to jump on here to ask - does anyone work in planning / property solicitor ?

[ginorwine]

We have to make a decision about buying a property - have been posting quite a bit - apologies .
It has just occurred to me to ask above ... as we need to look at this from all angles !!!
We are possibly buying an old , non listed , temperance hall in a conservation area . Behind it is a small yard with a stone wall surrounding it . The end wall is about the height of a three storey house , being described as a private yard and a sun trap by the agent . We find out that this wall belongs to an old derelict metal work building which is closed down and for sale .
A developer put a building plan to the council to build apartments and this wall which runs across horizontally along the back of that house and a restraunt and flats . The developer agreed to try to retain the wall to 1.8 metres or if damaged put a fence there . The flats were to be 1.5 from the boundary of the house with opaque bathroom windows facing the house .
The plans were turned down on grounds of
Overlooking
Inadequate plan
Flood plan
Tree officer
I'm trying to weigh up how a good plan may look / predict outcome of any application
As there isn't a current application in its hard to judge but it's for sale now !

[ginorwine]

Also can I ask also
The demolition of the massive wall would need developer to go into our property to knock the wall down and away from our house as it is only 8 foot away from it and enter other gardens to do the same ... is this a right / normal thing to do ...

[ginorwine]

No it's not an allocated site it's just a derelict building with huge potential ...

[Biggreygoose]

Sort of, but I usually work for the dark side doing the technical work for planning applications.

If a plan has gone in (even though it's been rejected) I would base my decision knowing that at some point the land will be built on.

Is the land in the local plan and/or an allocated site?

Without a plan it's hard to comment more.