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Before you start in Gwent
The garden plots that suit promotion best in Gwent are often not single gardens but two or three adjoining ones put together. A combined site can carry one well-designed shared access instead of a narrow drive squeezed past a house, and the larger scheme spreads the fixed costs of surveys, drawings, legal work and marketing. If you and your neighbours are thinking along those lines, we can appraise the land as one site and explain how proceeds could be shared fairly before anyone commits.
Planning authorities covering Gwent include Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council, Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council, Torfaen County Borough Council.
How it works
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.
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.
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.
Planning promotion in towns across Gwent
- Newport, Gwent
- Cwmbran
- Pontypool
- Ebbw Vale
- Caerphilly
- Risca
- Gelligaer
- Blackwood
- Brynmawr
- Tredegar
- Abergavenny
- Bargoed
- Nelson, Gwent
- Chepstow
- Abertillery
- Abercarn
- Monmouth
Questions about planning promotion in Gwent
How long does a planning promotion usually take in Gwent?
Longer than selling the land as it stands. Surveys and design often take a few months, the council then needs time to decide, and marketing and conveyancing follow. Council workload, requests for extra reports and any appeal drive the timing, so we give a realistic range after the appraisal rather than a promise.
Can neighbours combine gardens for planning promotion in Gwent?
Yes. Combining adjoining gardens often gives a better layout and one shared access, and it suits promotion well. Each owner keeps their house and needs their own solicitor, and a collaboration agreement sets out how proceeds are shared, including fair treatment for the garden that provides the access.
Which councils decide garden plot applications in Gwent?
Applications are decided by the local planning authority for the address, and those serving Gwent include Blaenau Gwent County Borough Council, Caerphilly County Borough Council, Monmouthshire County Council, Newport City Council and Torfaen County Borough Council. Each applies Planning Policy Wales (PPW) alongside its own LDP and design guidance, and makes its own decision. We check the policies of the council where your land sits during the free appraisal.
Do you buy garden plots in Gwent?
Yes. We buy suitable garden plots across Gwent directly, with or without planning permission, always subject to survey, title and contract. We also offer sales subject to planning, options, planning promotion and joint ventures. Which route fits depends on your plot, so the starting point is a free, no-obligation appraisal.