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Sell your garden plot subject to planning in Rhoose

Why not simply apply for planning on your Rhoose garden first and sell afterwards? You can, but it means paying for surveys, drawings and fees yourself, with no buyer committed while you wait. On a sale subject to planning, we do that work and normally carry the cost, and the price is fixed before the council decides.

You still get a say. You see the drawings before submission, and the contract can fix points that matter to you, such as where windows face, how high the new home can be, or who builds the new boundary fence.

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Site plan and house elevation drawings on a kitchen table with the back garden beyond the window
Planning authority
Vale of Glamorgan Council
Postcodes
CF62
Noon sun, 21 March
About 39°
Shadow from a 5 m eaves line
About 6.3 m
Planning plan
LDP
County
South Glamorgan

Rhoose: light, access and policy

Overshadowing is one of the first things a planning officer checks on a garden scheme. In Rhoose, the spring equinox sun reaches only about 39° at midday, which means a 5 m eaves line lays down a shadow around 6.3 m long. Come the shortest day, the sun climbs no higher than roughly 15° 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 Vale of Glamorgan Council to approve. Sometimes that means a lower roof or a home set further back.

Section showing noon sun and shadows in Rhoose: about 39 degrees on 21 March and 15 degrees on 21 December21 m21 Mar, noon: sun 39°, shadow 6.3 m21 Dec, noon: sun 15°, shadow 18.4 mExistingNew home
This section is worked out for the latitude of Rhoose: around 39° of sun at midday in late March and about 15° 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 is what to expect in Rhoose. First a phone call, then a desk check of the title and the council’s Local Development Plan (LDP), then a visit if the plot looks promising. If we both want to go ahead, heads of terms set out what we would agree, without obligation, before solicitors draft the conditional contract. The appraisal costs nothing.

  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. Planning application

    We commission the surveys, prepare the drawings, seek pre-application advice where useful and submit the application, normally at our cost. You see the plans before they go in, and the council makes the decision.

  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

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

Your questions, answered for Rhoose

How long might a sale subject to planning take in Rhoose?

It usually runs for months, sometimes longer. Exchange often takes a few months; surveys and drawings take a few more; and the Planning Portal says most applications are decided within eight weeks of being valid, though garden schemes can take longer. The long-stop date sets the outer limit, agreed with you at the start.

Is a sale subject to planning in Rhoose better than an option?

It depends on the plot. A conditional sale binds both sides from exchange and suits a single plot with a clear scheme. An option gives us a right to buy rather than an obligation, and suits plots where the outcome is less certain or the timescale is longer. We’ll recommend one after the appraisal.

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

That is Vale of Glamorgan 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.

Do I keep my garden in Rhoose if planning is refused?

Yes. Nothing is transferred until a satisfactory permission is granted, so a refusal leaves the land in your ownership. Depending on the contract, we may revise the scheme and reapply, or appeal, before the long-stop date. If that doesn’t succeed, the contract ends and our notice comes off your title.

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