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Sell, partner or build in Herefordshire
Garden land usually leads to one of two outcomes: money for a plot you don’t need, or a new home that stays in your hands. For the first, we offer direct purchase, sales subject to planning, options, planning promotion, joint ventures and help combining gardens with neighbours across Herefordshire. For the second, our design and build route takes you from feasibility to handover, with a written quote once the design and survey are done.
Sell or partner
- Sell part of your garden in Herefordshire
- Sell subject to planning in Herefordshire
- Garden plot option agreement in Herefordshire
- Planning promotion for your garden plot in Herefordshire
- Joint venture on your garden plot in Herefordshire
- Combine gardens with your neighbours in Herefordshire
Design and build
- Build a new home in your garden in Herefordshire
- Planning permission for a garden plot in Herefordshire
- Build a home for family in your garden in Herefordshire
- Plot feasibility and design in Herefordshire
By plot type
- Large rear gardens in Herefordshire
- Corner and side plots in Herefordshire
- Garage courts and yards in Herefordshire
- Tandem and landlocked plots in Herefordshire
- Bungalows on large plots in Herefordshire
The planning picture in Herefordshire
A strong planning application in Herefordshire 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 Herefordshire 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: Herefordshire Council.
Towns in Herefordshire
Questions about garden plots in Herefordshire
Which council decides planning for a garden plot in Herefordshire?
The council for your address decides. The planning authorities covering Herefordshire include Herefordshire Council. 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 you buy garden plots in Herefordshire?
Yes. We buy suitable garden plots across Herefordshire 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 neighbours in Herefordshire combine their gardens?
Yes. Putting two or more adjoining back gardens together can allow one shared access and a better layout than separate plots. Each owner keeps their house. The owners usually sign a collaboration agreement, with an equalisation clause so that value is shared fairly even though only one garden provides the access. Each household should take its own legal advice.
Which national rules apply to a new home in Herefordshire?
Garden schemes here sit under the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), with the local detail coming from the council’s Local Plan. New homes must also meet the Building Regulations. That affects things such as fire engine access (or other measures, often sprinklers, agreed with building control and the fire service where a fire engine can’t get close enough). On drainage you’ll usually need a drainage plan the council will want to see, and land purchases fall under Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). We check which rules apply to your plot as part of the free appraisal.