Backland development in Haverfordwest

If your house in Haverfordwest has a long back garden, a wide side plot or a row of garages behind it, there may be space for a new home. Backland Development gives you two ways to use that land. You can sell or partner on the plot and carry on living in your house, or you can keep it and have us design, get planning for and build a new home there.

Every enquiry from Haverfordwest and nearby places such as Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock and St Davids starts the same way: a free garden plot appraisal with no obligation. We look at the plot from a desk, talk it through with you and arrange a visit if it looks viable. Planning decisions rest with Pembrokeshire County Council, so we never promise an outcome.

Planning authority
Pembrokeshire County Council
Postcodes
SA61
Noon sun, 21 March
About 38°
Noon sun, 21 December
About 15°
Planning plan
LDP
County
Dyfed

The kinds of plot we look at in Haverfordwest

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 Haverfordwest and nearby places such as Milford Haven, Pembroke Dock and St Davids. The free appraisal shows which of these choices are realistic for your land, and what each would involve.

Planning and light in Haverfordwest

Planning applications for new homes in gardens in Haverfordwest are decided by Pembrokeshire County Council. Its decisions follow the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP) and Planning Policy Wales (PPW). 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 Pembrokeshire County Council’s own guidance decides. We prepare the application with care; the decision is always the council’s.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Haverfordwest: about 38 degrees on 21 March and 15 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 38°, shadow 6.4 m21 Dec, noon: sun 15°, shadow 19.0 mExistingNew home
This section is worked out for the latitude of Haverfordwest: around 38° of sun at midday in late March and about 15° at midwinter. It shows why the gap between your house and a new home behind it is about light as well as privacy. Garden assumed to face north.

What we can do in Haverfordwest

Sell or partner

Design and build

By plot type

What happens next

Getting a first view of your plot in Haverfordwest 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 Haverfordwest

Who decides planning for a new home in a garden in Haverfordwest?

The decision is made by Pembrokeshire County Council, using the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP), PPW 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.

Is there a charge for assessing my plot in Haverfordwest?

No. The garden plot appraisal is free and carries no obligation. We do a desktop check of access, size, title and the planning picture, talk it through with you and arrange a site visit if it looks viable. You can stop at any point without owing anything.

Can I sell part of my garden in Haverfordwest?

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 Pembrokeshire County Council grants permission. If planning is refused on a conditional sale, you keep your land.

Do you look at garage courts and yards in Haverfordwest?

Yes. Garage courts, lock-up blocks, old yards and outbuildings behind houses can sometimes take a new home, especially where a vehicle access already exists. We check who owns the access, what rights others have over it and what the ground was used for, as part of the free appraisal.

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Find out what your garden could become

Free garden plot appraisal. No cost, no obligation, and a straight answer if it won’t work.