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Planning promotion for garden plots in Leyland

If you own a long or wide garden in Leyland, planning promotion lets you have the plot sold with planning permission without paying for the application yourself. We fund the surveys, drawings and planning fees, the plot is marketed once permission is granted, and our capped costs and fee come out of the sale proceeds.

You keep your house and approve the buyer. Nothing is paid upfront, and if no sale with planning happens, you owe us nothing for planning. We cover your reasonable legal fees for the agreement up to a cap set in the heads of terms, so your own solicitor can check everything from the start.

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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
South Ribble Borough Council
Postcodes
PR5, PR25, PR26
Noon sun, 21 March
About 36°
Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
About 6.8 m
Planning plan
Local Plan
County
Lancashire

What the council will look at in Leyland

Shadow and distance are often why a combined site in Leyland works better than a single garden. With the sun at about 36° at noon in late March, the shadow from a 5 m eaves line reaches roughly 6.8 m, so a home squeezed into one narrow garden can end up too close to the houses it backs onto.

Joining gardens with neighbours lets new homes sit towards the middle of a wider site, away from existing windows, with one shared access. Promotion suits that kind of scheme, because planning costs are spread across more land and the site is sold as one well-planned whole. South Ribble Borough Council still makes the decision.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Leyland: 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 21.9 mExistingNew home
Noon sun in Leyland 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.

How we’d take it forward in Leyland

The first step for a Leyland 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 South Ribble Borough 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

  • You’ll live next to whatever is built, so the layout, windows and new boundary affect your house too.
  • 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.

Leyland: questions to ask

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

South Ribble Borough 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 you look at my garden in Leyland 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.

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

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.

Does a mortgage on my Leyland 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.

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