CGT and building plot

Sep 01, 2005 1 Replies

I have been granted planning permission to build a second seperate dwelling house in my garden. I suspect (possibly incorrectly) if i either sell it either as a building plot or a fully developed house i will have to pay a large chunk of CGT. However what if i sell my current house and move into the newly built one only to move from there in a few years time, would this avoid incurring CGT on the sale of the newly built house ?


There is a plot size below which CGT does not apply if you sell part of it for redevelopment. Have a look at the HMRC website

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and look for CGT.

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