- Planning authority
- Westmorland and Furness Council
- Postcodes
- LA12
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 36°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 12°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Cumbria
The kinds of plot we look at in Ulverston
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 Ulverston and nearby places such as Dalton-in-Furness, Barrow-in-Furness and Morecambe. The free appraisal shows which of these choices are realistic for your land, and what each would involve.
Planning and light in Ulverston
Planning applications for new homes in gardens in Ulverston are decided by Westmorland and Furness Council. Its decisions follow the council’s Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Officers usually focus on access, privacy, daylight, the character of the street and the garden left for both homes. Many councils use separation guides of around 21 metres between facing back windows and around 12 to 15 metres between a back window and a blank side wall, but Westmorland and Furness Council’s own guidance decides. We prepare the application with care; the decision is always the council’s.
What we can do in Ulverston
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 Ulverston 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 Ulverston
How do you stop a new home in Ulverston overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Ulverston is about 36° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.9 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.
Who decides planning for a new home in a garden in Ulverston?
The decision is made by Westmorland and Furness 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.
Can I sell part of my garden in Ulverston?
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 Westmorland and Furness Council grants permission. If planning is refused on a conditional sale, you keep your land.
What happens if planning is refused for a plot in Ulverston?
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 Westmorland and Furness Council gave and tell you honestly whether a revised application, an appeal or stopping is the sensible choice. Nothing about your own house changes.