- Planning authority
- Rutland County Council
- Postcodes
- LE15
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 37°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.5 m
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Rutland
The local picture in Uppingham
Look along your road and the roads behind it. If homes in Uppingham or in Oakham, Corby and Langham already stand behind the original houses, that shows the council the pattern exists locally, although it never makes a new permission certain. Where back gardens are unbroken, a first home behind the street faces closer scrutiny.
How much weight that carries is set out in the council’s Local Plan and in any design guide adopted by Rutland County Council. We read both before drawing anything, so your scheme answers the questions the planning officer is likely to ask.
What happens next in Uppingham
Send us your address in Uppingham and a rough idea of what you’d like. We check the planning history around you and the policies Rutland County Council applies, and look for anything in the title that could get in the way. If the garden passes those checks, we arrange a visit at a time that suits you and explain each route in plain terms.
Free plot appraisal
We look at your garden using maps, the title plan and the planning history around you, then talk it through with you. If it looks workable we arrange a site visit. There’s no cost and no obligation.
Choose your route
You decide whether to sell the plot outright, sell subject to planning, grant an option, team up with neighbours, or keep the land and have us design, get planning for and build a home on it.
Planning application
We prepare the drawings and reports, usually take pre-application advice, and submit. The council consults neighbours and decides. Small schemes often take a few months from submission, longer if surveys or amendments are needed.
Sale or build
If you sell, your solicitor handles the transfer of part and your lender’s release of the plot. If you build, we give a written quote after design and survey, then build and hand over the new home.
Worth checking early
- Surveys and drawings cost money before any decision. On a subject-to-planning sale we normally fund them; on a build you do.
- A covenant, a mortgage, a public sewer or a protected tree can slow a scheme down or stop it altogether.
- Neighbours are consulted and may object. The council decides, and a carefully designed scheme can still be refused.
Your questions, answered for Uppingham
Can I build a house in my back garden in Uppingham?
Possibly, if the garden is deep enough, has a safe way in and a new home wouldn’t harm the neighbours or the character of the street. A new separate home always needs planning permission, and Rutland County Council makes the decision. A free appraisal will tell you whether your garden is worth taking further.
How long does planning take for a garden home in Uppingham?
It varies. Small schemes often take a few months from submission to decision, and longer if surveys, amendments or extra consultation are needed. Pre-application advice and early surveys add time at the start but can save time later. We won’t promise a date, because the council sets the pace.
Can I sell the end of my garden in Uppingham and keep my house?
Yes. The plot is sold as a transfer of part and gets its own title at HM Land Registry. If your house is mortgaged, your lender must agree to release the plot. We can buy suitable plots with or without planning, always subject to survey, title and contract.
Will my neighbours in Uppingham get a say?
Yes. The council consults neighbours on planning applications, and they can comment or object. Their comments are weighed alongside policy, but objections alone don’t decide the outcome. A layout that respects privacy, light and access usually gives neighbours less to worry about, so we design with them in mind.
Other options in Uppingham
- Sell part of your garden
- Joint venture on your garden plot
- Build a new home in your garden
- Combine gardens with your neighbours
- Sell subject to planning
- Bungalows on large plots