Sell your land outright in Dorchester
If you own land near Dorchester, you may be wondering whether an outright land sale would suit you. The answer depends on your land's planning prospects and how soon you want to be paid.
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.
- Free appraisal and written offer
- No commission: we're the buyer
- No pressure to decide
Get an offer for land in Dorchester
We'll check the title and planning, then call you.
Where Dorchester sits
Dorchester (DT1) sits in OS grid square SY69, roughly 24 miles west of Bournemouth. Sites between here and Weymouth or Yeovil are just as much of interest to us.
Chalk downland and coast, much of it inside the Dorset National Landscape, with the South East Dorset green belt around Bournemouth, Christchurch and Poole.
| Town | Dorchester |
|---|---|
| County | Dorset |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | DT1 |
| OS grid square | SY69 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Weymouth (7 mi), Portland (10 mi), Yeovil (18 mi) |
| Distance from Bournemouth | About 24 miles west |
| Planning system | National Planning Policy Framework and local plan |
| When you're paid | On completion |
| Planning costs | Ours, after completion |
Who an outright land sale works best for
- Land with planning permission already granted
- Land with a registered title and no disputes
- 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
Speed
A faster sale can mean a lower price than a conditional deal that waits for permission.
Title
Clean, registered title keeps an unconditional sale simple.
Vacant possession
Land free of tenants and occupiers completes more easily.
Costs
You normally pay your own legal costs on a straightforward sale.
Land near Dorchester that an outright land sale suits
Farmland and agricultural land in Dorchester
A clean sale at farmland value plus any hope value we can justify.
Garden land and backland in Dorchester
Suits garden plots that already have planning permission.
Garage sites in Dorchester
Suits sites with consent or owners who want a clean exit.
Brownfield land in Dorchester
We take on the site and its problems for an agreed price.
What happens next
Send us the address
A postcode, a plan or a what3words location is enough to start.
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.
Planning and legal points for land in Dorset
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 need the money by a certain date
Tell us at the start. We'll be honest about whether that's achievable.
A previous buyer pulled out
With an unconditional exchange, we're legally committed to complete.
Useful to send us
- Your title number, if you know it
- Any planning applications or letters
- Details of any tenants or grazing agreements
- Photos of the land and its access
Common questions
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.
Can you pull out after exchange?
No. An unconditional exchange is legally binding on both sides.
Do you cover the villages around Dorchester?
Yes. Villages between Dorchester, Weymouth and Portland often have the kind of edge-of-settlement land we're looking for.
Also near Dorchester
Other land in Dorchester
- 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 Dorchester
- Outright purchase in Dorset
Ready to talk about your land in Dorchester?
Send the postcode and a rough size. We'll check the title and planning position and come back to you.