Sell your land outright in Marlow
For owners in Marlow and the SL7 area, an outright land sale is worth understanding before you talk to any buyer, including us.
An outright purchase, or unconditional sale, is a sale where we agree a price, exchange contracts and complete without waiting for planning permission. It's the quickest and most certain way to sell, but the price reflects the planning risk the buyer takes on.
- No commission: we're the buyer
- Independent advice encouraged
- We fund the planning work
Get an offer for land in Marlow
Send the postcode and a rough size.
Where Marlow sits
From Marlow, it's 4 miles to Maidenhead and 4 miles to High Wycombe. We buy land across that whole stretch of Buckinghamshire, not only within the town.
The south is largely Metropolitan Green Belt and the Chilterns National Landscape, while the north around Milton Keynes and Aylesbury has absorbed major growth.
| Town | Marlow |
|---|---|
| County | Buckinghamshire |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | SL7 |
| OS grid square | SU88 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Maidenhead (4 mi), High Wycombe (4 mi), Slough (9 mi) |
| Distance from Milton Keynes | About 33 miles south |
| Planning system | National Planning Policy Framework and local plan |
| When you're paid | On completion |
| Planning costs | Ours, after completion |
When an outright land sale suits land near Marlow
- Owners who want a clean break
- Businesses relocating from a site
- Sites where any hope value is modest
- Owners who've had a sale fall through
An outright sale means you're paid on completion and the land, and its risks, become ours.
How the money works
Overage
Adding an overage clause can let you share in later uplift after an outright sale.
Vacant possession
Land free of tenants and occupiers completes more easily.
Deposit
A deposit is usually paid on exchange, with the balance on completion.
Costs
You normally pay your own legal costs on a straightforward sale.
Land near Marlow that an outright land sale suits
Development land in Marlow
Best where permission is already granted and the title is clean.
Large strategic sites in Marlow
Rare on unallocated strategic land, but possible at a risk-adjusted price.
Brownfield land in Marlow
We take on the site and its problems for an agreed price.
Landlocked land and access problems in Marlow
At a price that reflects the access risk we take on.
How a sale works
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.
Solicitors complete the sale
Exchange and complete, or exchange now and complete when planning is granted.
Rules that apply in England
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
You think the land might get planning later
An overage clause can pay you a share of any future uplift.
A previous buyer pulled out
With an unconditional exchange, we're legally committed to complete.
Useful to send us
- The address or postcode
- Any planning applications or letters
- Details of any tenants or grazing agreements
- How soon you'd ideally like to sell
Questions from landowners near Marlow
What is an outright land sale?
A sale with no conditions such as planning permission. Once contracts are exchanged, both sides are committed to complete on the agreed date.
How fast can an outright sale complete?
It depends on the title, searches and how quickly both solicitors work. Straightforward registered land can move quickly; we won't promise a date before seeing the title.
Can I still benefit if you get planning later?
Yes, if we agree an overage clause in the contract.
Do you cover the villages around Marlow?
Yes. Villages between Marlow, Maidenhead and High Wycombe often have the kind of edge-of-settlement land we're looking for.
Also near Marlow
Other land types and routes
- 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
- Subject-to-planning sale
- Option agreements
- Joint ventures
- All land in Marlow
- Outright purchase in Buckinghamshire
Find out what we'd pay for your land near Marlow
A free appraisal tells you what we'd pay and why.