Potential planning issue with a house purchase.
I am about 8 weeks into buying a house and I am concerned it's all going to go Pete Tong.
The small barn conversion I want to buy is attached to the vendor's house.It was built as an extension to their property.
The property I want to buy has been used as a holiday let as this was the planning, a 2 bed holiday let Annex/extension. There have been some tenants also renting the property for maybe 6 months or a year.
Originally the build development was built as a extension to the Vendor's house, which was part of a slightly larger barn conversion development.
It had holiday letting approval I believe, although the documentation is patchy to confirm this. It was built in 2012, so over 10 years old.
The main issue is, that the vendor says as their house has a full time residential status and so this applies to the Annex extension that I hope to buy.
I am worried that as the place I want to buy was a holiday let and if they sell it to me, it changes materially and would not have a full time residential status for me automatically. It was marketed as a full time residential, not a holiday let.
My solicitor who is being thorough, has also raised concerns about the planning paper trail. There are gaps and a few things that don't quite add up.
Another issue is that the vendor extended their garden, sacrificing some of the plot I want to buy, making it smaller. This was years ago. But it seems that the land registry plan is the original plan and not the smaller version they are selling.
Is there a fast and easy/quick path to get a rubber stamp on the planning and full time residential status from the council ?I feel this Is this necessary, I want concrete evidence to be confident.
Is it easy to change the land registry easily and again quickly.
Any advice gratefully received. Thanks