Who is behind Backland Development?
We’re part of the S&K Group, which brings together businesses across glazing, building supplies and property investment. Backland Development is the group’s brand for garden and backland plots, and it trades through S&K Property Investments and Improvement Ltd.
We’re new, and we’d rather say so plainly. You won’t find a list of past projects or a wall of reviews here. What you will find is a clear explanation of how each route works and what it costs you, so you can judge for yourself.
What do we actually do?
We offer two kinds of route. If you want to keep your house but not deal with the development, we can buy your garden plot directly, subject to survey, title and contract, or agree a sale subject to planning, an option, planning promotion or a joint venture. We can also help neighbours combine their gardens into one better scheme.
If you’d rather keep the land, we can design a new home for it, apply for planning and build it for you to sell, let or use for family. Either way, the starting point is a free garden plot appraisal.
How do we work with homeowners?
We give straight answers, including when we think a plot won’t work. Before anything is signed, the main terms go into written heads of terms: the price or formula, who pays which costs, any caps and what happens if planning is refused.
You always have your own solicitor. On option and promotion agreements we cover your reasonable legal fees, with the cap agreed in the heads of terms. We’d rather you took your time and asked hard questions than signed something you weren’t sure about.
What won’t we do?
We won’t pressure you, invent deadlines or tell you other buyers are about to snap up your plot. We won’t promise planning permission, because that’s the council’s decision. And we won’t quote you a value for your garden before we’ve looked at it properly.
We also won’t pretend to be something we’re not. We’re not an estate agent, we don’t claim awards or accreditations, and we won’t give you tax advice; for that, please speak to a tax adviser.
Where do we work?
We cover England and Wales, across every English county and all eight Welsh preserved counties. Planning and building rules differ between the two nations, from national planning policy to sprinklers, drainage approval and land tax, and we work to the right rules for wherever your plot is.
Our trading address is in Great Barr, Birmingham. Wherever you are, the first step is the same: use the form or call us for a free garden plot appraisal.
Company details
- Trading name
- Backland Development
- Company
- S&K Property Investments and Improvement Ltd
- Company number
- 16932889
- Registered office
- Unit 1 Hembs Crescent, Great Barr, Birmingham B43 5DG
- Trading address
- Units 1–4 Hembs Crescent, Great Barr, Birmingham, B43 5DG
- Group
- S&K Group