FIND YOUR DREAM BUILDING PLOT
PlotBrowser.com is a 100% free-to-use plot and property finder, packed with 1,000s of home building opportunities. Here’s a taster of the fantastic self build plots, renovation properties and conversions currently for sale near you
PlotBrowser.com is the latest addition to Build It ’s series of powerful project tools (www. buildit .co.uk /tools) designed to put you on the path to self build success.
Updated daily, this is your dedicated resource for finding genuine self build land and renovation opportunities. You’ll find 1,000s of plots and proper ties to view nationwide, and each listing features the site details, photos, guide price and sellers’ contact information – including information such as whether the plot or proper ty is being sold at auction and, if so, when.
Crucially, we’ve done a big part of the plot-hunting job for you: all our plots already have either outline or full planning permission in place, so you won’t have to waste your time looking at duds that might never gain consent to build.
What ’s more, we’ve sourced the planning reference for you, so that you can quickly and easily identify the current planning consent on the relevant local authority’s website. This will arm you with a full understanding of the site’s planning history and what ’s been permit ted, so you can gauge whether the plot can support the kind of house you’d like to create.
The following pages are a sample of the plots, renovations and conversion projects available on PlotBrowser.comthis month.
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ENGLAND
BERKSHIRE
MAIDENHEAD
7 Woodhurst Road
Plot of approx. 0.25 acres with planning consent for a five-bedroom detached house of circa. 3,283ft 2.
Guide
price: £900,000
Planning: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead / 22/01773/FULL
Contact: Braxtons 01628 674234 proper ty@braxtons.co.uk
NEWBURY
Scout Hut Site, Battery End
Site with full planning permission for a four-bedroom family house designed to fit in with the street.
Guide
price: £400,000
Planning: West Berkshire Council / 19/00995/FULD
Contact: Kallars 020 8692 9533 admin@kallars.com
BUCKINGHAMSHIRE
HIGHWYCOMBE
100A Chiltern Avenue
A single plot with planning consent for a three-bedroom house to be built onto the side of the exiting dwelling. The property will have off-street parking and gardens.
Guide
price: £137,500
Planning: Wycombe District Council / 21/08554/FUL
Contact: Keegan White Estate Agents 01494 417007 sales@keeganwhite.co.uk
WAVENDON, MILTON KEYNES
Plot rear 20 Newport RoadA building plot of 0.2 acres in a nonestate location with consent granted for a detached house extending to approx. 144m 2with private parking for several vehicles and a southwest facing rear garden.
BERKSHIRE
READING -Hound Barn and 2 acres, Shurlock RowA large barn and workshop with plans for a two-bedroom detached home of just under 1,000ft 2with a separate outbuilding of 270f t 2.
Guide price: £500,000
Planning: Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead
Contact: Ballards 0118 932 0044 twy ford@ballards-uk.com
WHAT MAKES A GOOD PLOT?
The per fect piece of land would be Once you’ve spotted an in a pleasant area, affordable and oppor tunity, consider whether level, with easy access, good the type of house you want can be ground conditions and no planning comfortably accommodated on issues or obstructions. The issue, the plot, and if the existing consent of course, is that plot may not exist. allows for it or could be amended Even the best sites require some to suit. If it’s a yes to both, then the compromise, so it’s crucial to site is wor th a bit more research. properly assess contenders to get Check for issues on the plot that as close as possible to your goals. could increase construction costs, All the plots in our listings come make it difficult to get the right with planning permission: either design for your needs, or affect the outline (a loose af firmation the site viability of a project. Some of the can be developed) or full (consent most notorious budget-busters for a particular design). Beware of include steep slopes, difficult any site without current approval. access to services, or obstacles Land is worth considerably more like overhead cables. Most issues once consent has been granted, are not insurmountable and, with so if the deal looks too good to good design, some can even be be true, it probably is. turned to your advantage.
From a planning perspective, check how long is left on the consent. If it is less than six months and you need to redesign the house to suit your needs or sort out any planning conditions, this could be problematic.
If early investigations seem positive, then you can move on to a more in-depth appraisal of how suitable the site is. Consider access, ground conditions, drainage and legal matters. If you are unsure, seek professional advice. This might mean speaking to your local council. Our useful online resource www.self-build. co.uk /plot-checklist can help bring structure to this part of the assessment process.