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Planning promotion for garden plots in Kidsgrove

If you own a long or wide garden in Kidsgrove, 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
Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council
Postcodes
ST7
Noon sun, 21 March
About 37°
Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
About 6.7 m
Planning plan
Local Plan
County
Staffordshire

Kidsgrove: light, access and policy

At noon on 21 March the sun over Kidsgrove sits about 37° above the horizon, so a two-storey eaves line around 5 m high casts a shadow of roughly 6.7 m. By 21 December, with the sun at about 13°, that shadow is far longer. Newcastle-under-Lyme Borough Council will weigh how a new home affects daylight and sunlight to your house and the gardens next door.

Under promotion we test this before applying, because a refusal on overshadowing costs time even though it doesn’t cost you money. Moving the new home, lowering the eaves or turning the roof can make the difference.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Kidsgrove: about 37 degrees on 21 March and 13 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 37°, shadow 6.7 m21 Dec, noon: sun 13°, shadow 20.9 mExistingNew home
This section is worked out for the latitude of Kidsgrove: around 37° of sun at midday in late March and about 13° at midwinter. It shows why the gap between your house and a new home behind it is about light as well as privacy. Garden assumed to face north.

The next steps, locally

Here’s what happens after you contact us about a garden in Kidsgrove. We start with a free desktop appraisal of your title plan, access and the policies in the council’s Local Plan, then talk it through with you. If it looks viable, we visit. If promotion fits, we send heads of terms, and your solicitor reviews them, with reasonable legal fees covered up to an agreed cap, before anything is signed.

  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

  • On a single small plot, fixed costs and our fee take a bigger share of the sale price than on a larger site.
  • 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.

Your questions, answered for Kidsgrove

Can you look at my garden in Kidsgrove 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.

How long does planning promotion take for a garden in Kidsgrove?

It usually takes longer than a straight sale. Design and surveys often take a few months, then Newcastle-under-Lyme 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.

How is a promoted garden plot in Kidsgrove 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.

Does a mortgage on my Kidsgrove 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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