Backland development in Bordon

Before you pay for an architect or a planning application in Bordon, find out whether your garden has a realistic chance. Councils look closely at new homes in back gardens, and a plot that looks generous on a map can still struggle with access, privacy or daylight.

Our free garden plot appraisal answers that question first. We check your plot against the council’s Local Plan and the practical tests East Hampshire District Council is likely to apply, then explain what we found. If the plot works, you can sell or partner on it while staying in your home, or hold on to it and let us design and build a new one there. If it doesn’t, you’ve saved the cost of finding out the hard way.

Planning authority
East Hampshire District Council
Postcodes
GU35
Noon sun, 21 March
About 39°
Noon sun, 21 December
About 15°
Planning plan
Local Plan
County
Hampshire

The kinds of plot we look at in Bordon

Sometimes the plot that works isn’t a single garden at all. Two or three adjoining back gardens in Bordon can often be combined into one scheme with one shared access, giving a better layout than any of them alone. Each owner keeps their house, and a collaboration agreement with an equalisation clause shares the value fairly. If your own garden is too narrow or too short to work on its own, it’s worth asking whether the neighbours might be interested too.

Planning and light in Bordon

Planning applications for new homes in gardens in Bordon are decided by East Hampshire District 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 East Hampshire District 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 Bordon: about 39 degrees on 21 March and 15 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 39°, shadow 6.2 m21 Dec, noon: sun 15°, shadow 18.1 mExistingNew home
This section is worked out for the latitude of Bordon: around 39° 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 Bordon

Sell or partner

Design and build

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 Bordon, 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 Bordon

Can you build a house in my back garden in Bordon that I keep?

Yes. Our design and build route covers the survey, design, planning application, Building Regulations, construction and handover, while the land and the new home stay yours. You can sell it, let it or use it for family. You’ll get a written quote once the design and survey are done, and any earlier price range is a guide only.

Do you look at garage courts and yards in Bordon?

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.

What happens if planning is refused for a plot in Bordon?

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 East Hampshire District Council gave and tell you honestly whether a revised application, an appeal or stopping is the sensible choice. Nothing about your own house changes.

How long does a garden plot deal in Bordon 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.

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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.