- Planning authority
- Cornwall Council
- Postcodes
- PL25, PL26
- 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 St Austell
A bungalow on a big plot gives you more choices than most homes. You might keep the bungalow and build a new home beside or behind it, or replace it with two or more homes if the council would support that. We also look at long back gardens, corner plots, garage courts, yards and land with tricky access across St Austell and nearby places such as Bodmin, Truro and Newquay. The free appraisal shows which of these choices are realistic for your land, and what each would involve.
Planning and light in St Austell
Shadows tell a council a lot about a garden plot. In St Austell, the noon sun on 21 December reaches only about 16° above the horizon, while by 21 March it has climbed to around 40°, when a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.0 m. On a garden plot anywhere in PL25 and PL26, that difference shapes how far apart the old and new homes need to be, which windows face which way, and whether a single-storey or roof-lit design would sit more comfortably. Planning officers at Cornwall Council will expect those effects on neighbours to be understood before they decide.
What we can do in St Austell
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
Getting a first view of your plot in St Austell costs nothing. Send us the address through the form, or give us a call, and we’ll check access, size, title and the planning picture from our desk. If it looks promising, we’ll visit, explain the routes that could work and put the main terms in writing before you’re asked to decide anything.
Questions about garden plots in St Austell
Can I sell part of my garden in St Austell?
Often, yes, if the plot is big enough, has a workable access and stands a reasonable chance of planning. We buy suitable plots directly, with or without planning, subject to survey, title and contract, or agree a sale that only completes if Cornwall Council grants permission. If planning is refused on a conditional sale, you keep your land.
How much is my garden plot in St Austell worth?
There’s no honest figure without looking at the plot. Value depends on location, size, access, title and planning, and costs such as a long drive or difficult ground come straight off what the land is worth. Our free appraisal looks at all of that before we talk about price.
What happens if planning is refused for a plot in St Austell?
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.
Who decides planning for a new home in a garden in St Austell?
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.