Garden Plots and New Homes in Nuneaton

Planning authority: Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council
Postcodes: CV10, CV11
Noon sun, 21 March: About 37°
Noon sun, 21 December: About 14°
Planning plan: Local Plan
County: Warwickshire

The kinds of plot we look at in Nuneaton

A bungalow on a big plot gives you more choices than most homes. You might keep the bungalow and build a new home beside or behind it, or replace it with two or more homes if the council would support that. We also look at long back gardens, corner plots, garage courts, yards and land with tricky access across Nuneaton and nearby places such as Hartshill, Bedworth and Hinckley. The free appraisal shows which of these choices are realistic for your land, and what each would involve.

Planning and light in Nuneaton

The rules for a new home in Nuneaton come from three levels. Nationally there is the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Locally, the council’s Local Plan sets the policies Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council applies, alongside its own guidance on design, parking and gardens. Then the build itself must meet the Building Regulations. That brings in practical matters such as 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), and rainwater drainage usually calls for a drainage plan the council will want to see. Any purchase of the plot falls under Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT). We work through each level for your plot at the start, so there are fewer late surprises once the planning application is under way.

This section is worked out for the latitude of Nuneaton: around 37° of sun at midday in late March and about 14° at midwinter. It shows why the gap between your house and a new home behind it is about light as well as privacy. Garden assumed to face north.

What we can do in Nuneaton

Sell or partner

Design and build

By plot type

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 Nuneaton, 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 Nuneaton

Can I sell part of my garden in Nuneaton?

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 Nuneaton and Bedworth Borough Council grants permission. If planning is refused on a conditional sale, you keep your land.

Can I team up with my neighbours in Nuneaton?

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.

Can you build a house in my back garden in Nuneaton 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.

How long does a garden plot deal in Nuneaton usually take?

It depends on the route. A sale of a plot that already has planning moves at the pace of the solicitors and your lender. Routes that need planning usually take many months, because of surveys, design, the council’s decision period and any amendments. Design and build usually takes well over a year in total.

Backland development in Nuneaton