- Planning authority
- Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council
- Postcodes
- WS8, WS9
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 37°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 14°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- West Midlands
The kinds of plot we look at in Aldridge
Sometimes the plot that works isn’t a single garden at all. Two or three adjoining back gardens in Aldridge can often be combined into one scheme with one shared access, giving a better layout than any of them alone. Each owner keeps their house, and a collaboration agreement with an equalisation clause shares the value fairly. If your own garden is too narrow or too short to work on its own, it’s worth asking whether the neighbours might be interested too.
Planning and light in Aldridge
Daylight is one of the first things Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council will look at on a garden plot. At midday on 21 March the sun in Aldridge sits about 37° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line around 5 metres high throws a shadow of roughly 6.5 m. On 21 December the midday sun is only about 14° up and shadows are far longer. That’s why the gap between the existing house and the new one, and the height of the new roof, matter so much. We test layouts against the council’s Local Plan and any daylight guidance it publishes before anything is submitted.
What we can do in Aldridge
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 Aldridge 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 Aldridge
Can I sell part of my garden in Aldridge?
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 Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council grants permission. If planning is refused on a conditional sale, you keep your land.
How much is my garden plot in Aldridge 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.
How do you stop a new home in Aldridge overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Aldridge is about 37° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.5 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.
Who decides planning for a new home in a garden in Aldridge?
The decision is made by Walsall Metropolitan Borough Council, using the council’s Local Plan, the NPPF and its own design guidance. Small schemes are usually decided by planning officers, and national and council rules set out when one can go to a planning committee instead. We prepare and submit the application and answer the council’s questions, but we can’t promise the outcome.