Odd land boundary

[Netherfield]

Some years a I tried to buy the above land, (a) to roll some money over by selling some away land and (b) it adjoins what I have.

It didn't come of because of the dodgy agents selling it, who should remain nameless, 17 years on and it came in to the local authority house building land scheme.

Any ideas now why the bottom left section is left out of the red boundary line, whereas years ago when trying to buy it was included.

 

[7610 super q]

Bits kept back to sell later ?

 

[Yale]

One of the big houses bought it to act as a privacy buffer?

 

[Dry Rot]

'Hope value' -- looks like a good site for a supermarket or a school. Do they pay more for land than the seller would get for housing?

 

[Rowland]

Ransom strip ? If anyone wants to extend the site they may have to cross the red bits meaning they would get money for crossing them.

 

[Netherfield]

Blue line is a Public Foothpath if that makes any difference.

'Hope value' -- looks like a good site for a supermarket or a school. Do they pay more for land than the seller would get for housing?

Doubtful, because of the roads leading to the site, and the area is fairly well catered for anyway.

One of the big houses bought it to act as a privacy buffer?

Again doubtful, unless someone is telling me a lot of porkies, the land is/was owned by a large estate from the area where @Nearly used to farm before he trotted off up further North.

 

[Kidds]

I’d say ransom strip or future access route. Plenty of examples of houses bought and demolished to make route into new development.
Could be swamp could be new sewer works etc.

 

[Lincsman]

Its all designed to extend, the road running east west from your white mark will be continued into the next field at some point.
Is that blue line a stream at the bottom? the land may be put aside for flood catchment ponds.

 

[Netherfield]

Blue line is a public footpath, dig down 2 to 3 foot and it's solid sandstone. The wall line to the left of that field is the boundary between two villages, according to the local plan they will not build to the left because that would be like joining the villages together which they are loath to do within this ten year plan anyway.

On top of all this the local authority might reject the builders plans and insist on something completely different i.e more properties on the space available, which is what they have done on another development in the area.

 

[teslacoils]

Like the other bit by the footpath, it will be used as "green space" for the next phase.

 

[Andrew]

Whats the squarish bit outlined in blue top right?

That bit may be kept back as pony paddocks and stables?

 

[Netherfield]

Whats the squarish bit outlined in blue top right?

That bit may be kept back as pony paddocks and stables?

Property of another main access far right of the blue.