Option agreements for land in Pitsea
We offer an option agreement on land across Essex, including sites around Pitsea, Basildon and South Benfleet.
An option can capture more of your land's value where it needs a long planning journey, but the details matter. We explain every term before you commit.
- Free appraisal and written offer
- No commission: we're the buyer
- No pressure to decide
Selling land near Pitsea?
Free, no-obligation appraisal.
Pitsea at a glance
From Pitsea, it's 2 miles to Basildon and 2 miles to South Benfleet. We buy land across that whole stretch of Essex, not only within the town.
Metropolitan Green Belt covers the south and west of the county, while mid and north Essex have larger areas of farmland around growing towns.
| Town | Pitsea |
|---|---|
| County | Essex |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | SS13 |
| OS grid square | TQ78 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Basildon (2 mi), South Benfleet (2 mi), Wickford (3 mi) |
| Distance from Southend-on-Sea | About 9 miles west |
| Planning system | National Planning Policy Framework and local plan |
| When you're paid | Option fee now, price when the option is exercised |
| Planning costs | Ours, sometimes recoverable from the price |
Is an option agreement right for your land?
- Larger fields and blocks on the edge of towns and villages
- Land being considered in a local plan review
- Owners happy to wait several years for a higher price
- Sites with technical issues that need time to resolve
If your land could be allocated in a future local plan, an option keeps it moving towards development without you funding the work.
How the money works
Option fee
A payment on signing, which you usually keep even if the option isn't exercised.
Deductions
Which planning and infrastructure costs come off the price before you're paid.
Exercise triggers
What has to happen before we can buy.
Your obligations
Agreements set what you can and can't do with the land in the meantime.
Land near Pitsea that an option agreement suits
Large strategic sites in Pitsea
The usual route: an option fee now and a price based on market value later.
Land for affordable homes in Pitsea
Useful while housing need is evidenced and a scheme is prepared.
Building plots in Pitsea
Rarely needed for single plots.
Inherited and probate land in Pitsea
Can suit families who want to hold on while planning is explored.
From first call to completion
Tell us about your land
Send the postcode or address and a rough size.
We do the homework
We read the title and planning record and check flood risk and access.
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.
What England's rules mean for your land
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.
Section 106 and CIL
Larger schemes often need a Section 106 agreement for affordable housing or contributions, and councils that have adopted the Community Infrastructure Levy charge it per square metre of new floorspace.
Awkward details we deal with
You want to be sure we'll actually pursue planning
Agreements can include obligations to use reasonable endeavours and set milestones.
You'd like your advisers' costs covered
Many option agreements include a contribution to the landowner's legal and agent costs. We'll tell you if ours does.
Useful to send us
- The address or postcode
- A rough size, in acres or hectares
- A plan, or a screenshot from an online map
- Photos of the land and its access
What people ask us about an option agreement
Do I keep the option fee if you don't buy?
Normally, yes. The terms are set out in the agreement.
How is the price set?
Usually as a percentage of the land's market value once permission is granted, minus agreed costs, with a minimum price. The percentage and deductions are negotiated.
How long do options last?
It varies with the site. Several years is typical for land needing local plan allocation, often with extension rights.
Do you cover the villages around Pitsea?
Yes. Villages between Pitsea, Basildon and South Benfleet often have the kind of edge-of-settlement land we're looking for.
Option agreements near Pitsea
Other land in Pitsea
- Development land
- Land with planning permission
- Land without planning permission
- Large strategic sites
- Green belt and grey belt land
- Land for affordable homes
- Farmland and agricultural land
- Paddocks and equestrian land
- Barns and rural buildings
- Building plots
- Garden land and backland
- 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
- Joint ventures
- All land in Pitsea
- Option agreements in Essex
Get a straight answer about your land
Send the postcode and a rough size. We'll check the title and planning position and come back to you.