- Planning authority
- London Borough of Lambeth
- Postcodes
- SE27, SW2, SW4, SW8, SW9
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 39°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 15°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Greater London
The kinds of plot we look at in Lambeth
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 Lambeth and nearby places such as Southwark, Wandsworth and Lewisham. The free appraisal shows which of these choices are realistic for your land, and what each would involve.
Planning and light in Lambeth
Daylight is one of the first things the London Borough of Lambeth will look at on a garden plot. At midday on 21 March the sun in Lambeth sits about 39° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line around 5 metres high throws a shadow of roughly 6.3 m. On 21 December the midday sun is only about 15° 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 Lambeth
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
What happens next
If you’d like to talk it through first, call us. There’s no script and no hard sell. We’ll ask a few questions about your plot in Lambeth, explain how the free appraisal works and answer what we can on the spot. If it makes sense to go further, we’ll agree the next step together; if it doesn’t, you’ve lost nothing.
Questions about garden plots in Lambeth
How much is my garden plot in Lambeth 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.
How long does a garden plot deal in Lambeth usually take?
It depends on the route. A sale of a plot that already has planning moves at the pace of the solicitors and your lender. Routes that need planning usually take many months, because of surveys, design, the council’s decision period and any amendments. Design and build usually takes well over a year in total.
Is there a charge for assessing my plot in Lambeth?
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.
What happens if planning is refused for a plot in Lambeth?
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 the London Borough of Lambeth gave and tell you honestly whether a revised application, an appeal or stopping is the sensible choice. Nothing about your own house changes.