how much is my back garden worth? how do i start selling it

[captain kirk]

i am a resident and i have a large garden. i m thinking of selling some of the back garden so that a house can be built on it. i want to know how much it is worth and what are the first steps i have to take to get the ball rolling

[jake-the-peg]

To make it worth anything really you need to get outline planning permission, without that it's just a patch of land.

Talk to the council planning office about getting OPP.

To get an idea of prices in your area of plots look in the back of magazines for self-builders like "Build it". or try "self build plots" in your favorite search engine

[Hgrove]

I knew someone who inherited a house with a huge garden. He tried to obtain planning permission for the garden, intending to sell it separately from the house (the garden had a road running at the bottom of it giving it independent access);  he was in negotiations with the local authority (York I think it was) for some months but he had to admit defeat in the end.  He sold the house with the whole garden in the end.

[jake-the-peg]

That's not too surprising, generally councils don't look too favourably on you 'cashing in' by splitting up land anthough somebody in my village has just got permission after about 6 months of trying.

You may need to find some sort of mitigating factor such as why the area would benfit from a building there, for example replacing an eyesore. Or if you were planning to build a house for an aging relative it might help.  

[captain kirk]

Hiya Jake-the-peg and Hgrove. I phoned my local council office yesterday and asked for Outline Planning Permission they have asked me to put it in writing, which i also done yesterday. Just waiting for a reply. This is just an update, thanks for your advise. i will keep you posted. thanks