Planning promotion for garden plots in Kirkby-in-Ashfield

Planning authority

Ashfield District Council

Postcodes

NG17

Noon sun, 21 March

About 37°

Shadow from a 5 m eaves line

About 6.7 m

Planning plan

Local Plan

County

Nottinghamshire

The local picture in Kirkby-in-Ashfield

For homes in NG17, a garden plot with planning permission doesn’t have to sell to a buyer from the same street. A promoted plot can be offered to builders and self-builders from Kirkby-in-Ashfield or nearby places such as Sutton-in-Ashfield, Mansfield and Hucknall, and from further afield, through an agent agreed with you. The aim is enough interest to test the price properly, rather than one quiet offer.

You see every offer, approve the buyer and keep the protection of a minimum price. If we want to bid ourselves, the price has to stand up against the open market, for example through an independent valuation.

The next steps, locally

From first call to completion, a promotion in Kirkby-in-Ashfield runs in clear stages: free appraisal, heads of terms, agreement, planning application, marketing and sale. You decide at the points that matter most, signing the agreement, setting the minimum price and approving the buyer. Timing depends on the council’s workload, any extra reports it asks for and the buyer’s solicitors, so we give a realistic range rather than a promise.

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. 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.
• Promotion takes longer than a straight sale: planning, then marketing, then completion, and each stage can run on.
• The plot’s price isn’t known until it’s marketed with permission; it depends on location, size, access and the permission itself.

Other options in Kirkby-in-Ashfield

• Combine gardens with your neighbours
• Garden plot option agreement
• Build a home for family in your garden
• Garage courts and yards
• Tandem and landlocked plots
• Build a new home in your garden

Planning promotion near Kirkby-in-Ashfield

• Sutton-in-Ashfield
• Mansfield
• Hucknall
• Mansfield Woodhouse
• Eastwood

• More about garden plots in Kirkby-in-Ashfield
• Planning promotion for your garden plot: the full guide