Browse Forums Building A New House 1 Feb 01, 2016 12:04 am Hi everyone. First time poster. Always enjoy reading posts and comments here! I am thinking of buying 5-10 acre land and build 4 bedroom family home in Rural Victoria. There is the land I am interested in however it does not have a planning permit to build a house. Since I'm not in a desperate hurry and I like the land, I am thinking of making a conditional offer subject to planning permit approval. Is this common? Assuming that the planning permit will take 3-6 months before I get the formal approval, would vendor usually wait that long? (I guess he should?) Also of course there is no guarantee that I will be getting it so I can potentially waste 3-6 months of time and maybe a few thousand dollars although I am happy to take that risk. I am thinking... 1. Make a conditional offer. (subject to finance approval, planning permit, etc) 2. If accepted, get a quote from builder after soil test, BAL test, etc and finalize the plan etc and submit the plan to the shire council. 3. Wait... wait... wait... hopefully it will be approved and then build! Are there any other things to consider? What should I say to vendor in order to get a good deal? Not too sure why the vendor is selling this land without the permit. Maybe he knows that it's a difficult process and expecting someone else (in this case me) to do the hard work? Should I ask the vendor to contribute the cost involved with getting the permit? Negotiate down more than usual? Any advice will be appreciated. TIA! Re: Acreage without planning permit 2Feb 09, 2016 2:24 pm Talk to someone at council first! There may be no chance that zoning/planning changes will occour ever! If the land is in a rural area, the local council will only grant planning permits on sub 100 acre blocks if you can show that you are going to make an income off it (although every shire is different) What shire are you in? Is the block near a town/on the out skirts? The land bare could be worth as little as $10k without the planning permit, but getting a one granted could add $100k to the price of the block. I bought 55ac that was worth about $150k but as soon as the permit was on it, it was worth $250k.(many variables here between block) I doubt the Land owner would enter into an agreement with those conditions. Wouldn't be worth his while. I wouldn't rush into it...... Re: Acreage without planning permit 3Feb 09, 2016 6:16 pm My council in rural South Australia only allows houses to be build on sites greater than 20 hectares (about 40 acres) without special planning permission. Building applications on less than 20 hectares are classified as non-complying and it is very difficult to get planning permission. One exception (in my council area) is if the site is very small. I.E. too small to be economically used for agriculture. One needs to contact your own council to better understand if you will be allowed to build at all and what sort of restrictions they may place on the design and siting of your proposed house. One of my neighbours recently bought an acreage with a ruin on it. His application to rebuild and extend the ruin was rubber stamped. 1 4588 This certainly doesn't look good. I would be engaging with an independent inspector to have a look at this. As for the unscheduled site visits, most builders are quite… 1 28322 Elvis has left the building... The site supervisor quit after 2 month on the project. I guess he was just instructed to bark at people, but didn't like when he was… 26 20903 |