Sell part of your garden in Willesden
If you own land around Willesden and want a straight answer about it, we'll tell you whether we can buy it, on what terms, and what the offer is based on.
Some of the best small sites are two or three long gardens combined. We can talk to you and your neighbours together if that helps.
- No commission: we're the buyer
- Figures explained, so you can check them
- No pressure to decide
Selling land near Willesden?
Free, no-obligation appraisal.
Land around Willesden
Land around Willesden falls under England's planning system. The closest towns we also cover are Cricklewood, 2 miles away, and Notting Hill, 2 miles away, and central London is 5 miles away.
Land is scarce and mostly brownfield. The outer boroughs contain Metropolitan Green Belt and metropolitan open land, both closely protected.
| Town | Willesden |
|---|---|
| County | Greater London |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | NW10 |
| OS grid square | TQ28 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Cricklewood (2 mi), Notting Hill (2 mi), Shepherds Bush (2 mi) |
| Distance from central London | About 5 miles west |
| Planning system | National Planning Policy Framework and local plan |
| Ways to sell | Outright, subject to planning, option or joint venture |
What we look for around Willesden
- Wide side gardens on corner plots
- Several neighbouring gardens that could be combined
- Gardens with room for access past the existing house
- Large gardens of older detached houses
Some of the best small sites are two or three long gardens combined. We can talk to you and your neighbours together if that helps.
The things that move our offer
Access
A separate access onto a lane is ideal; access past your house needs enough width.
Effect on your house
Losing garden space can affect your home's value, which we take into account with you.
Neighbour amenity
Privacy, light and outlook for neighbours shape what can be built.
Combined sites
Several gardens together can be worth more than each sold separately.
Choosing how to sell
Outright purchase
Suits garden plots that already have planning permission.
Subject-to-planning sale
The usual route for garden land: we complete when permission is granted.
Option agreements
Useful when several neighbours' gardens are being assembled.
Joint ventures
Possible if you'd like a share of the new home's value.
What happens next
Send us the address
A postcode, a plan or a what3words location is enough to start.
We check it properly
Title, planning history, access, flood maps and local policy.
You get a written offer
With the main figures behind it, so your adviser can check it.
The legal work
Your solicitor and ours handle the contract through to completion.
Planning and legal points for land in Greater London
Planning framework
Planning decisions in England follow the National Planning Policy Framework, revised in August 2026, and the local plan, prepared by the council or, in a national park, the park authority. Plans are reviewed periodically, which is when new housing sites are usually allocated.
Garden land
Councils judge garden plots against local plan policies on character, design and neighbours' amenity. The August 2026 revision of national policy adds support for some development on residential curtilage land, within limits.
Land registration
Land in England is registered with HM Land Registry. Unregistered land needs first registration when it's sold, which your solicitor arranges.
Common problems, and how we handle them
Your mortgage lender has a charge on the whole property
Your lender needs to agree to release the plot. Your solicitor arranges this.
Neighbours may object
Objections are judged against policy. A careful design reduces genuine impact.
Useful to send us
- A rough size, in acres or hectares
- Any planning applications or letters
- Photos of the land and its access
- How soon you'd ideally like to sell
Your questions answered
Do I need planning permission to sell garden land?
Not to sell it, but planning permission is what gives the land its value, so we usually buy subject to planning.
What if my neighbour wants to sell too?
Combined sites often work better. We can make offers to both and structure the deal so each owner is treated fairly.
Who pays for the planning application?
On a subject-to-planning deal, we do.
Do you cover the villages around Willesden?
Yes. Villages between Willesden, Cricklewood and Notting Hill often have the kind of edge-of-settlement land we're looking for.
Also near Willesden
More land we buy in Willesden
- Development land
- Land with planning permission
- Land without planning permission
- Building plots
- Infill plots and gap sites
- Small sites
- Garage sites
- Brownfield land
- Redundant commercial and industrial land
- Inherited and probate land
- Landlocked land and access problems
- Outright purchase
- Subject-to-planning sale
- Option agreements
- Joint ventures
- All land in Willesden
- Garden land and backland in Greater London
Get a straight answer about your land
A free appraisal tells you what we'd pay and why.