To sell our land for millions...

[Rosebyanothername19]

Long story short, we baught a house and some land along with it as we had got wind that they might be planning to build houses on it and other surrounding land and we didn't want other houses directly around ours.

We were then told by the local council that there was no chance as it had been rebuffed a number of times and wasn't going to happen. So felt a bit like we had wasted our money.

A few months later we find out that our land is the only land in the area that has been put forward for planning permission, so is potentially worth millions if sold for housing. But also a relief that we baught it so it can't get built on without our consent.

We could sell the land and the house and buy something else. In a way, we have possibly won the lottery. But we love the house and the whole reason for buying the land was so there wasn't houses on it!

So wwyd?

AIBU?

YES: Don't sell the land
NO: Sell the land and the house and buy something else.

[viques]

@severussnaperus

BOUGHT

Thankyou. I was sitting on my hands.......

[SquirtleSquad]

@viques and @GingerNorthernLass

OP is dyslexic and address that spelling error, she gets the message from the other posters who are so bothered by it.

[veeeeh]

Stay where you are and enjoy your property. Why would you sell for millions anyway, that sounds quite greedy to me. Lol

[SeaToSki]

Do you find mnemonics useful for remembering spelling?

Bought
Better
Own
Ur
Great
Home
Then

[saraclara]

@GreenlandTheMovie

Don't sell it for yet another brain dead housing estate. Preserve the land and protect it from development.

Seriously, how rich do you have to be to turn down millions of pounds for this reason?
Clearly some MNers are, but to the rest of us it's hard to imagine passing up the chance to have the life-changing equivalent of a lottery win.

[saraclara]

@SeaToSki

Do you find mnemonics useful for remembering spelling?

Bought
Better
Own
Ur
Great
Home
Then

You're suggesting that someone bad at spelling should use Ur in a mnemonic?

[Nanny0gg]

@GingerNorthernLass

bought

You don't need to own the land to apply for planning permission.

So buying the land was less about saving the countryside and more about the inconvenience to you. Now it might be worth £££ you're happy to sell it and buggar off?

Disappointing but everyone has their price I guess.

If selling land protected your future, your pension and possibly your children's future, don't tell me you wouldn't do it.

We can't all afford to be altruistic

[Oopsyouvedoneitagain]

How would you feel about the landscape that you loved enough to buy your house and enjoy every day, being changed for ever? The wildlife you see every day and hear at night being displaced? Your neighbours lives changed out of all recognition. Is the money worth it to you, and could you live with what you’ve done?

New estates with cheap boring mono-design box houses are popping up everywhere. High density with no nearby amenities so all the new residents are reliant on cars. Many on AOANB and Grade A farmland, when there are brownfield sites available. Not even a nod to the vernacular style, even when built around historic market towns.

If you don’t need the money, why would you do this?

[SeaToSki]

Being dyslexic isnt being bad at spelling, its having a brain that cant process phonemes in the way that most people can. If using a funny mnemonic to aid memory works, then it works

[ParlezVousWronglais]

I would definitely stay so I could live in some unspoilt countryside with no other houses too near to me. Plant trees and a meadow and grow vegetables and fruit. That’s my dream.

I’m sick of developers destroying the land tbh.

[ParlezVousWronglais]

OP just said she’s dyslexic!

[UserUnavailable]

@TryingnottobeWaynettaSlob maybe you should learn to read the full thread. The OP is dyslexic.

[ParlezVousWronglais]

@TryingnottobeWaynettaSlob

To be honest if think if your considering selling you should learn to spell bought.

*you’re

[Coffee4Queen]

@TryingnottobeWaynettaSlob

To be honest if think if your considering selling you should learn to spell bought.

you’re

[Iminaglasscaseofemotion]

@TryingnottobeWaynettaSlob

😂 aw I love it when someone jumps in to correct someone's SPAG and fucks it right up.

[alwayscrashinginthesamecar1]

I'd sell in a heartbeat. And people on here are wankers about spelling.

[Dasher789]

I would sell. Millions of unexpected £££'s would be life changing for most of us. You could buy another nice house with land and have plenty change :)

[FortunesFave]

@TryingnottobeWaynettaSlob

To be honest if think if your considering selling you should learn to spell bought.

To be honest, if you're going to judge other people, you should learn the difference between 'your' and 'you're'.

Bless you for trying.

[FortunesFave]

@GingerNorthernLass

bought

You don't need to own the land to apply for planning permission.

So buying the land was less about saving the countryside and more about the inconvenience to you. Now it might be worth £££ you're happy to sell it and buggar off?

Disappointing but everyone has their price I guess.

Read the thread. OP is dyslexic. And to be honest, it's very rude to correct people unless they've asked for help. You know what she meant.

[GhostsInSnow]

This is what dh does for a living. You need to speak to a land developer who may take it on dependent on land size.
They usually work on a no win no fee basis. Points to consider are This:

People hate change. You will not e popular and groups will be set up against any development. Dh has been followed, harassed and had his car vandalised at public meetings in the past. These people can get loud, violent and deceitful claiming to find all sorts of rare creatures on your land.
Fortunately you don't need to attend any of this and your input will be minimal, paper signing and giving surveyors access to the land.

If you don't get planning you still have to live in the area so won't be popular.

Sites can take several years to come though and usually end up going to appeals. This won't affect you, no win no fee, but again you potentially have to live and work in the area whilst this is going on.

I'd do it personally. No shame in making money and if the council have identified it in the local plan then the housing is needed

[inquietant]

@Rosebyanothername19

Off topic but... Sorry everyone that has commented on my spelling. I'm dyslexic and that is one of the words, for the life of me, I can't spell! For some reason my spell check doesn't flag it!

Don't apologise!

The spelling arses ruin threads, I wish they would bore off.

Very lucky/wise you baught the land.

You have time to think it through.

[TwoLeftSocksWithHoles]

You don't have to own the land/property to make a planning appication on it.

[RainingBatsAndFrogs]

This could be quite complicated for you OP.

It sounds as if the council have designated the area for development.

Which could enable you to sell the land for development, or could possibly mean compulsory purchase.

You could benefit from the value of the land, but the slur if your house, surrounded by 120 others, could fall a lot.

I think you need to talk to a surveyor or a planning consultant and get a thorough understanding of the whole situation and go through all the implications.

[DipSwimSwoosh]

Oh I really don't know if I could sell it. Does this mean the value of your property goes up when you decide to sell anyway?