Option agreements for land in Wallasey
If you own land in or around Wallasey, option agreements is one of four ways you can sell it to us. Here's how it works and when it makes sense.
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.
- No commission: we're the buyer
- Figures explained, so you can check them
- We fund the planning work
Tell us about your land
Free, no-obligation appraisal.
Land around Wallasey
Our appraisals for Wallasey start with the CH44 postcode district and the OS grid square SJ29, then widen out to Birkenhead, Bootle and Liverpool, all within about 4 miles.
Largely urban, with substantial brownfield land in Liverpool and the surrounding boroughs and green belt around the edges.
| Town | Wallasey |
|---|---|
| County | Merseyside |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | CH44 |
| OS grid square | SJ29 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Birkenhead (3 mi), Bootle (4 mi), Liverpool (4 mi) |
| Distance from Liverpool | About 4 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 |
When an option agreement suits land near Wallasey
- Land being considered in a local plan review
- Holdings where several owners need to work together
- Owners who want to keep farming until development
- Sites with technical issues that need time to resolve
Options are the usual way to bring larger sites forward. They let us invest in planning while you keep ownership and the use of your land.
The terms that matter
Purchase price
Often a percentage of market value with permission, less agreed costs.
Term
How long we have to secure permission and exercise the option.
Deductions
Which planning and infrastructure costs come off the price before you're paid.
Exercise triggers
What has to happen before we can buy.
Land near Wallasey that an option agreement suits
Land with planning permission in Wallasey
Rarely needed once consent exists, but can suit phased sites.
Green belt and grey belt land in Wallasey
Common for green belt land promoted through a local plan review.
Farmland and agricultural land in Wallasey
Common for edge-of-town farmland promoted through the local plan.
Landlocked land and access problems in Wallasey
Useful while access is negotiated with neighbours.
How a sale works
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.
We put an offer in writing
It shows how we got there. There's no obligation to accept.
Solicitors complete the sale
Exchange and complete, or exchange now and complete when planning is granted.
Planning and legal points for land in Merseyside
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.
When the land isn't straightforward
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
- A plan, or a screenshot from an online map
- Any planning applications or letters
- Details of any tenants or grazing agreements
- How soon you'd ideally like to sell
Your questions answered
What is an option agreement?
A contract that gives the buyer the right to buy your land within a set period, usually after planning permission is granted. You receive an option fee now and the purchase price if the option is exercised.
Do I keep the option fee if you don't buy?
Normally, yes. The terms are set out in the agreement.
What's the difference between an option and a promotion agreement?
Under an option the buyer has the right to buy the land. Under a promotion agreement a promoter gets permission and then sells the land on the open market, taking a share of the proceeds. We offer options, not promotion agreements.
Do you cover the villages around Wallasey?
Yes. Villages between Wallasey, Birkenhead and Bootle often have the kind of edge-of-settlement land we're looking for.
Nearby towns
Other land in Wallasey
- 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 Wallasey
- Option agreements in Merseyside
Ready to talk about your land in Wallasey?
Call 0800 088 6248 or send the details. There's no obligation.