- Planning authority
- Malvern Hills District Council
- Postcodes
- WR13, WR14
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 38°
- Noon sun, 21 December
- About 14°
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Worcestershire
The kinds of plot we look at in Malvern
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 Malvern and nearby places such as Ledbury, Worcester and Bromyard. The free appraisal shows which of these choices are realistic for your land, and what each would involve.
Planning and light in Malvern
Shadows tell a council a lot about a garden plot. In Malvern, the noon sun on 21 December reaches only about 14° above the horizon, while by 21 March it has climbed to around 38°, when a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.4 m. On a garden plot anywhere in WR13 and WR14, that difference shapes how far apart the old and new homes need to be, which windows face which way, and whether a single-storey or roof-lit design would sit more comfortably. Planning officers at Malvern Hills District Council will expect those effects on neighbours to be understood before they decide.
What we can do in Malvern
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 Malvern, 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 Malvern
Who decides planning for a new home in a garden in Malvern?
The decision is made by Malvern Hills 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.
How much is my garden plot in Malvern 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.
Is there a charge for assessing my plot in Malvern?
No. The garden plot appraisal is free and carries no obligation. We do a desktop check of access, size, title and the planning picture, talk it through with you and arrange a site visit if it looks viable. You can stop at any point without owing anything.
How do you stop a new home in Malvern overshadowing the neighbours?
By testing the layout against the sun and the council’s guidance. At midday on 21 March the sun in Malvern is about 38° up, so a 5 m eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.4 m; in December it is far lower. Spacing, roof height, orientation and single-storey designs all help keep light where it belongs.