- Planning authority
- Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council
- Postcodes
- L29, L31
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 36°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 13°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Merseyside
The kinds of plot we look at in Maghull
Sometimes the plot that works isn’t a single garden at all. Two or three adjoining back gardens in Maghull 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 Maghull
Planning applications for new homes in gardens in Maghull are decided by Sefton Metropolitan Borough 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 Sefton Metropolitan Borough Council’s own guidance decides. We prepare the application with care; the decision is always the council’s.
What we can do in Maghull
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
Getting a first view of your plot in Maghull costs nothing. Send us the address through the form, or give us a call, and we’ll check access, size, title and the planning picture from our desk. If it looks promising, we’ll visit, explain the routes that could work and put the main terms in writing before you’re asked to decide anything.
Questions about garden plots in Maghull
How do you stop a new home in Maghull overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Maghull is about 36° 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 Maghull?
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.
Can I team up with my neighbours in Maghull?
Yes, and it can make a weak plot workable. Combining adjoining gardens can allow one shared access and a better layout. Each owner keeps their house, and a collaboration agreement sets out decisions, costs and how value is shared through equalisation. Every household should have its own solicitor.
What happens if planning is refused for a plot in Maghull?
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.