quirky
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SUBJECT TO AN AGRICULTURAL OCCUPANCY RESTRICTION.
Sorry it's in capital's, I just cut and pasted it
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Sorry it's in capital's, I just cut and pasted it
If buying agricultural, what does this mean?
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oofadoofa
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Usually restricted "to be occupied a person or persons employed or last employed in agriculture or forestry"
quirky
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Blimey, I always thought agricultural work was poorly paid. This property was £750k.
Thank You.
Thank You.
BigRed
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It usually means that one person who lives there has to earn their living (or a set amount of money) from agriculture. You could buy the property and ignore it, like lots of people doe, but if the local council wanted to be arsy they could in effect make you sell up.
It is a difficult topic because these properties are often much cheaper and so are very attractive to horsey people.
It is a difficult topic because these properties are often much cheaper and so are very attractive to horsey people.
marmalade76
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These properties are cheaper because it is virtually impossible to get mortgages on them ( the OH has tried in the past). This means only very wealthy people can afford to buy them, and because they are wealthy, they can also spend money on having the tie lifted. This is a shame, because the people who they are meant for (like my OH) have no chance of affording one.
When applying for PP for a dwelling in a location that might have restricted developement, the person applying would have to prove that there was a need for a dwelling, hence the occupation being restricted to those working in agriculture. If you have over a certain number of sheep or pigs, for instance, you are more likely to get PP, but with an ag tie. This supposed to stop folks getting houses built willy nilly, and then selling them on the open market and making a fat profit.
When applying for PP for a dwelling in a location that might have restricted developement, the person applying would have to prove that there was a need for a dwelling, hence the occupation being restricted to those working in agriculture. If you have over a certain number of sheep or pigs, for instance, you are more likely to get PP, but with an ag tie. This supposed to stop folks getting houses built willy nilly, and then selling them on the open market and making a fat profit.
Orangehorse
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Advertising it for sale is the first step in having the tie removed. If it is on the market for a certain length of time with no buyers, then the owners will apply to the Council to have the tie removed. It depends upon the Council whether or not they will do this and probably also how old the house is. There is more chance of having an older one removed that a more recent permission. Also the later ones are often tied to a certain acreage of land.
The house will have been built by a farmer to house a farm worker, or as a retirement property for farmer, or sometimes even as a house for a son, so it has been built in a place that under "normal" regulations it would not have been allowed.
Of course, with fewer and fewer people employed in agriculture they are becoming vacant, as they are sometimes quite large "farmhouses" then the people who would really like to buy them probably can't afford them, as marmadade points out.
The house will have been built by a farmer to house a farm worker, or as a retirement property for farmer, or sometimes even as a house for a son, so it has been built in a place that under "normal" regulations it would not have been allowed.
Of course, with fewer and fewer people employed in agriculture they are becoming vacant, as they are sometimes quite large "farmhouses" then the people who would really like to buy them probably can't afford them, as marmadade points out.