Buying Council Land ...
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Can anyone guide me on how to go about buying council land. Is it simply it can't be done or are there laws that any one knows about that may help me. I am interested in a piece of land in Cramlington, Northumberland which is attached to my house. Thanks. |
The first thing to do is contact the Council. If they are willing to sell
they have to get it valued by the District Valuer's office (Part of the Inland Revenue) and this will be the open market value. In most circumstances the Council cannot sell for less but there may be exceptional circumstances. Peter Crosland |
"Jerry" wrote in message oups.com... Hi. Can anyone guide me on how to go about buying council land. Is it simply it can't be done or are there laws that any one knows about that may help me. I am interested in a piece of land in Cramlington, Northumberland which is attached to my house. Thanks. contact the council, providing its not common land and its not intended for access for future development it should be pretty easy. |
"Jerry" wrote in message oups.com... Hi. Can anyone guide me on how to go about buying council land. Is it simply it can't be done or are there laws that any one knows about that may help me. I am interested in a piece of land in Cramlington, Northumberland which is attached to my house. Thanks. you may find the council has to put it out to tender with at least three places in order to effect the best price, certainly that is how my local council would do it. mrcheerful |
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Jerry wrote: Can anyone guide me on how to go about buying council land. Is it simply it can't be done or are there laws that any one knows about that may help me. I am interested in a piece of land in Cramlington, Northumberland which is attached to my house. Depending on the land's use you might have problems. Some years ago a group of us approached Blyth Valley council in an attempt to acquire some of the land behind our houses in order to get better sized back gardens, and save the council the cost of mowing it. We were turned down because it had been designated in the development plan as an open green space. -- Mike Clarke |
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