- Planning authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Postcodes
- L20, L22
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 37°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 13°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Merseyside
The kinds of plot we look at in Bootle
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 Bootle and nearby places such as Litherland, Crosby and Wallasey. The free appraisal shows which of these choices are realistic for your land, and what each would involve.
Planning and light in Bootle
Daylight is one of the first things Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council will look at on a garden plot. At midday on 21 March the sun in Bootle sits about 37° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line around 5 metres high throws a shadow of roughly 6.7 m. On 21 December the midday sun is only about 13° 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 Bootle
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
- Large rear gardens
- Corner and side plots
- Garage courts and yards
- Tandem and landlocked plots
- Bungalows on large plots
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 Bootle, 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 Bootle
How do you stop a new home in Bootle overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Bootle is about 37° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.7 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.
Can I sell part of my garden in Bootle?
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 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council grants permission. If planning is refused on a conditional sale, you keep your land.
How long does a garden plot deal in Bootle 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.
Who decides planning for a new home in a garden in Bootle?
The decision is made by Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council, using the council’s Local Plan, the NPPF 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.