Planning promotion for garden plots in Staines-upon-Thames

Planning authority

Spelthorne Borough Council

Postcodes

TW18, TW19

Noon sun, 21 March

About 39°

Shadow from a 5 m eaves line

About 6.3 m

Planning plan

Local Plan

County

Surrey

Before you decide in Staines-upon-Thames

At noon on 21 March the sun over Staines-upon-Thames sits about 39° above the horizon, so a two-storey eaves line around 5 m high casts a shadow of roughly 6.3 m. By 21 December, with the sun at about 15°, that shadow is far longer. Spelthorne 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.

The next steps, locally

From first call to completion, a promotion in Staines-upon-Thames 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. 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. 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

• 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.
• You’ll live next to whatever is built, so the layout, windows and new boundary affect your house too.

Other options in Staines-upon-Thames

• Garden plot option agreement
• Build a new home in your garden
• Combine gardens with your neighbours
• Joint venture on your garden plot
• Planning permission for a garden plot
• Corner and side plots

Planning promotion near Staines-upon-Thames

• Egham
• Ashford, Surrey
• Chertsey
• Sunbury-on-Thames
• Weybridge

• More about garden plots in Staines-upon-Thames
• Planning promotion for your garden plot: the full guide