Sell your land outright in Leigh
If you own land near Leigh, 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 sale means you're paid on completion and the land, and its risks, become ours.
- No commission: we're the buyer
- No pressure to decide
- We fund the planning work
Selling land near Leigh?
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Leigh at a glance
Leigh (WN7) sits in OS grid square SD60, about 12 miles west of Manchester. Sites between here and Atherton or Golborne are just as much of interest to us.
A dense urban core where most new homes are on brownfield land, with green belt on the edges climbing towards the Pennines.
| Town | Leigh |
|---|---|
| County | Greater Manchester |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | WN7 |
| OS grid square | SD60 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Atherton (2 mi), Tyldesley (2 mi), Golborne (3 mi) |
| Distance from Manchester | About 12 miles west |
| 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 Leigh
- Owners who want a clean break
- Executors winding up an estate
- Businesses relocating from a site
- Sites where any hope value is modest
This is the route for land with planning permission, for executors who need to wind up an estate, and for anyone who'd rather not wait.
The terms that matter
Overage
Adding an overage clause can let you share in later uplift after an outright sale.
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 Leigh that an outright land sale suits
Land without planning permission in Leigh
Certainty now, at a price that reflects the planning risk we take on.
Green belt and grey belt land in Leigh
Possible where there is already some development or a firm planning prospect.
Farmland and agricultural land in Leigh
A clean sale at farmland value plus any hope value we can justify.
Infill plots and gap sites in Leigh
Simple where permission already exists.
How a sale works
Tell us about your land
Send the postcode or address and a rough size.
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.
What England's rules mean for your land
Land registration
Land in England is registered with HM Land Registry. Unregistered land needs first registration when it's sold, which your solicitor arranges.
When the land isn't straightforward
You think the land might get planning later
An overage clause can pay you a share of any future uplift.
You need the money by a certain date
Tell us at the start. We'll be honest about whether that's achievable.
Useful to send us
- A plan, or a screenshot from an online map
- Your title number, if you know it
- Photos of the land and its access
- How soon you'd ideally like to sell
What people ask us about an outright land sale
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.
When do I get paid?
Normally a deposit at exchange and the balance at completion, as set out in the contract.
Can you pull out after exchange?
No. An unconditional exchange is legally binding on both sides.
How do I get an offer for land in Leigh?
Use the form on this page or call 0800 088 6248. Tell us the postcode, the rough size and anything you know about planning, and we'll come back to you.
Also near Leigh
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 Leigh
- Outright purchase in Greater Manchester
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