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Planning promotion for garden plots in Cottingham

Getting a garden plot through planning costs money before anyone knows the answer: a measured survey, drawings, often a tree or ecology report, sometimes a transport or drainage note, and the application fee itself. Under a planning promotion in Cottingham, we fund all of that upfront.

East Riding of Yorkshire Council then decides the application. If permission is granted, the plot is marketed and sold, and our planning costs, within the cap agreed in the heads of terms, are recovered from the sale along with our fee. If it’s refused and no sale with planning happens, those costs stay with us and you keep your garden.

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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
East Riding of Yorkshire Council
Postcodes
HU10, HU16
Noon sun, 21 March
About 36°
Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
About 6.8 m
Planning plan
Local Plan
County
East Riding of Yorkshire

What shapes a plot in Cottingham

Every application East Riding of Yorkshire Council decides goes on its public planning register, and a refusal stays there. That record doesn’t stop a later application, but the next scheme has to answer the reasons given. It is one reason we prepare a garden plot in Cottingham carefully before submitting: measured survey, access check, separation distances, trees and drainage.

We also check the planning history of your house and the gardens near it, and what the council’s Local Plan says about garden land. Past decisions on nearby plots are often the best guide to what the council will accept.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Cottingham: about 36 degrees on 21 March and 13 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 36°, shadow 6.8 m21 Dec, noon: sun 13°, shadow 22.0 mExistingNew home
Noon sun in Cottingham on 21 March sits about 36° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line (about 5 m) throws a shadow of roughly 6.8 m. In December the sun is only about 13° up and shadows stretch much further. Drawn for a garden facing north, where it matters most.

The next steps, locally

Nothing is signed until you’ve seen the heads of terms and taken advice. Call us or use the form with your Cottingham 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.

  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. 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.

  3. 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.

  4. Completion and payout

    On completion, sale costs, our capped planning costs and our fee come out of the proceeds in the order the agreement sets. The balance is paid to you through your solicitor.

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.
  • You can’t sell the plot to anyone else while the agreement runs, so the term length matters.
  • Planning may be refused. You keep your land and owe nothing for planning, but the months spent can’t be given back.

Questions about garden plots in Cottingham

Can you look at my garden in Cottingham 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.

Is planning promotion available for a single garden in Cottingham?

Yes, if the plot is suitable, though promotion is more usual on larger sites. On one modest garden, the fixed costs of planning, legal work and marketing take a bigger share of the sale. After the free appraisal we’ll tell you whether promotion, a sale subject to planning or an option suits your garden best.

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

East Riding of Yorkshire 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.

Can neighbours in Cottingham 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.

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