- Planning authority
- Flintshire County Council
- Postcodes
- CH6
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 37°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.7 m
- Planning plan
- LDP
- County
- Clwyd
The local picture in Flint
During an option on a Flint plot, most of the work happens with Flintshire County Council, testing the scheme against the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP). We usually start with pre-application advice where it is offered, then commission surveys, prepare the drawings and submit the application, keeping you informed at each step.
The new home must meet the Building Regulations as they apply in Wales as well as planning, so the design allows from the start for bin collection distances and for sprinklers, which every new home in Wales must have. If the council refuses, the agreement says whether we revise, reapply or appeal within the option period.
How we’d take it forward in Flint
After your enquiry, we carry out the free appraisal and compare an option with an outright sale and a conditional contract for your plot. If you choose the option, your solicitor reviews the agreement before signing, and once it is in place we start the planning work, share the drawings before submission and keep you updated.
Free plot appraisal
We look at your title, the access, the planning history and the policies that apply, then tell you honestly whether an option, an outright sale or a conditional contract fits your plot best. It costs you nothing.
Heads of terms
We set out the option period, the price formula and minimum price, any option fee, our planning obligations and the cap on your reasonable legal fees, which we cover. Nothing is binding at this stage.
Sign the option
Your solicitor and ours agree the option agreement and the plan of the plot. Once it is signed, the option is noted on your title, and you carry on living in your house and using the garden as normal.
Exercise or lapse
If an acceptable permission is granted, we serve notice, the price is fixed by the formula and the sale completes in the agreed time. If not, the option lapses, the entry comes off your title and the land stays yours.
Worth checking early
- We have the right to buy, not a duty, so a sale isn’t certain even after a long wait.
- Your plot is tied up for the option period and can’t be sold to anyone else meanwhile.
- With a market value formula, the final price isn’t known until the option is exercised.
Your questions, answered for Flint
Is an option better than selling my Flint garden plot outright?
Not always. An outright sale is quicker and certain once contracts are exchanged. An option suits plots where planning is uncertain or more land is needed, because it gives us time without forcing a guess at the price. Our free appraisal compares the routes for your plot.
Will you cover my legal fees on an option in Flint?
Yes. We cover reasonable legal fees for your own solicitor on an option agreement, up to a cap agreed in heads of terms. Choose a solicitor experienced with development land, and agree the cap with us before they begin, so their fees stay within it.
What happens to my Flint plot if the option ends?
It stays yours, and the entry on your title is removed. You’re free to keep, sell or develop the land. If a permission was granted before the option ended, it generally stays with the land, though it will need to be started within its time limit.
Do I pay Land Transaction Tax (LTT) if you exercise an option over my Flint plot?
No. Land Transaction Tax (LTT) is paid by the buyer of land, so any amount due on completion falls to us. As the seller, you may have Capital Gains Tax to consider, and options have their own rules on timing, so take advice from a tax adviser before signing.
Other options in Flint
- Joint venture on your garden plot
- Build a new home in your garden
- Corner and side plots
- Sell part of your garden
- Sell subject to planning
- Build a home for family in your garden