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- Llandrindod Wells
How councils in Powys look at it
Planning costs on a garden plot in Powys cover more than drawings. The application has to show how the scheme meets the Welsh requirement to deliver a net benefit for biodiversity, and the layout must allow for sprinklers, which every new home in Wales must have. Drainage needs thought from the start, and in practice that means approval from the SuDS Approval Body (SAB) before building starts. Trees, wildlife, flood risk and bin collection can each add a report or a redesign. Under promotion we pay for all of it, and it is only recovered, within the agreed cap, from the proceeds of a sale with planning.
Planning authorities covering Powys include Powys County Council, Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority.
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 Powys
Questions about planning promotion in Powys
Which councils decide garden plot applications in Powys?
Applications are decided by the local planning authority for the address, and those serving Powys include Powys County Council and Bannau Brycheiniog National Park Authority. 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.
How long does a planning promotion usually take in Powys?
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.
What does planning promotion cost a garden owner in Powys?
Nothing upfront. We pay for surveys, drawings and planning fees, and recover them from the sale proceeds, within an agreed cap, only if a sale with planning happens. Our fee also comes from the proceeds, on a basis agreed in writing. Your reasonable legal fees for the agreement are covered up to a cap in the heads of terms.
Can you build a new home in my garden in Powys for me to keep?
Yes. Through our design and build route we survey your plot, design a new home with you, apply for planning and, once permission is granted, build it. You keep the land and the new home, to sell, let or use for family. You get a written quote after design and survey, and any earlier guide price is a guide only.