Garden Plots and Backland Development in Staffordshire

Nation: England
Planning authorities: 9
Towns we cover: 13
City: Stoke-on-Trent

Sell, partner or build in Staffordshire

There are two broad routes for garden land in Staffordshire. If you want to keep your house and step back from the development, you can sell the plot to us, with or without planning, or agree a sale subject to planning, an option, promotion or a joint venture. If you want to keep the land as well, we can design, seek planning for and build a new home on it for you to sell, let or use for family.

Sell or partner

Design and build

By plot type

The planning picture in Staffordshire

Planning applications in Staffordshire are decided by the council for your address. The planning authorities covering Staffordshire include Cannock Chase District Council, East Staffordshire Borough Council, Lichfield District Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, South Staffordshire Council and other councils, 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: Cannock Chase District Council, East Staffordshire Borough Council, Lichfield District Council, Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council, South Staffordshire Council, Stafford Borough Council, Staffordshire Moorlands District Council, Stoke-on-Trent City Council, Tamworth Borough Council.

Towns in Staffordshire

Questions about garden plots in Staffordshire

Can neighbours in Staffordshire 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.

Do you buy garden plots in Staffordshire?

Yes. We buy suitable garden plots across Staffordshire 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.

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

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.

How much is a garden plot in Staffordshire 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.

Backland development in Staffordshire