- Planning authority
- Stratford-on-Avon District Council
- Postcodes
- CV37
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 38°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.4 m
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Warwickshire
The local picture in Stratford-upon-Avon
A combined scheme in Stratford-upon-Avon has a wider pool of buyers than a single plot. Once the land has planning, it can be offered to builders and developers working in Stratford-upon-Avon and nearby places such as Warwick, Leamington Spa and Kenilworth, or further afield, who are often more interested in a site for several homes than in one small plot.
If the neighbours choose a sale with planning, the collaboration agreement sets out how a buyer is agreed. If we buy the site, the price is set by the route chosen. Value depends on location, size, access and the permission Stratford-on-Avon District Council grants, so we don’t quote figures before an appraisal.
How we’d take it forward in Stratford-upon-Avon
To start, send us the addresses of the gardens involved in Stratford-upon-Avon, or just your own if the neighbours haven’t been asked yet. We run a free desk-based check of the titles, access options and planning position, then explain in writing whether a combined scheme looks realistic before anyone talks to the neighbours in detail.
Free appraisal of the combined land
We look at all the titles together, the possible access points, the surrounding homes and the planning policies that apply, then explain whether a combined scheme looks realistic and roughly what it might allow.
Meet the neighbours
We meet the owners together or separately, explain how the scheme and the routes work, and answer questions. We don’t approach your neighbours without your agreement, and nobody is committed at this stage.
One planning application
We prepare and submit a single application for the whole site, with one shared access and a layout designed around all the existing homes. The council decides it, and nobody can promise the result.
Completion and shares paid
When the site is sold with planning, or bought by us as agreed, each owner transfers their part, and the proceeds are divided through the solicitors exactly as the collaboration agreement sets out.
Worth checking early
- Tax depends on each owner’s circumstances, so each should take advice from a tax adviser.
- Several owners have to agree, so a combined scheme usually takes longer to set up than a single plot.
- If the garden providing the access drops out before signing, the whole scheme may not work.
Your questions, answered for Stratford-upon-Avon
Will Stratford-on-Avon District Council prefer a combined scheme to single plots in Stratford-upon-Avon?
It often gives the council a better scheme to assess, with one proper access and more space between homes. But every application is judged on its merits against the council’s Local Plan, and the decision is the council’s. We test the layout against its policies before applying.
Do we each need a solicitor for a combined scheme in Stratford-upon-Avon?
Yes. Each owner has different interests, a different title and possibly a mortgage, so each needs independent advice. On option and promotion agreements we cover each owner’s reasonable legal fees up to the cap agreed in the heads of terms.
How many neighbours in Stratford-upon-Avon need to take part?
As few as two can be enough. What matters is that the gardens taking part make a workable site and that one of them provides access to the road. We tell you which gardens are essential and which would simply improve the scheme.
Does each Stratford-upon-Avon owner keep their own house and garden?
Yes. Each owner keeps their house and an agreed garden for it. Only the land behind is transferred, as a transfer of part at HM Land Registry. New boundaries and fencing for each house are agreed as part of the design.
Other options in Stratford-upon-Avon
- Sell part of your garden
- Build a home for family in your garden
- Tandem and landlocked plots
- Corner and side plots
- Plot feasibility and design
- Joint venture on your garden plot