Backland development in Llantrisant

Selling part of your garden and building on it yourself are very different things, and owners in Llantrisant can do either with us. Selling means you receive money for the plot and the new home belongs to someone else. Building means you keep the land, take on the cost and end up with a new home of your own.

Between those two sit options, planning promotion and joint ventures, where you share more of the outcome without managing the build yourself. A town like Llantrisant can have very different plots from one street to the next, so the free garden plot appraisal is where we start. It costs nothing and commits you to nothing.

Planning authority
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Postcodes
CF38, CF72
Noon sun, 21 March
About 38°
Noon sun, 21 December
About 15°
Planning plan
LDP
County
Mid Glamorgan

The kinds of plot we look at in Llantrisant

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 Llantrisant and nearby places such as Pontypridd, Cowbridge and Rhondda. The free appraisal shows which of these choices are realistic for your land, and what each would involve.

Planning and light in Llantrisant

Daylight is one of the first things Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council will look at on a garden plot. At midday on 21 March the sun in Llantrisant sits about 38° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line around 5 metres high throws a shadow of roughly 6.3 m. On 21 December the midday sun is only about 15° 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 Development Plan (LDP) and any daylight guidance it publishes before anything is submitted.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Llantrisant: about 38 degrees on 21 March and 15 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 38°, shadow 6.3 m21 Dec, noon: sun 15°, shadow 18.6 mExistingNew home
This section is worked out for the latitude of Llantrisant: around 38° 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 Llantrisant

Sell or partner

Design and build

By plot type

What happens next

Getting a first view of your plot in Llantrisant 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 Llantrisant

Can I sell part of my garden in Llantrisant?

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 Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council grants permission. If planning is refused on a conditional sale, you keep your land.

Can you build a house in my back garden in Llantrisant 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 Llantrisant?

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 Llantrisant 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.

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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.