change of purpose

[skanxz]

Hi, I am looking at buying a disused pump-house with 8 acres of grazing land but the building is not registered as residential dwelling. The person that owns it could not get change of purpose and is selling it. I have tried to get advice on change of purpose on legal sites but the response is just negative with no advice what so ever. After many searches I came across a post on this forum that was of some help. What I would like to know is if I was to rent more grazing land from a farmer raising my acreage to to say 15 acres and was to keep live stock on the land e.g. sheep, pigs and chickens what would my chances of getting change of purpose on the pump-house to residence and how long would I have to keep renting the extra land. I want to keep live stock so keeping them would not be a problem. Negatives and positive answers please. Thank you.

[MikeTM150]

your are going down the right route in my opinion, if you can prove that you need residence on site to care for your animals then that will aid your case but not make it a definate. There's a farmer close to here who has tried to get planning for a house on some land next to a new shed he erected away from his main farmyard for him to live in and his parents to stay in main farm yard. But the planners keep refusing it, he's calved his cows and then grazed them in fields next to it to try and increase his cause but the planners aren't budging still.

 

So yes it will help but not make it definitive, how secluded is the property? No option of just moving in, hoping the planners don't get wind of it and after 5years you will have full rights to change its use to residential?

 

Good luck!

[pgkevet]

A lot will depend on local areas as to whether they are conservation areas, whether the pump-house has architectural merit etc.

 

I'd be inclined to stay legit and ring the local planners and ask for an informal and preliminary meeting regarding what they might or might not allow and why. That shouldn't cost anything and at least gives you the right 'dope' on their reasons.