- Planning authority
- North Yorkshire Council
- Postcodes
- YO22
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 36°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 12°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- North Yorkshire
The kinds of plot we look at in Whitby
Sometimes the plot that works isn’t a single garden at all. Two or three adjoining back gardens in Whitby 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 Whitby
Shadows tell a council a lot about a garden plot. In Whitby, the noon sun on 21 December reaches only about 12° above the horizon, while by 21 March it has climbed to around 36°, when a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 7.0 m. On a garden plot anywhere in YO22, that difference shapes how far apart the old and new homes need to be, which windows face which way, and whether a single-storey or roof-lit design would sit more comfortably. Planning officers at North Yorkshire Council will expect those effects on neighbours to be understood before they decide.
What we can do in Whitby
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 Whitby, 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 Whitby
What happens if planning is refused for a plot in Whitby?
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 North Yorkshire Council gave and tell you honestly whether a revised application, an appeal or stopping is the sensible choice. Nothing about your own house changes.
Can you build a house in my back garden in Whitby 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.
Can I team up with my neighbours in Whitby?
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.
How do you stop a new home in Whitby overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Whitby is about 36° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 7.0 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.