Backland development in Warwickshire

Sometimes the strongest garden plot isn’t one garden at all, but two or three side by side. When neighbours in Warwickshire combine their back gardens, a scheme can often share a single access and offer a better layout than any one plot could manage. Each owner keeps their house, and an equalisation agreement shares the value fairly between them.

Many plots are single gardens, of course: a long back garden, a corner plot or a garage block. Whatever you have, we begin with a free appraisal and explain the options, from selling the plot outright to keeping it and having a new home built on it for you to sell, let or use for family.

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Nation
England
Planning authorities
5
Towns we cover
9
County town
Warwick

Sell, partner or build in Warwickshire

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 Warwickshire. 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

Design and build

By plot type

The planning picture in Warwickshire

Councils in Warwickshire ask the same broad questions of any backland scheme, though each answers them through its own Local Plan. Can cars get in and out safely, without unfair disturbance to neighbours? Will the new home overlook anyone or take their light? Does it fit the pattern of the area, with enough garden left for both homes? Are trees, wildlife, parking, bins and drainage properly handled? On top of that, the design has to allow for fire engine access (or other measures, often sprinklers, agreed with building control and the fire service where a fire engine can’t get close enough). The scheme must also take account of biodiversity net gain rules.

Planning authorities: North Warwickshire Borough Council, Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council, Rugby Borough Council, Stratford-on-Avon District Council, Warwick District Council.

Towns in Warwickshire

Questions about garden plots in Warwickshire

How much is a garden plot in Warwickshire 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.

How long does planning take for a garden plot in Warwickshire?

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 you build a new home in my garden in Warwickshire 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.

Do you buy garden plots in Warwickshire?

Yes. We buy suitable garden plots across Warwickshire 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.

Find out what your garden could become

Free garden plot appraisal. No cost, no obligation, and a straight answer if it won’t work.