Garden Plots and Backland Development in Hampshire

Nation: England
Planning authorities: 13
Towns we cover: 25
City: Winchester

Sell, partner or build in Hampshire

Your route depends on how much money, time and involvement you want from your garden. A direct sale, subject to survey, title and contract, is the simplest. A conditional sale, option or promotion can reflect more of the value a planning permission adds, with nothing upfront on promotion and reasonable legal fees covered on options. Design and build keeps the land yours. We’ll explain which of these fit your plot in Hampshire during the free appraisal.

Sell or partner

Design and build

By plot type

The planning picture in Hampshire

A strong planning application in Hampshire usually begins before anything is submitted. Many councils offer pre-application advice, often for a fee, which gives early feedback on a design and flags problems while they’re still cheap to fix. Small schemes are then usually decided by planning officers under delegated powers, and national and council rules set out when, if ever, one goes to a planning committee instead. The councils covering Hampshire all work within their own Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Our job is a careful, well-evidenced application; the decision is theirs.

Planning authorities: Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, East Hampshire District Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, Fareham Borough Council, Gosport Borough Council, Hart District Council, Havant Borough Council, New Forest District Council, Portsmouth City Council, Rushmoor Borough Council, Southampton City Council, Test Valley Borough Council, Winchester City Council.

Towns in Hampshire

Questions about garden plots in Hampshire

Which council decides planning for a garden plot in Hampshire?

The council for your address decides. The planning authorities covering Hampshire include Basingstoke and Deane Borough Council, East Hampshire District Council, Eastleigh Borough Council, Fareham Borough Council, Gosport Borough Council and other councils. Each judges applications against its own Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), together with its design guidance. We prepare and submit the application and deal with the council’s questions, but the decision is always the council’s, never ours.

Do I need my own solicitor to sell a plot in Hampshire?

Yes, always. Your solicitor checks the contract, deals with the transfer of part at HM Land Registry and asks your mortgage lender to release the plot if the house is mortgaged. On option and promotion agreements we cover your reasonable legal fees, with the cap agreed in heads of terms before work starts.

Do you buy garden plots in Hampshire?

Yes. We buy suitable garden plots across Hampshire directly, with or without planning permission, always subject to survey, title and contract. We also offer sales subject to planning, options, planning promotion and joint ventures. Which route fits depends on your plot, so the starting point is a free, no-obligation appraisal.

Can you build a new home in my garden in Hampshire for me to keep?

Yes. Through our design and build route we survey your plot, design a new home with you, apply for planning and, once permission is granted, build it. You keep the land and the new home, to sell, let or use for family. You get a written quote after design and survey, and any earlier guide price is a guide only.

Backland development in Hampshire