- Planning authority
- Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council
- Postcodes
- NP13
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 38°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.3 m
- Planning plan
- LDP
- County
- Gwent
What shapes a plot in Abertillery
Winter light is often the deciding factor for bungalow neighbours. In Abertillery, the December sun gets no higher than about 15° even at noon, so even a modest building casts a long shadow across a low neighbour’s garden and into ground-floor rooms.
Keeping the new home low, setting it back from boundaries, or placing it where its shadow falls mainly on its own land all help. Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council weighs daylight alongside privacy, garden space and the look of the street, so a design that handles all four together stands the best chance.
From first call to decision
Once you’ve chosen a route, we prepare the planning case for Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, usually starting with pre-application advice. Neighbours are consulted when the application goes in, we answer any queries from the planning officer, and the council decides. If you’re selling, your solicitor handles the transfer; if we’re building, you receive a written quote after design and survey, before any construction is agreed.
Free plot appraisal
We look at the plot’s width and depth, the access, the planning history nearby and the character of the street, then talk through what you want. It’s free, with no obligation, and a site visit follows if it looks viable.
Choose your route
You can sell a plot and stay put, sell subject to planning, grant an option, enter a joint venture, or keep the land and have us design, get planning for and build a new home on it.
Planning application
We prepare drawings and reports designed around single-storey neighbours and the street scene, usually seek pre-application advice, and submit. The council consults neighbours and makes the decision.
Sale or build
If you sell, your solicitor handles the transfer and any lender release. If we build, you receive a written quote after design and survey, and the new home is built and handed over to you.
Worth checking early
- A two-storey home on a road of bungalows is often resisted, so designs may need to stay low.
- The order in which you sell the plot and the bungalow can affect your tax, so take advice first.
- You’ll keep a smaller garden, and a drive alongside your bungalow brings cars past your windows.
Abertillery: questions to ask
Could I build a home for a relative on my bungalow plot in Abertillery?
Yes, through our design and build route. You keep the land, and we design, get planning for and build the new home. A separate home needs planning permission; an annexe used as part of the main house is treated differently.
Will neighbours in Abertillery be able to object to a new home next to my bungalow?
They can comment on the planning application, and Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council takes their views into account. They don’t have a veto. Designs that avoid overlooking and shadow usually draw fewer and weaker objections.
Will Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council allow a two-storey house next to bungalows in Abertillery?
It depends on the street and the design. Councils are often cautious about two-storey homes among single-storey neighbours because of overlooking and the change to the street. Chalet designs with rooms in the roof are a common compromise, but the council decides.
Can I sell part of my bungalow garden in Abertillery and stay living there?
Yes. You keep the bungalow and sell the land behind or beside it, with or without planning, subject to survey, title and contract. If the bungalow is mortgaged, the lender must agree to release the plot. Take tax advice before you sell.
Other options in Abertillery
- Combine gardens with your neighbours
- Build a home for family in your garden
- Sell subject to planning
- Corner and side plots
- Planning permission for a garden plot
- Plot feasibility and design