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Sell, partner or build in Northamptonshire
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 Northamptonshire. 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
- Sell part of your garden in Northamptonshire
- Sell subject to planning in Northamptonshire
- Garden plot option agreement in Northamptonshire
- Planning promotion for your garden plot in Northamptonshire
- Joint venture on your garden plot in Northamptonshire
- Combine gardens with your neighbours in Northamptonshire
Design and build
- Build a new home in your garden in Northamptonshire
- Planning permission for a garden plot in Northamptonshire
- Build a home for family in your garden in Northamptonshire
- Plot feasibility and design in Northamptonshire
By plot type
- Large rear gardens in Northamptonshire
- Corner and side plots in Northamptonshire
- Garage courts and yards in Northamptonshire
- Tandem and landlocked plots in Northamptonshire
- Bungalows on large plots in Northamptonshire
The planning picture in Northamptonshire
Planning applications in Northamptonshire are decided by the council for your address. The planning authorities covering Northamptonshire include North Northamptonshire Council and West Northamptonshire Council, and each judges garden schemes against its own Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Officers usually look hardest at access, privacy, daylight, the character of the street and the garden left for the existing house. Many councils use separation guides of around 21 metres between facing back windows, though your council’s own guidance decides. We read those policies for your plot before recommending anything, and the final decision is always the council’s.
Planning authorities: North Northamptonshire Council, West Northamptonshire Council.
Towns in Northamptonshire
Questions about garden plots in Northamptonshire
How long does planning take for a garden plot in Northamptonshire?
The council usually has eight weeks from validation to decide a small application, though extensions are often agreed, and the whole process takes longer. Surveys, design work, pre-application advice and amendments all add time, and some ecology surveys can only be done at certain times of year. We’ll give you a realistic timetable for your plot rather than a promise.
Can neighbours in Northamptonshire 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.
How much is a garden plot in Northamptonshire worth?
It depends on location, size, access, title and, above all, planning. Two similar gardens in the same street can be worth very different amounts if one has easy access and the other doesn’t. We don’t quote figures before we’ve looked at a plot properly; the free appraisal is the way to find out.
Do you buy garden plots in Northamptonshire?
Yes. We buy suitable garden plots across Northamptonshire directly, with or without planning permission, always subject to survey, title and contract. We also offer sales subject to planning, options, planning promotion and joint ventures. Which route fits depends on your plot, so the starting point is a free, no-obligation appraisal.