- Planning authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Postcodes
- L23, L38
- 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 Crosby
Sometimes the plot that works isn’t a single garden at all. Two or three adjoining back gardens in Crosby 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 Crosby
Small planning applications in Crosby are usually decided by planning officers at Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council under delegated powers, and national and council rules set out when, if ever, one goes to a planning committee instead. Either way, the application is judged on material considerations such as overlooking, daylight, highway safety and design, not on loss of a view or property values. A well-evidenced application that clearly addresses the policies in the council’s Local Plan gives your plot the fairest hearing. We prepare it with you and keep you informed; the decision rests with the council.
What we can do in Crosby
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
When you’re ready, tell us about your land in Crosby. A few photos help but aren’t essential. We’ll come back with a straight view of whether the plot could take a new home and which routes might suit you, from a sale to design and build. If it’s not a good fit, we’ll say so, and there’s nothing to pay either way.
Questions about garden plots in Crosby
How do you stop a new home in Crosby overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Crosby is about 37° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.8 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.
Do you look at garage courts and yards in Crosby?
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.
How much is my garden plot in Crosby 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.
What happens if planning is refused for a plot in Crosby?
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 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council gave and tell you honestly whether a revised application, an appeal or stopping is the sensible choice. Nothing about your own house changes.