Planning Permission SIgnage

[Sassy M]

If you submit a planning permission application to the council, do you HAVE to display it outside the property for information purposes - or is dropping a copy of the application details through neighbours doors sufficient?

We are considering buying a one-off new-build house for which some major surgery may be required. We only found this out by talking to the neighbours (who have been taking an interest in the various discrepancies of the final result with the plan originally submitted...) and we would now prefer to wait until the situation is resolved (ie retrospective planning application approved for all the deviations) before proceeding with the purchase.

However, we strongly suspect that the builder would prefer to sell the property to an unsuspecting buyer rather than process the application (so that we can proceed with buying the house) as he will have to wait around for resolution before he gets his hands on the money... and during this time the planning notice will only
'advertise' the property's shortcomings and put off other potential buyers.

Is this something he will have to do?

[dzug]

I think the situation is that the council will either tell you (or him) to display the notice or it will itself write to all the properties affected if it regards it as minor. In the latter event - no notice displayed

[teag1rl]

A notice should be displayed on site. You can grass him up to the planning authority if not, who will make him put it back up again. With regard to proposective purchasers, if their solicitors are any good, they will have them contact planning to ask if there are any unresolved issues. If the LPA are not aware of the discrepencies, you should report them to them ASAP.