Our next door neighbours live on a corner plot. Some years ago they sold off their long garden as building plots & 2 sets of semi-detatched houses were built, 1 on either side of a central driveway/cul-de-sac, with spaces for parking infront of each house. The driveway is accessed from the road around the corner from us.
Our garden runs the full length adjacent to these 4 houses & we own the boundary between us. We are considering selling off the bottom part of our garden as a building plot, which could potentially be accessed via this shared driveway/cul-de-sac, but in order to do so, we would need to gain right of way. We have sufficient space on our land for parking spaces so the access would simply be vehicular, plus connection to mains services. This will obviously have the adverse impact to the 4 existing homes of a slight increase in traffic, however it would presumably come with the benefit of a reduction in the costs of maintaining the shared driveway (split between 5 properties instead of 4).
We have no idea how to even begin the process of selling the land. Presumably we will need to gain right of way first of all, so do we speak to the neighbours first to get initial verbal agreement? if we do should we take outline plans? In which case do we approach an architect first of all? Or do we go straight to a solicitor?
Presumably we may end up having to cross their palms with silver in order to gain access, what is a fair amount to expect to pay? And would this need to be paid upfront i.e. before we gained planning/sold the land or would it be paid when the sale was complete?
If anyone could offer any advice as a starting point I'd very much appreciate it. Many thanks
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obtaining access to building plot via shared driveway
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hopingtosell · 12/08/2013 21:07
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