- Planning authority
- Great Yarmouth Borough Council
- Postcodes
- NR30, NR31
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 37°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.5 m
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Norfolk
What the council will look at in Great Yarmouth
On many backland plots, access matters more than size. A long garden in Great Yarmouth may have no route to the road wide enough for cars, bins and emergency vehicles, and Great Yarmouth Borough Council will look closely at the effect of a new drive on the homes either side of it.
For homes in NR30 and NR31 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.
From first call to decision
Nothing is signed until you’ve seen the heads of terms and taken advice. Call us or use the form with your Great Yarmouth 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 Plan 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.
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
- Planning may be refused. You keep your land and owe nothing for planning, but the months spent can’t be given back.
- Promotion takes longer than a straight sale: planning, then marketing, then completion, and each stage can run on.
- You can’t sell the plot to anyone else while the agreement runs, so the term length matters.
Great Yarmouth: questions to ask
How is a promoted garden plot in Great Yarmouth sold?
After permission, an agent agreed with you markets the plot to builders, developers and self-builders. You see the offers and approve the buyer. The plot can’t be sold below the agreed minimum price without your written consent, and any offer from us has to stand up against the open market.
Is planning promotion available for a single garden in Great Yarmouth?
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.
What happens if planning is refused for my garden in Great Yarmouth?
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.
Do I pay anything upfront for planning promotion in Great Yarmouth?
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 Great Yarmouth
- Sell part of your garden
- Sell subject to planning
- Garden plot option agreement
- Garage courts and yards
- Combine gardens with your neighbours
- Tandem and landlocked plots