Selling part of garden

Carmk2008

The house we are in has a very large garden and we are thinking of selling off a plot with planning size is roughly 12mx19m we would still be left with a good size garden ourselves. It is in an excellent location one of the best areas of the town and 150m from the beach so don't think it would be hard to sell. Never done this before so not sure how to proceed, any info would be much appreciated.

G_M

If you have a mortgage you'll need your lender's permission.

Does the plot have its own access?

Have you discussed with council Planners to see if Planning consent is likely?

Carmk2008

G_M wrote: »

If you have a mortgage you'll need your lender's permission.

Does the plot have its own access?

Have you discussed with council Planners to see if Planning consent is likely?

Not done nothing yet, i only found out tonight about having the lenders permission. Access is no problem, my partner is going to contact the council to see if consent would be granted, is this a written request with drawings or what?

jimbog

Think about what covenants you may want to include to stop dodgy neighbours

lovinituk

Build on it yourself and sell for a decent profit?

Carmk2008

lovinituk wrote: »

Build on it yourself and sell for a decent profit?

I thought about it but i neither have the time or the funds to do a build, there was a plot less than a mile away sold for about 100k not as nice a street as ours or as close to beach so if we could get planning it could be a nice little earner for not much work.

G_M

Carmk2008 wrote: »

....... my partner is going to contact the council to see if consent would be granted, is this a written request with drawings or what?

The council won't go further than to say 'maybe', or 'almost certainly not'. Obviously they won't give a catagorical answer until a formal planning application is submitted for consideration.

Some councils will let you go in and chat to the planners, but increasingly they now make you pay for a 'pre-planning consultation'.

The more detail you take with you to this, the more likely you are to get
* a good indication of the chance of the application being accepted, and
* meaningful advice about how to improve your application eg by reducing the size/moving the windows / changing the roof-line etc.

Look at your council website - there will be lots of information there.

eddddy

Carmk2008 wrote: »

I thought about it but i neither have the time or the funds to do a build, there was a plot less than a mile away sold for about 100k not as nice a street as ours or as close to beach so if we could get planning it could be a nice little earner for not much work.

Do you know which EA sold the other plot?

If so, ask them to look at your plot and give you their opinion. And they will have contact details for all the developers who were interested in the other plot.

You might find that the easiest route is to give a developer an option to purchase the plot, whilst the developer applies for planning consent (and pays all the costs).

But don't rely on just one EA's opinion.

Davesnave

After a decision in principle (see pre- planning above) it might be most useful to submit a plan for outline permission.

If you get a local architect to prepare it, they should take into account things like the existing street scene and local building vernacular to design something sympathetic to the area.

It's worth employing a good architect, as they'll give you the best chance of approval. The plan won't necessarily tie a developer to one design, but it will show what's possible.

Hoploz

Just see whether your local council will have a chat first, to give an indication. You'll need to take a plan with you but this only needs to be your own work so they can get an idea in principle of where it is and how it would work. Then they can tell you whether it's a likely yes or whether there are particular restrictions for that location.

My council have stopped having these little chats so unfortunately I recently had to submit an application for pre-planning advice which was £50 and took weeks to get a response. But if you're in no hurry it's still worth doing before you get involved in architects fees etc.

Carmk2008

My partner is going to try a few EA's today se e what demand and hopefully a rough valuation, as well as phone planning to see what regs we need to follow. If they won't do informal we will submit a formal application