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Sell your garden plot subject to planning in Wrexham

A sale subject to planning sits halfway between selling your Wrexham garden plot outright and waiting to see what happens. It commits us from exchange, so you aren’t left with an offer that can quietly fade, but it doesn’t move any land until Wrexham County Borough Council has granted permission.

We’re a new brand within the S&K Group, so we won’t claim a long track record. What we can offer is a contract you can read, a price set before the decision, and a scheme designed carefully around the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP). Your own solicitor checks everything before you sign.

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Site plan and house elevation drawings on a kitchen table with the back garden beyond the window
Planning authority
Wrexham County Borough Council
Postcodes
LL13
Noon sun, 21 March
About 37°
Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
About 6.6 m
Planning plan
LDP
County
Clwyd

How it plays out in Wrexham

Overshadowing is one of the first things a planning officer checks on a garden scheme. In Wrexham, the spring equinox sun reaches only about 37° at midday, which means a 5 m eaves line lays down a shadow around 6.6 m long. Come the shortest day, the sun climbs no higher than roughly 14° and the shade stretches far beyond that.

We model those shadows when we design the scheme, because a home that keeps light off your windows and the neighbours’ gardens is easier for Wrexham County Borough Council to approve. Sometimes that means a lower roof or a home set further back.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Wrexham: about 37 degrees on 21 March and 14 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 37°, shadow 6.6 m21 Dec, noon: sun 14°, shadow 20.8 mExistingNew home
This section is worked out for the latitude of Wrexham: around 37° of sun at midday in late March and about 14° 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 Wrexham

From first enquiry to exchange of contracts usually takes a few months, set mainly by the solicitors and any title questions. The planning stage then runs on its own timetable, depending on surveys and on Wrexham County Borough Council. We keep you updated throughout, share the drawings before submission and tell you as soon as a decision is issued.

  1. Free plot appraisal

    We check your title, access, planning history and local policy from our desk, then talk it through with you. If a new home looks realistic, we visit the garden and tell you which route we think suits it best.

  2. Heads of terms

    We set out the price or price formula, what counts as satisfactory permission, the long-stop date, how any planning costs are treated and who pays which fees. You see all of it before instructing a solicitor.

  3. Exchange of conditional contracts

    Both solicitors agree the contract and the plan of the plot. On exchange, both sides are bound, subject to the planning condition, and our contract is noted on your title so the plot can’t be sold elsewhere.

  4. Completion, or you keep your land

    Once a satisfactory permission is granted and any challenge period has passed, the sale completes within the agreed time and the plot gets its own title. If permission is refused and the contract ends, the land stays yours.

Worth checking early

  • The plot can’t be sold to anyone else while the contract runs, even if another offer comes along.
  • Once contracts are exchanged you are committed to sell if a satisfactory permission is granted.
  • The definition of satisfactory permission and the long-stop date decide how certain the sale really is; read both closely.

Wrexham: questions to ask

Do I pay for the planning application on my Wrexham garden plot?

We normally fund the planning application, including surveys and drawings. Any recovery of those costs is agreed in heads of terms before you sign, for example as a deduction from the price at completion. You see the full position before instructing a solicitor, so there are no surprises later.

Can I still use my garden in Wrexham while the contract runs?

Yes. The plot stays yours until completion, so you carry on using it as garden. The contract will ask you not to build on it, fell trees or grant new rights over it without agreement, and to allow surveyors in from time to time, by arrangement. Your solicitor will point out anything specific.

Who decides the planning application on a conditional sale in Wrexham?

That is Wrexham County Borough Council’s decision as the local planning authority, made under the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP) and Planning Policy Wales (PPW). We prepare the application, submit it and answer the council’s questions, but the outcome isn’t ours to control. That’s why the contract has a long-stop date and says what happens if permission is refused.

What if I want to sell my Wrexham house during a conditional sale?

Tell us as early as you can. The conditional contract is noted on your title, so your house buyer’s solicitor will see it. The two sales can usually be arranged together, but the order matters for the legal work and possibly for Capital Gains Tax, so take advice from a tax adviser too.

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