- Planning authority
- Epsom and Ewell Borough Council
- Postcodes
- KT17, KT19
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 39°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.2 m
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Surrey
What the council will look at in Epsom
We cover gardens in Epsom and nearby places such as Ewell, Banstead and Leatherhead, with the same process wherever you are: a free desktop appraisal, a visit if the plot looks viable, then survey and design.
Some of those places may fall under a different council from Epsom and Ewell Borough Council, and each local planning authority has its own design guidance, validation list and pre-application service. We confirm which authority covers your address at the start, so the application is prepared for the right requirements first time and avoids delays at validation.
How we’d take it forward in Epsom
Once you ask for an appraisal of your Epsom garden, we start with the paperwork: the title plan, any covenants, flood maps, tree and conservation designations, and planning decisions on nearby plots. A short call follows, then a site visit if the plot passes the desk check. You get our straight view of what’s realistic and what happens next, with no obligation to go further.
Free plot appraisal
We check the title plan, access, constraints and planning policy from our desk, talk the plot through with you, and visit if it looks viable. There’s no cost and no obligation.
Planning and approvals
We submit the planning application and manage it to a decision, then deal with conditions, Building Regulations approval, the structural warranty, any build-over agreement and the new utility connections.
Written quote and build
Once design and survey are complete you get a written quote. The build runs in stages — access and groundworks, foundations, frame and roof, fit-out and external works — with inspections at each key point.
Handover
You receive the completion certificate, warranty documents, Energy Performance Certificate, manuals and utility details, so the new home is ready to move into, let or put on the market.
Worth checking early
- You fund the build and carry the cost risk; ground conditions, sewer diversions or supply upgrades found later can move the price.
- Your own garden gets smaller and the new home will be visible from your house, so screening and separation matter for both homes.
- Building and selling a new home can change your tax position compared with selling only your house; take advice from a tax adviser first.
Epsom: questions to ask
Will I pay Community Infrastructure Levy on a new home in Epsom?
Only if Epsom and Ewell Borough Council has adopted a Community Infrastructure Levy charging schedule; not every council has. Where it applies, it can be charged on a new home of any size. A self-build exemption exists for people building a home to live in, but it must be claimed before work starts, so we check the position at design stage.
Can I build a house in my Epsom garden and then sell it?
Yes. You keep the land while the home is built, then sell the finished house. Before building starts, the plot should be given its own title through a transfer of part at HM Land Registry, and if your house is mortgaged your lender must agree to release the plot. Selling a home you’ve built can change your tax position, so take advice from a tax adviser first.
Can I build a house in my garden in Epsom and keep the land?
Yes. On our design and build route you remain the owner while we design the home, apply to Epsom and Ewell Borough Council for planning, deal with Building Regulations and build it. The finished house can be sold, let or kept for family. Whether your plot can take a house depends on access, space, neighbours and local policy, and the decision rests with the council.
Do new homes in Epsom need a structural warranty?
If the house will ever be sold or mortgaged, in practice yes. Mortgage lenders usually expect a 10-year structural warranty on a new home, though some accept an architect’s or surveyor’s certificate, and a warranty provider inspects the work at stages during the build, so it has to be in place before construction starts. Building control approval is separate and also required; a buyer’s solicitor will ask for both.
Other options in Epsom
- Bungalows on large plots
- Planning permission for a garden plot
- Corner and side plots
- Joint venture on your garden plot
- Garage courts and yards
- Build a home for family in your garden