Selling a house with planning permission

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Would it be worth a bit more do you think?

We have applied for planning permission for a ground floor extension in a Victorian 3 storey semi. It's to open up downstairs, so will have a separate lounge and dining room, an open plan kitchen/diner, utility and shower room/loo. At the moment there's a separate lounge then a weird through lounge/diner and kitchen. No utility or downstairs loo.

IF we get planning but decide to sell, do potential buyers see this is as a positive and would we possibly get more money?

No, sorry. I wouldn't pay a penny more because even if I wanted to extend, it is very unlikely that your plans would match what I wanted.
If anything, I think it just highlights that you are moving because your house is too small.

That's not the reason, the reason is because the relationship has broken down, not the size of the house.

We'd only be doing what the others in the row of 8 semi's have done. I just thought it might save a potential buyer time, money and effort but yes I suppose you're right, one size doesn't fit all!

Planning permission rarely makes any significant difference to the value of a property, although it's possible it might make it easier to sell.

Planning permission in place usually only commands a premium if it a plot of land not extensions especially where there are already precedents

I believe that it does add a bit to the house value, especially where it is all granted and engineer and architect drawings signed off. Not a huge amount though, unless it's say for a whole extra dwelling in the grounds that could potentially be sold off separately later. I think in your case with an extension it might just mean getting your money back more or less.

@OakPine

No, sorry. I wouldn't pay a penny more because even if I wanted to extend, it is very unlikely that your plans would match what I wanted. If anything, I think it just highlights that you are moving because your house is too small.

The planning permission is only for the outside though. You can configure the rooms inside however you want without having to reapply for permission.

It might add some value but only to someone that wants to extend.

I think if I were moving and specifically wanted an extended house, I’d be looking at houses which had already been extended / were the size I needed rather than taking on the expense, uncertainty and upheaval of buying a too-small house and extending it myself. If somebody did want the project then planning permission might help to seal the deal; but if there’s already clear precedent of planning being granted in the form of a number of other houses with similar extensions then it doesn’t represent a huge amount of value added that it’s already been granted.

Sorry that your relationship has broken down and you are moving.

If neighbours have done extensions, then you could point them out to people viewing your house. You could even print out from the local authority portal the plans that your neighbours used. That would show what was possible, and not cost you anything.

Good luck!

I viewed a house which had planning permission granted and the seller had started the work. Unfortunately the plans weren't ideal by anyone's standards and there had been so much back and forth with the local authority that we got the impression that modifications would be tricky. In addition the seller refused to give us any information about costings. Given that she had started the work I refuse to believe that she had no idea whatsoever about how much it cost. It was a big job side and back extension, on 2 floors, bathrooms being moved about etc). I walked away unfortunately. It would have been even more expensive I think because the area was the best part of town, on a beautiful private road very close to amenities etc, so I'm sure tradesmen would have had dollar signs in their eyes once they knew the address.

I think if what you are doing is the standard, obvious change and you are willing to share quotes you've had for the work (even if out of date), that would give buyers more comfort.

You might get your money back, you might not.
Even if you didn't ask more for it, people might think you were doing and offer less than asking if they didn't want to extend.
I don't think I'd bother getting it, in your place, especially as you are in difficult circumstances where I'd imagine you don't need any further complications or things to have a dispute about. If other houses close by have been extended, most people wanting to extend would assume they'd be able to.

I sold a house with planning permission last year. In fact, people looked at the plans and decided it would cost them, say, 100k to build the extension so they knocked 100K off the asking price and made daft offers!! In my experience it doesn’t increase the value of the house at all as people won’t necessarily like your plans or have the budget for it.

Probably not because you have to implement the planning permission within 3 years of the decision date and you have to spend lots of money arranging for he works to be carried out. The proposal may not be what the buyer wants and if they did want to extend the house, they would probably apply for planning permission for something that they want.