Garden Plots and Backland Development in North Yorkshire

Nation: England
Planning authorities: 5
Towns we cover: 15
City: York

Sell, partner or build in North Yorkshire

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 North Yorkshire. 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

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The planning picture in North Yorkshire

A strong planning application in North Yorkshire 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 North Yorkshire 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: City of York Council, Middlesbrough Council, North Yorkshire Council, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council, Stockton-on-Tees Borough Council.

Towns in North Yorkshire

Questions about garden plots in North Yorkshire

Do I need my own solicitor to sell a plot in North Yorkshire?

Yes, always. Your solicitor checks the contract, deals with the transfer of part at HM Land Registry and asks your mortgage lender to release the plot if the house is mortgaged. On option and promotion agreements we cover your reasonable legal fees, with the cap agreed in heads of terms before work starts.

Can you build a new home in my garden in North Yorkshire for me to keep?

Yes. Through our design and build route we survey your plot, design a new home with you, apply for planning and, once permission is granted, build it. You keep the land and the new home, to sell, let or use for family. You get a written quote after design and survey, and any earlier guide price is a guide only.

Can neighbours in North Yorkshire 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 council decides planning for a garden plot in North Yorkshire?

The council for your address decides. The planning authorities covering North Yorkshire include City of York Council, Middlesbrough Council, North Yorkshire Council, Redcar and Cleveland Borough Council and Stockton-on-Tees Borough 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.

Backland development in North Yorkshire