the whole road - is that right? I have also raised another topic about a small strip of land next to the site - adverse possession?