What would you say or reply if.

[ILuvCowparsely]

This is for yard owners really. If you got a letter or have had one from a developing company write you a letter with the words.

We are looking for property to re develop for housing etc. We will offer you £££££ if you would sell to us.
Or in another case
We are looking for property fallen into disrepair(He was talking about my yard) to develop for housing.

I told them what I thought of that offer what your reply be?

 

[blitznbobs]

Nothing - I get these phishing letters all the time and I don’t answer any of them- not worth my time

 

[spacefaer]

Nothing. Not a hope that they ever get planning permission here

 

[millitiger]

Depends on how high the offer is!

I love where I live and the land but if an amazing offer came, I'd be off!

 

[lamlyn2012]

If a large developer has approached you it's likely your property/area is under consideration by the local council for future house building. Are you on the edge of a village development boundary by any chance?
If earmarked for building the value will depend on the type of housing the council want. If they want 100pc affordable the value will be much less than for large detached residences.

 

[HopOnTrot]

I would ask for their price, if I liked it, sell, if I didn’t, don’t.

 

[AmyMay]

I would ask for their price, if I liked it, sell, if I didn’t, don’t.

This basically.

 

[94lunagem]

Depends on how high the offer is!

I love where I live and the land but if an amazing offer came, I'd be off!

Same for me. I love my house and land, but if someone were to offer me silly money they could have it!

 

[SEL]

I get speculative letters all the time and just bin them. They never give a figure.

 

[Archangel]

We are looking for property fallen into disrepair(He was talking about my yard) to develop for housing.

How rude of them.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

If a large developer has approached you it's likely your property/area is under consideration by the local council for future house building. Are you on the edge of a village development boundary by any chance?
If earmarked for building the value will depend on the type of housing the council want. If they want 100pc affordable the value will be much less than for large detached residences.

We are in green belt, no we are not in a development boundary.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I would ask for their price, if I liked it, sell, if I didn’t, don’t.

Never. We spent years on getting our own yard, not letting some development company from up north force us our livery business and my horses out. I spoke to them, they said they would take us off the mailing list, then binned the letter. Next time I will do what I did last time just shred it straight away.

 

[Spottyappy]

The bigger issue is, were it viable and likely to get planning,if you did refuse (and I don’t meet the land promoter type letter you probably have recieved, but more proper developer interest), at what point do you say “no”- as compulsory purchase could be where it ends up.
Food for thought, maybe.

 

[Rowreach]

Nobody's forcing you to do anything.

 

[ILuvCowparsely]

I did write a reply but my darn computer refreshed it off. Anyway since writing the post the company from up north said they would take it off their mailing list

 

[PinkvSantaboots]

Same for me. I love my house and land, but if someone were to offer me silly money they could have it!

Same here but my husbands business is property so he could potentially develop it himself, so if the surrounding area was to be developed which they have been trying to do that's what we would do and just find somewhere else to live.

It's always worth an ask on how much they would be willing to pay.

 

[blitznbobs]

The bigger issue is, were it viable and likely to get planning,if you did refuse (and I don’t meet the land promoter type letter you probably have recieved, but more proper developer interest), at what point do you say “no”- as compulsory purchase could be where it ends up.
Food for thought, maybe.

Compulsory purchase is only for government builds … and extremely unlikely unless you are on a road route. Certainly not for housing.

 

[blitznbobs]

never take a first cold call offer - no one offers their best price like this it is a punt…

 

[fredflop]

Land can be compulsory purchased for houses

 

[sport horse]

Land can be compulsory purchased for houses

Only by the Government, Local Authority or public Utility. Not as I understand it, by a private developer? I shred all such letters and recycle the shredded paper!

 

[Spottyappy]

Compulsory purchase is only for government builds … and extremely unlikely unless you are on a road route. Certainly not for housing.

My late mother in laws land ended up being compulsory purchased for houses,and not local authority ones.

 

[blitznbobs]

My late mother in laws land ended up being compulsory purchased for houses,and not local authority ones.

By a private company… that must have been a v strange situation.

 

[Follysmum]

A friend has just moved due to compulsory purchase. Her house was need to demolish and make way as a road entrance to 6 new houses behind her .
She now has a fab house with a few acres so she is well happy

 

[Spottyappy]

By a private company… that must have been a v strange situation.

It was a bit complicated as there was a lot of small land owners who had legally formed a syndicate. But, couldn’t agree on prices I guess, so it ended up being a compulsory purchase.

 

[Goldenstar]

Give me 1.6 million and you can have it .

 

[Cowpony]

Compulsory purchase is only for government builds … and extremely unlikely unless you are on a road route. Certainly not for housing.

The field opposite our yard was compulsory purchased for housing. I too didn't think they could do that, but they did. There were, from memory, 2 "affordable" homes amongst all the 4-bedroom executive houses. The owners didn't want to sell and there was huge local opposition.

 

[SilverLinings]

I had thought CPOs could only be for social housing (and transport, infrastructure, etc) not private housing so have had a quick look. Apparently the rules are slightly vaguer, and CPOs may only be issued 'where there is a compelling case in the public interest', and with regards to private housing CPOs can be used in a small number of specific cases like the building of a new town, where e.g. keeping a farm in the middle of it could be argued as not in the public interest. Private bodies (e.g. developers) do not have compulsory purchase powers, but many public bodies do including LAs, health service bodies, and some executive agencies such as Homes England (the Gov'ts housing and regeneration agency).

https://assets.publishing.service.g...3bd095cb0/CPO_guidance_-_with_2019_update.pdf

 

[blitznbobs]

The field opposite our yard was compulsory purchased for housing. I too didn't think they could do that, but they did. There were, from memory, 2 "affordable" homes amongst all the 4-bedroom executive houses. The owners didn't want to sell and there was huge local opposition.

Private developers don’t have rights to use cpo’s the local authority can do it but they have to take it through government and it isn’t cheap to do … so there must have been an element of social housing

If private developers could I would cpo the field next door to our farm but that’s not the way it works …

 

[Cowpony]

Yes, the local authority did it, but it was a private developer.

 

[MissTyc]

Happened to "my" yard (rented). Farmer was all up for it, but turns out the land can't be developed for some reason. So now instead of being surrounded by countryside like we used to be, we're surrounded by a new build estate. Many other local yards were kicked out.