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Does anyone know anything about this? We are in the process of getting plans for an extension and were informed that we would need permission from the ground landlord to do the building work. We applied and have been informed that he will grant permission providing we pay the fee of £900! When I phoned for more information on how this figure was calculated I was informed that there is no set fee and its at landlords discretion? He has also turned down our offer to buy the remaining lease (which they are obliged to do if you have owned property for more than 2yrs) which we believe would cost less than £500.

Is it just me or is he a greedy old goat? Does anyone know if we have any grounds to challenge his figure without taking on a very expensive legal battle?

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He may well be a greedy old goat, but it's his prerogative to do that because he owns the lease on the land.

 

Your only choices in this instance are to pay up, wait for the time to be up so you can force him to sell the lease to you (if he won't play ball with this and the 2 years have been passed then please consult a solicitor as there is a court process which sets what they consider a 'fair price' for the lease and can impose that upon him) or not do the work.

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Just build it anyway.

 

What's the worst that can happen?

 

He'll have to take you to court to force you to knock it down and that will cost him money.

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But without his permission they won't get planning permission to build in the first place, and the council planning department don't have any sort of scruples at all about making people knock things down again at their own expense to return the land to how it looked previously.

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Just build it anyway.

 

What's the worst that can happen?

 

He'll have to take you to court to force you to knock it down and that will cost him money.

 

which he will then reclaim by suing the person who has built on his land illegally.

 

idiot:loopy:

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He may well be a greedy old goat, but it's his prerogative to do that because he owns the lease on the land.

No. the 'he' described as ground landlord owns the freehold reversion; OP holds the lease (and that's what "leaseholder" means!)

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Just build it anyway.

 

What's the worst that can happen?

 

He'll have to take you to court to force you to knock it down and that will cost him money.

Ludicrously bad advice. OP: please ignore it.

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We are in the process of getting plans for an extension and were informed that we would need permission from the ground landlord to do the building work. We applied and have been informed that he will grant permission providing we pay the fee of £900! When I phoned for more information on how this figure was calculated I was informed that there is no set fee and its at landlords discretion? He has also turned down our offer to buy the remaining lease (which they are obliged to do if you have owned property for more than 2yrs) which we believe would cost less than £500.

Is it just me or is he a greedy old goat? Does anyone know if we have any grounds to challenge his figure without taking on a very expensive legal battle?

1. Is this a house or a flat?

2. If it's a house and you've owned the lease for > 2yrs.,

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...the following notes apply.

 

1. Yes- the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 will apply to your house.

2. It gives you a statutory right to enfranchise (= buy the freehold reversion).

3. How long does the lease term have to run?

4. How much ground rent is payable each year?

 

Finally, and assuming that you do not enfranchise:

a. is the extension to be within the area of which you own the leasehold (in which case you might be able to force consent); or

b. does it protrude beyond it (in which case you cannot compel L [landlord] to demise or sell the extra area)?

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...the following notes apply.

 

1. Yes- the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 will apply to your house.

2. It gives you a statutory right to enfranchise (= buy the freehold reversion).

3. How long does the lease term have to run?

4. How much ground rent is payable each year?

 

Finally, and assuming that you do not enfranchise:

a. is the extension to be within the area of which you own the leasehold (in which case you might be able to force consent); or

b. does it protrude beyond it (in which case you cannot compel L [landlord] to demise or sell the extra area)?

 

We have already been granted planning permission with no mention of contacting landlord. Its a house and we have lived here for 6 years. The annual ground rent is £9 and not sure how longs left on the lease? We don't object to paying a fee but were suprised by the amount and questioned how this figure was arrived at.

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Planning Permission from the Local Planning Authority (Council) has nothing to do with whether L does or does not consent.

Please answer:

3. How long does the lease term have to run?

4. How much ground rent is payable each year?

 

Finally, and assuming that you do not enfranchise:

a. is the extension to be within the area of which you own the leasehold (in which case you might be able to force consent); or

b. does it protrude beyond it (in which case you cannot compel L [landlord] to demise or sell the extra area)?

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...the following notes apply.

 

1. Yes- the Leasehold Reform Act 1967 will apply to your house.

2. It gives you a statutory right to enfranchise (= buy the freehold reversion).

3. How long does the lease term have to run?

4. How much ground rent is payable each year?

 

Finally, and assuming that you do not enfranchise:

a. is the extension to be within the area of which you own the leasehold (in which case you might be able to force consent); or

b. does it protrude beyond it (in which case you cannot compel L [landlord] to demise or sell the extra area)?

 

£9/year. Don't know remaining term, deeds are with bank (would landlords agent know this?).

Sorry don't understand points a and b? We don't own the leasehold?

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