- Planning authority
- Wrexham County Borough Council
- Postcodes
- LL13
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 37°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.6 m
- Planning plan
- LDP
- County
- Clwyd
Before you decide in Wrexham
On many backland plots, access matters more than size. A long garden in Wrexham may have no route to the road wide enough for cars, bins and emergency vehicles, and Wrexham County Borough Council will look closely at the effect of a new drive on the homes either side of it.
For homes in LL13 we look at access first: the width beside the house, visibility at the pavement, and whether a strip of land owned by someone else sits in the way. If access only works by joining with a neighbour, we’ll say so, and promoting the combined site may be the better route.
How we’d take it forward in Wrexham
Nothing is signed until you’ve seen the heads of terms and taken advice. Call us or use the form with your Wrexham address, a rough idea of where the garden runs, and whether neighbours might join in. We’ll check the title, access and planning history first, then tell you plainly whether promotion, a sale subject to planning or another route suits your plot.
Free plot appraisal
We check your title plan, access, the surrounding gardens and the policies in the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP) as a desktop exercise, then talk it through with you. If it looks viable, we visit. No cost and no obligation.
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.
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.
We apply for planning
We commission the surveys and drawings, take pre-application advice where it helps, submit the application and deal with the council’s questions. You pay nothing at this stage, and the decision is the council’s.
Worth checking early
- You’ll live next to whatever is built, so the layout, windows and new boundary affect your house too.
- On a single small plot, fixed costs and our fee take a bigger share of the sale price than on a larger site.
- Promotion takes longer than a straight sale: planning, then marketing, then completion, and each stage can run on.
Wrexham: questions to ask
Can you look at my garden in Wrexham before I commit to anything?
Yes. The plot appraisal is free and carries no obligation. We start with a desktop check of your title, access and the planning policies that apply, then talk it through with you. If the plot looks viable, we arrange a site visit before any heads of terms are drafted.
Does a mortgage on my Wrexham home stop a planning promotion?
No, but your lender has to be involved. The lender’s charge covers the garden, so it must agree to release the plot before it’s sold, and some lenders want to approve the promotion agreement too. We raise this at the start so it doesn’t delay a sale later.
Can neighbours in Wrexham 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.
Do I pay anything upfront for planning promotion in Wrexham?
No. We fund the surveys, drawings and planning fees. Those costs are recovered from the sale proceeds, within a cap set in the heads of terms, only if a sale with planning happens. Your reasonable legal fees for the agreement are also covered up to an agreed cap.
Other options in Wrexham
- Joint venture on your garden plot
- Garage courts and yards
- Combine gardens with your neighbours
- Plot feasibility and design
- Corner and side plots
- Garden plot option agreement