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Planning promotion for garden plots in Biggleswade

If you’d rather find out what the market pays for your Biggleswade garden plot once it has planning than accept a fixed figure today, planning promotion is built for that. We pay to seek permission, an agreed agent markets the plot if it is granted, and you approve the buyer and the terms.

A minimum price agreed at the start means the plot can’t be sold below it without your written consent. Sale costs, our capped planning costs and our fee are deducted on completion, and the balance goes to you through your solicitor. Value depends on the plot’s location, size, access and permission, so we won’t guess a figure before the appraisal.

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White architectural model of a house at the front of a plot with two new homes at the end of the garden
Planning authority
Central Bedfordshire Council
Postcodes
SG18
Noon sun, 21 March
About 38°
Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
About 6.4 m
Planning plan
Local Plan
County
Bedfordshire

Biggleswade: light, access and policy

Before we suggest promotion on a garden in Biggleswade, we read the council’s Local Plan and any design guidance Central Bedfordshire Council publishes on garden land. Those documents shape what is realistic: how close a new home can sit to existing windows, how much garden each house keeps, how wide a shared drive needs to be, and how parking and bins are handled.

If the policies point against a plot, it’s better to know at the appraisal than after a refused application. If they support it, the application is written to answer them directly, which gives the council fewer reasons to say no.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Biggleswade: about 38 degrees on 21 March and 14 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 38°, shadow 6.4 m21 Dec, noon: sun 14°, shadow 19.4 mExistingNew home
Noon sun in Biggleswade on 21 March sits about 38° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line (about 5 m) throws a shadow of roughly 6.4 m. In December the sun is only about 14° up and shadows stretch much further. Drawn for a garden facing north, where it matters most.

What happens next in Biggleswade

The first step for a Biggleswade garden is a conversation and a desktop check, at no cost. We then send written heads of terms covering the term, minimum price, cost cap and fee. Once the agreement is signed, we commission surveys and drawings, take pre-application advice from Central Bedfordshire Council where it helps, and submit the application. Marketing starts only after permission is granted.

  1. Free plot appraisal

    We check your title plan, access, the surrounding gardens and the policies in the council’s Local Plan as a desktop exercise, then talk it through with you. If it looks viable, we visit. No cost and no obligation.

  2. Heads of terms

    We set out the deal in writing: the term, how our fee works, the cap on planning costs we can recover, the minimum price, the marketing approach and the cap on your reasonable legal fees that we cover.

  3. Agreement signed

    Your solicitor and ours turn the heads of terms into a promotion agreement. It’s usually protected by an entry on your title, and if your house is mortgaged, your lender is asked to consent early.

  4. Marketing and sale

    With permission granted, the plot is marketed as the agreement sets out. You see the offers and approve the buyer, and the plot can’t be sold below the minimum price without your written consent.

Worth checking early

  • The plot’s price isn’t known until it’s marketed with permission; it depends on location, size, access and the permission itself.
  • Planning may be refused. You keep your land and owe nothing for planning, but the months spent can’t be given back.
  • On a single small plot, fixed costs and our fee take a bigger share of the sale price than on a larger site.

Questions about garden plots in Biggleswade

Can neighbours in Biggleswade combine gardens for a planning promotion?

Yes, and promotion often works better that way. Adjoining gardens can share one access and allow a better layout. Each owner keeps their house, signs an agreement setting out how proceeds are shared, and takes advice from their own solicitor. We can appraise the combined land as one site first.

Who decides a planning application for a garden plot in Biggleswade?

Central Bedfordshire Council decides it, using the council’s Local Plan and national policy in the NPPF. Nobody can promise the outcome. Under promotion we prepare and submit the application at our cost and deal with the council’s questions, but the decision is the council’s, and it can grant, refuse or ask for changes.

What happens if planning is refused for my garden in Biggleswade?

You keep your land and owe nothing for planning, because our costs are only recovered from a sale with planning. Within the term we may revise the scheme and reapply, or appeal if the grounds are strong. If there’s no realistic route to permission, the agreement ends.

How long does planning promotion take for a garden in Biggleswade?

It usually takes longer than a straight sale. Design and surveys often take a few months, then Central Bedfordshire Council needs time to decide, and marketing and conveyancing follow. The council’s workload, extra reports and any appeal drive the timing, so we give a realistic range after the appraisal.

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