Yahoo Finance Grand designs: 7 properties with planning permission
Getting planning permission for major work is often a lengthy process, so properties with consent already in place are in high demand and can command a premium.
Development site sourcing specialist Searchland has found that the number of homes on the market with planning permission granted varies greatly across the country, with the highest proportion — 28% — in the south east.
"It’s far easier to buy a development-ready property in the south east, east of England and the south west compared to every other region," says Mitchell Fasanya, the company’s co-founder and CEO. "Also, you don’t have to pay a big premium in those areas."
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These houses and plots for sale come with full planning permission, enabling you to begin the big build as soon as you’re ready.
1. Great Bardfield, Thaxted, Essex, £375,000
Grade II Iisted Trinity Cottage is a real find — and not just because it’s well-proportioned and packed with character and original features such as fireplaces, exposed timber beams and brick and parquet flooring.
Recently re-thatched, it comprises a sitting room, dining room and L-shared kitchen, two double bedrooms and a bathroom on the first floor and a garden.
Permission has been obtained to add a single storey rear extension, so the new owner won’t have the hassle of applying for listed building consent. Find out more from Hunters.
2. Lower Treneague, St. Breock, Cornwall, £750,000
An extremely rare opportunity to secure a plot with full consent to construct a Paragraph 80 house – an isolated country property of exceptional design quality.
To prevent rural locations becoming developed, only a handful of homes of this type get planning permission each year.
The three storey, net zero carbon house will have four bedrooms, a kitchen with an atrium above, a spacious open plan living/dining area and an office, and be connected to its two and a half acre garden via steps and walkways at different levels. Get in touch with Humberts.
3. Burnside, Glasgow, offers over £895,000
At 4,725 square feet, this Victorian villa is extremely spacious and incorporates seven bedrooms, a kitchen/breakfast room, a dining/sitting room, a dual aspect living room, a study and a sun lounge, though the layout is flexible.
It’s in good condition, as the current owners have carried out improvements over the years and restored many original features.
The property has planning permission to sub-divide the one-acre garden and construct a detached five-bedroom house and garage. Via Pacitti Jones.
4. Uffculme, Devon, £1.25m
If you’re up for a challenge, how about this former brewery with planning for a townhouse, four two-bedroom flats and a one-bedroom maisonette?
At the moment the grade II listed building consists of a basement with a separate access from the street level, a semi-basement and three workshop/storage levels, plus a two-bedroom penthouse apartment spread across the top two floors.
A converted octagonal water tower houses the main bedroom, which opens out to a roof terrace with sweeping views across the Culm Valley.
The old lift motor room at the opposite end of the terrace has planning permission to be transformed into a garden room/studio. Through Purplebricks.
5. Hutton John, Penrith, Cumbria, offers over £1.3m
Rookin Farm is a traditional stone-built Cumbrian farmhouse in an unspoilt rural setting.
It has four bedrooms, five reception rooms, a host of period features and two and a half acres of land containing a lovingly-tended garden, woodland, paddocks and several outbuildings.
A barn has been converted into a car port and there’s permission to turn additional workshop and storage space into extra living accommodation — for example a self-contained annexe or a holiday cottage. Contact Finest Properties.
6. Clifford Chambers, Stratford-upon-Avon, Warwickshire, £1.395m
Dating from not long after Shakespeare’s time, grade II listed The Hollies sits in an idyllic spot, overlooking the village green and church.
It’s delightful inside and out, having been sensitively restored and upgraded over the past 15 years and includes three bedrooms, two bathrooms, a kitchen with an island and breakfast bar, a drawing room and dining room — both with inglenook fireplaces — and a part-walled garden.
Permission has been obtained to demolish an existing lean-to and replace it with a two-storey extension. Through Pritchard & Company.
7. Chelsea, London SW3, £3.5m
The only thing missing in this three-bedroom townhouse is outside space, apart from a balcony off the main bedroom.
However, this could soon be resolved, because planning permission has been secured to add a roof terrace on top, providing 360 degree views over the neighbourhood.
The house opens into a light-filled kitchen/living/dining area, with a circular staircase leading up to two bedrooms, a bathroom and family room on the first floor, and a principal bedroom suite on the second. For more info, contact Tedworth Property.
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