- Planning authority
- Cherwell District Council
- Postcodes
- OX5
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 38°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 15°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Oxfordshire
The kinds of plot we look at in Kidlington
The classic garden plot is a long back garden with enough width beside the house for a driveway. If you have one in Kidlington, that’s a good starting point, but it isn’t the only kind we consider. Corner plots and wide side gardens can work well because they often face a road already. Garage courts and yards behind houses may have access in place. Even land with no obvious way in can sometimes work, if a neighbour’s garden or a shared drive can provide one.
Planning and light in Kidlington
Planning applications for new homes in gardens in Kidlington are decided by Cherwell District 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 Cherwell District Council’s own guidance decides. We prepare the application with care; the decision is always the council’s.
What we can do in Kidlington
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 Kidlington 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 Kidlington
Do you look at garage courts and yards in Kidlington?
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 do you stop a new home in Kidlington overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Kidlington is about 38° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.4 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.
Can I sell part of my garden in Kidlington?
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 Cherwell District Council grants permission. If planning is refused on a conditional sale, you keep your land.
How much is my garden plot in Kidlington 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.