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Sell part of your garden in Weymouth

If you own a house in Weymouth with more garden than you need, selling the far end of it as a building plot lets you release that land without moving. We buy suitable plots outright, with or without planning permission, always subject to survey, title and contract. You keep the house, the part of the garden you use, and the final say on where the line falls.

Dorset Council would decide any application for a new home on the plot, judging it against the council’s Local Plan and the NPPF. Our free appraisal looks at those policies alongside your title plan and the way in from the road, so you hear early whether a sale looks realistic.

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Long back garden with a string line and marker pegs across the lawn showing where a plot could be split off
Planning authority
Dorset Council
Postcodes
DT3, DT4
Noon sun, 21 March
About 39°
Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
About 6.1 m
Planning plan
Local Plan
County
Dorset

What the council will look at in Weymouth

Light is often the deciding issue on a garden plot. At midday on 21 March the sun in Weymouth stands about 39° above the horizon, so a typical two-storey eaves line casts a shadow of roughly 6.1 m across the ground behind it. By late December, with the sun only around 16° up, those shadows stretch much further.

That’s why the gap between your house and any new home matters so much to Dorset Council, and why a single-storey or dormer design sometimes succeeds where a full two storeys wouldn’t. We test the shadows before we offer, because they affect what the plot can hold.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Weymouth: about 39 degrees on 21 March and 16 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 39°, shadow 6.1 m21 Dec, noon: sun 16°, shadow 17.5 mExistingNew home
This section is worked out for the latitude of Weymouth: around 39° of sun at midday in late March and about 16° 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.

How we’d take it forward in Weymouth

Here is what happens if you contact us about a garden in Weymouth. We ask a few questions about the house, the garden and any mortgage. We run the desk checks and call back with a view, good or bad. If it’s good, we visit and make a written offer to buy the plot outright. If you accept, heads of terms set out the price, the boundary and who pays what before solicitors start.

  1. Free plot appraisal

    Tell us about your garden. We check the title plan, access, local policy and planning history from our desk, then talk it through with you. If it looks viable, we arrange a site visit, with no cost and no obligation.

  2. Written offer and heads of terms

    We put our offer in writing, subject to survey, title and contract. Heads of terms then record the plot boundary, the price, access rights, who pays which costs and the rough timetable for each stage.

  3. Solicitors and lender

    Your solicitor prepares the transfer of part and asks your mortgage lender to release the plot. Ours checks the title, covenants, rights of way and searches, while surveys of trees, ground and drainage run alongside.

  4. Exchange and completion

    Once both sides are satisfied, contracts are exchanged and a completion date is fixed. On completion the money passes through the solicitors and HM Land Registry registers the plot under a new title of its own.

Worth checking early

  • Lender consent, old covenants or access disputes can slow a sale, and occasionally stop it.
  • Your house keeps a smaller garden, which some future buyers will welcome and others won’t.
  • A new home will be built close to yours, with building work and deliveries for a period.

Questions about garden plots in Weymouth

Do I pay Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) when I sell a garden plot in Weymouth?

No. Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT) falls on the buyer of land, so on a sale to us any amount due is ours to pay. What may affect you as the seller is Capital Gains Tax, depending on your circumstances and whether you still live in the house. Take advice from a tax adviser before you agree a deal.

What if my Weymouth garden has a protected tree?

A tree covered by a Tree Preservation Order, or standing in a conservation area, needs consent or notice before work. That doesn’t automatically stop a sale. Often the new home is placed to avoid the roots and canopy, and Dorset Council’s tree officer may comment on any application. We check for protected trees during the appraisal.

Who decides whether a new home can be built in a Weymouth garden?

Dorset Council decides, as the local planning authority, using the council’s Local Plan and the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF). Neighbours and consultees can comment, and the council weighs their points against planning policy. Nobody, including us, can promise the outcome, which is why an outright sale without planning is priced for that uncertainty.

Can I sell the plot and keep living in my Weymouth house?

Yes, that’s the whole point of a plot sale. You keep the house and the rest of the garden, and the boundary is drawn where you agree. The transfer can include rights and covenants that protect your home, such as who builds the new fence and limits on windows facing your property.

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