- Planning authority
- Horsham District Council
- Postcodes
- RH12
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 39°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 15°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- West Sussex
The kinds of plot we look at in Horsham
Sometimes the plot that works isn’t a single garden at all. Two or three adjoining back gardens in Horsham 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 Horsham
Daylight is one of the first things Horsham District Council will look at on a garden plot. At midday on 21 March the sun in Horsham sits about 39° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line around 5 metres high throws a shadow of roughly 6.2 m. On 21 December the midday sun is only about 15° 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 Horsham
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
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 Horsham, 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 Horsham
What happens if planning is refused for a plot in Horsham?
If you agreed a sale subject to planning, the contract doesn’t complete and you keep your land. We’ll then look at the reasons Horsham District Council gave and tell you honestly whether a revised application, an appeal or stopping is the sensible choice. Nothing about your own house changes.
How do you stop a new home in Horsham overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Horsham is about 39° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.2 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.
Can you build a house in my back garden in Horsham 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.
Who decides planning for a new home in a garden in Horsham?
The decision is made by Horsham District 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.