- Nation
- Wales
- National planning policy
- Planning Policy Wales
- Planning authorities
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- County town
- Bridgend
What to know in Mid Glamorgan
Councils across Mid Glamorgan apply the same national starting point, Planning Policy Wales (PPW), but each has its own LDP and design guidance for garden land. In a joint venture the plans are drawn to meet those policies and to suit you as the neighbour, since you’ll be living next door. Window positions, height and boundary treatment can all be agreed with you before the application goes in, and the council will still form its own view on overlooking, daylight and the character of the street.
Planning authorities covering Mid Glamorgan include Bridgend County Borough Council, Merthyr Tydfil County Borough Council, Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council.
How it works
Free plot appraisal
We look at your title plan, access, neighbouring homes and the council’s planning policies, then talk through what might be built and whether a joint venture or a simpler sale suits you better.
Choose the structure
We explain the options side by side: a share of sale proceeds, a share of profit, a home back for your land, or a land payment plus a share. You choose what fits your plans and appetite for risk.
Heads of terms
The key terms go in writing: who funds what, your share or the home you receive, how your land is protected, deadlines, open-book reporting and what happens if planning is refused or the build stalls.
Development agreement
Your own solicitor and ours turn the heads of terms into a binding agreement. Your solicitor advises on the security that fits, such as the land staying in your name until a set stage or a legal charge.
Planning and build
We fund and manage the planning application, Building Regulations approval and construction, reporting costs and progress to you at agreed points. The council decides the application, and building control checks the work.
Sale or handover
The new homes are sold and the proceeds are split as agreed through the solicitors, or your new home is handed over with its warranty, title and certificates in place.
Garden plot joint venture in towns across Mid Glamorgan
Questions about garden plot joint venture in Mid Glamorgan
Is a joint venture better than selling my garden in Mid Glamorgan?
Not always. A joint venture can give you a share of what’s built, but it takes longer and your return isn’t fixed. A sale gives certainty sooner. We set the options out side by side after the free appraisal so you can choose with the facts in front of you.
Do joint venture homes in Mid Glamorgan need a warranty?
New homes usually need a 10-year structural warranty, because buyers’ mortgage lenders generally ask for one, though some accept an architect’s or surveyor’s certificate. It’s arranged as part of the build. If you take a home back, you should receive it with its warranty, building control completion certificate and its own title.
What structures are common for garden joint ventures in Mid Glamorgan?
The main ones are a share of sale proceeds, a share of profit, homes for land, and a land payment plus a share above an agreed level. Which suits you depends on whether you want cash or a home, and how much market and cost risk you’re prepared to share.
Can neighbours in Mid Glamorgan combine their gardens?
Yes. Putting two or more adjoining back gardens together can allow one shared access and a better layout than separate plots. Each owner keeps their house. The owners usually sign a collaboration agreement, with an equalisation clause so that value is shared fairly even though only one garden provides the access. Each household should take its own legal advice.