`Will it be hard to get planning permission ?

moy83

Howye all ,

My enumeration clause will be finished on the house later this year and I intend to sell , clear the mortgage and build another house mortgage free or at least with only a very small loan to make life easier in these tough times .

I'm wondering could the planners look unfavourably at a move like this when i look for planning for the new house ? They seem to be fairly strict on housing needs and that kinda thing around here .

Any opinion or advice welcome , and thanks in advance

BryanF

moy83 wrote: »

Howye all ,

My enumeration clause will be finished on the house later this year and I intend to sell , clear the mortgage and build another house mortgage free or at least with only a very small loan to make life easier in these tough times .

I'm wondering could the planners look unfavourably at a move like this when i look for planning for the new house ? They seem to be fairly strict on housing needs and that kinda thing around here .

Any opinion or advice welcome , and thanks in advance

If you own a house, you don't have a housing need.
If you've already applied for planning for a one-off rural house, why should they allow you to build again?
How will you explain selling your current house? Your mortgage free lifestyle wish won't cut it

Bullseye1

Are you planning to build in a rural or urban area? Rural is going to be very tough and probably unsuccessful. Urban as long as the land is zoned residential there should be no issue. Also is there no restriction on your own property, normally planning authorities put restrictions on the sale of a property for a period of 10 years.

moy83

BryanF wrote: »

If you own a house, you don't have a housing need.
If you've already applied for planning for a one-off rural house, why should they allow you to build again?
How will you explain selling your current house? Your mortgage free lifestyle wish won't cut it

Thats what I was thinking alright , I will sell my house before I apply for planning again .
To explain selling my currant house , would there be any point in telling them that it is either sell or be repossesed eventually ?

moy83

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Are you planning to build in a rural or urban area? Rural is going to be very tough and probably unsuccessful. Urban as long as the land is zoned residential there should be no issue. Also is there no restriction on your own property, normally planning authorities put restrictions on the sale of a property for a period of 10 years.

Its a rural area zoned agricultural , I couldnt sell it for seven years but thats up this year

A fella called fish

moy83 wrote: »

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To explain selling my currant house , would there be any point in telling them that it is either sell or be repossesed eventually ?

...to make them think that someday the potential new house could soon be sitting there reposessed, vacant and unmaintained? I can't imagine that will help your case.

Bullseye1

Not sure what is in Galway's Development Plan but from my experience your chances even after selling the house are extremely slim. If you were married and divorced LAs may give your application some consideration or if one of your children is of an age and working in the area may have a chance.

moy83

Bullseye1 wrote: »

Not sure what is in Galway's Development Plan but from my experience your chances even after selling the house are extremely slim. If you were married and divorced LAs may give your application some consideration or if one of your children is of an age and working in the area may have a chance.

Divorce is probably overkill just for planning
Would it be worth a meeting with planners at this stage to suss out their thoughts ?

moy83

A fella called fish wrote: »

...to make them think that someday the potential new house could soon be sitting there reposessed, vacant and unmaintained? I can't imagine that will help your case.

If I have no mortgage on the new house it cant be repossesed
I have interest in my current house and I wouldnt expect it to be left vacant or unmaintained

A fella called fish

Ah, didn't see that the new one would be mortgage free.

Still, I wouldn't mention a potential reposession..

moy83

A fella called fish wrote: »

Ah, didn't see that the new one would be mortgage free.

Still, I wouldn't mention a potential reposession..

Ya it may not be a great angle to work alright

Mattym123

Hi moy 83, i am a new user here and just came across this old thread. Not sure if your still on this but I am in a similar situation at the minute as you were and i am just wondering did you ever get the new planning ? Or was it a waste of time?