- Planning authority
- Cornwall Council
- Postcodes
- TR14
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 40°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 16°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Cornwall
The kinds of plot we look at in Camborne
Not every plot we consider is a garden. Garage courts, lock-up blocks, old workshops and yards behind houses in Camborne can sometimes take a new home, particularly where a vehicle access already exists. These sites raise their own questions, such as who owns the access, whether anyone else has rights over it and what the ground was used for before. Alongside them, we consider long back gardens, wide side gardens, corner plots and bungalows on large plots, each judged on its own access, space and planning position.
Planning and light in Camborne
Daylight is one of the first things Cornwall Council will look at on a garden plot. At midday on 21 March the sun in Camborne sits about 40° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line around 5 metres high throws a shadow of roughly 6.0 m. On 21 December the midday sun is only about 16° up and shadows are far longer. That’s why the gap between the existing house and the new one, and the height of the new roof, matter so much. We test layouts against the council’s Local Plan and any daylight guidance it publishes before anything is submitted.
What we can do in Camborne
Sell or partner
- Sell part of your garden
- Sell subject to planning
- Garden plot option agreement
- Planning promotion for your garden plot
- Joint venture on your garden plot
- Combine gardens with your neighbours
Design and build
- Build a new home in your garden
- Planning permission for a garden plot
- Build a home for family in your garden
- Plot feasibility and design
By plot type
- Large rear gardens
- Corner and side plots
- Garage courts and yards
- Tandem and landlocked plots
- Bungalows on large plots
What happens next
The next step is simple. Use the form or call us with your Camborne address and, if you can, a rough idea of the garden’s length, width and how a vehicle might reach it. We’ll do a desktop check, talk it through with you and arrange a site visit if the plot looks viable. There’s no cost and no obligation.
Questions about garden plots in Camborne
Can you build a house in my back garden in Camborne that I keep?
Yes. Our design and build route covers the survey, design, planning application, Building Regulations, construction and handover, while the land and the new home stay yours. You can sell it, let it or use it for family. You’ll get a written quote once the design and survey are done, and any earlier price range is a guide only.
Who decides planning for a new home in a garden in Camborne?
The decision is made by Cornwall Council, using the council’s Local Plan, the NPPF and its own design guidance. Small schemes are usually decided by planning officers, and national and council rules set out when one can go to a planning committee instead. We prepare and submit the application and answer the council’s questions, but we can’t promise the outcome.
What happens if planning is refused for a plot in Camborne?
If you agreed a sale subject to planning, the contract doesn’t complete and you keep your land. We’ll then look at the reasons Cornwall Council gave and tell you honestly whether a revised application, an appeal or stopping is the sensible choice. Nothing about your own house changes.
How do you stop a new home in Camborne overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Camborne is about 40° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.0 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.