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Planning promotion for garden plots in Mountain Ash

If you’d rather find out what the market pays for your Mountain Ash 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
Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council
Postcodes
CF45
Noon sun, 21 March
About 38°
Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
About 6.3 m
Planning plan
LDP
County
Mid Glamorgan

The local picture in Mountain Ash

Shadow and distance are often why a combined site in Mountain Ash works better than a single garden. With the sun at about 38° at noon in late March, the shadow from a 5 m eaves line reaches roughly 6.3 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. Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council still makes the decision.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Mountain Ash: about 38 degrees on 21 March and 15 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 38°, shadow 6.3 m21 Dec, noon: sun 15°, shadow 18.8 mExistingNew home
Noon sun in Mountain Ash on 21 March sits about 38° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line (about 5 m) throws a shadow of roughly 6.3 m. In December the sun is only about 15° up and shadows stretch much further. Drawn for a garden facing north, where it matters most.

What happens next in Mountain Ash

The first step for a Mountain Ash 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 Rhondda Cynon Taf County 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 Development Plan (LDP) as a desktop exercise, then talk it through with you. If it looks viable, we visit. No cost and no obligation.

  2. 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.

  3. 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.

  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

  • You can’t sell the plot to anyone else while the agreement runs, so the term length matters.
  • The plot’s price isn’t known until it’s marketed with permission; it depends on location, size, access and the permission itself.
  • Promotion takes longer than a straight sale: planning, then marketing, then completion, and each stage can run on.

Mountain Ash: questions to ask

Can neighbours in Mountain Ash 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 Mountain Ash?

Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough Council decides it, using the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP) and national policy in PPW. 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.

Do I pay anything upfront for planning promotion in Mountain Ash?

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.

How long does planning promotion take for a garden in Mountain Ash?

It usually takes longer than a straight sale. Design and surveys often take a few months, then Rhondda Cynon Taf County Borough 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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