9874 Buying Land To Build On

what i really mean is agricultural land ...

most people will know already that generally in Italy... depending on various bits and pieces regarding location and designation... say national parks ... it is generally accepted that if you can buy a field of 1 hectare in one piece you can get permission to build a house...

already various comunes have changed this to make it now the law that you have to have 3 hectares in one piece in order to build.... am not sure how many... i know of at least two...but i also know of others that are considering changing to it...

my point...as usual i take a while to get there is that it occurred to me that someone might well buy a 1 hectare plot in order to apply for a house to be built on completion of the sale paying a premium beyond the normal agricultural land rate... and then find the comune has had a meeting and introduced the new requirement.... land worthless and no house could be the result...

have not had a lot of time to look into all this but again i think this is the sort of situation where it would pay to have a solicitor who will contact the comune and get written confirmation that goalposts are not about to be moved before planning permission has been submitted and approved....

so... its another question that needs to be asked amongst many ... also when buying in this sort of way in order to build get the volume per sq meter allowed by7 the comune...this can vary ...and does... but also take into account say that when these values are given that it applies to the habitable area not to areas underground,garages, workshops etc... so a seemingly small figure can allow you to add in cantinas , work kitchens and stores... adding up to a much larger property ...