- Planning authority
- Wyre Forest District Council
- Postcodes
- DY13
- Noon sun, 21 March
- About 38°
- Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
- About 6.5 m
- Planning plan
- Local Plan
- County
- Worcestershire
Before you decide in Stourport-on-Severn
Before we suggest promotion on a garden in Stourport-on-Severn, we read the council’s Local Plan and any design guidance Wyre Forest District Council publishes on garden land. Those documents shape what is realistic: how close a new home can sit to existing windows, how much garden each house keeps, how wide a shared drive needs to be, and how parking and bins are handled.
If the policies point against a plot, it’s better to know at the appraisal than after a refused application. If they support it, the application is written to answer them directly, which gives the council fewer reasons to say no.
How we’d take it forward in Stourport-on-Severn
From first call to completion, a promotion in Stourport-on-Severn 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.
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.
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.
Worth checking early
- You can’t sell the plot to anyone else while the agreement runs, so the term length matters.
- On a single small plot, fixed costs and our fee take a bigger share of the sale price than on a larger site.
- You’ll live next to whatever is built, so the layout, windows and new boundary affect your house too.
Stourport-on-Severn: questions to ask
Does a mortgage on my Stourport-on-Severn 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.
How is a promoted garden plot in Stourport-on-Severn 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.
What happens if planning is refused for my garden in Stourport-on-Severn?
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 Stourport-on-Severn?
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 Stourport-on-Severn
- Garage courts and yards
- Plot feasibility and design
- Sell part of your garden
- Garden plot option agreement
- Corner and side plots
- Combine gardens with your neighbours