Gordon Gekko
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A close family neighbour is dealing with a bit of a nightmare scenario.
She is buying a house. The vendor's bank has lost the deeds. It is a Land Registry case, so there is no confusion over the ownership of the property.
The issue is planning. The planning authorities do not have any planning records for the property, other than reference numbers indicating that certain planning permissions were granted. No works have been undertaken on the property for at least 25 years.
How can this be resolved and will my sister's lender allow the sale to go through?
As I understand it, retention is not relevant on the basis that at present it can be neither proved or disproved that the property is compliant.
An architect is willing to state that the property fits in with other properties nearby and is likely to have been compliant in the 70s/80s.
Many thanks.
She is buying a house. The vendor's bank has lost the deeds. It is a Land Registry case, so there is no confusion over the ownership of the property.
The issue is planning. The planning authorities do not have any planning records for the property, other than reference numbers indicating that certain planning permissions were granted. No works have been undertaken on the property for at least 25 years.
How can this be resolved and will my sister's lender allow the sale to go through?
As I understand it, retention is not relevant on the basis that at present it can be neither proved or disproved that the property is compliant.
An architect is willing to state that the property fits in with other properties nearby and is likely to have been compliant in the 70s/80s.
Many thanks.