- Planning authority
- Oadby and Wigston Borough Council
- Postcodes
- LE18
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 37°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.5 m
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Leicestershire
The local picture in Wigston
Garage courts are usually hemmed in by back gardens, so light becomes a real test. Take 21 March: at noon, Wigston gets sun from about 37° up, which means a wall with 5 m eaves shades a strip of ground about 6.5 m deep behind it. Midwinter is harsher still, with the sun peaking at around 14°.
That explains why low homes, often single-storey or with rooms tucked into the roof, suit so many courts. We plot the shadows for your actual site and shape the buildings so surrounding gardens hold on to their light.
From first call to decision
Here’s what happens after you contact us about a garage site in Wigston. We look at the title plan, maps and the planning history, then call you to talk through who uses the garages and the lane. If the site looks viable we visit, check access, buildings and neighbours, and send a plain summary of the options, with no obligation.
Free site appraisal
We look at the site on maps, the title plan and the planning history, then talk through who uses it now. If it looks workable we visit. There’s no cost and no obligation.
Rights and title review
We map who has rights over the court and lane, which garages are let and on what terms, and whether any covenants, charges or strips of land you don’t own could block a scheme.
Choose your route
Sell the site outright or subject to planning, grant an option, or keep it and have us design, get planning for and build. Garage tenancies and licences are ended properly before any work starts.
Planning, then sale or build
We prepare and submit the application and the council decides. If you sell, your solicitor handles the transfer. If you build, a written quote follows design and survey, then demolition and construction.
Worth checking early
- Rights of way over the court or lane can limit what you can build, and some arise from long use rather than the title.
- Neighbours whose gardens back onto the court are consulted and may object; the council decides.
- Ending garage tenancies or licences takes time, and some tenants may have legal protection; get legal advice before serving notice.
Wigston: questions to ask
Can I build houses on my garage block in Wigston?
Possibly, if the lane works for cars, bins and emergency access, neighbours’ privacy and light are protected, and rights over the site can be dealt with. Homes there need planning permission, which is Oadby and Wigston Borough Council’s decision. A free appraisal shows whether the site merits going further.
Can neighbours in Wigston block a garage court scheme?
Neighbours are consulted and can object, and those with a legal right of way over the court have rights the scheme must respect. Objections alone don’t decide the outcome. We map every right first and design to keep routes open where they are needed.
Will you buy my garages in Wigston with tenants in them?
Possibly. Any purchase is subject to survey, title and contract, with or without planning in place. Existing tenancies and licences must be brought to an end properly under their own terms, and when that happens forms part of the agreed deal. Get legal advice before any notice is served.
Who has the final say on a Wigston garage court scheme?
Oadby and Wigston Borough Council, as the local planning authority. Officers weigh the scheme against the council’s Local Plan and national policy, plus highways and design guidance, after hearing from neighbours and the highway authority. We put the application together and answer the officer’s questions, yet the verdict is never ours to give.
Other options in Wigston
- Tandem and landlocked plots
- Planning promotion for your garden plot
- Build a home for family in your garden
- Planning permission for a garden plot
- Corner and side plots
- Sell part of your garden