Sell your land outright in Hoddesdon
For owners in Hoddesdon and the EN11 area, an outright land sale is worth understanding before you talk to any buyer, including us.
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.
- No commission: we're the buyer
- Figures explained, so you can check them
- We fund the planning work
Selling land near Hoddesdon?
Send the postcode and a rough size.
Hoddesdon at a glance
Land around Hoddesdon falls under England's planning system. The closest towns we also cover are Hertford, 4 miles away, and Cheshunt, 4 miles away, and Watford is 18 miles away.
Most of the county is Metropolitan Green Belt, which makes land with genuine development prospects scarce and keenly contested.
| Town | Hoddesdon |
|---|---|
| County | Hertfordshire |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | EN11 |
| OS grid square | TL30 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Hertford (4 mi), Cheshunt (4 mi), Waltham Abbey (5 mi) |
| Distance from Watford | About 18 miles north-east |
| 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 Hoddesdon
- Executors winding up an estate
- Businesses relocating from a site
- Land with a registered title and no disputes
- Owners who've had a sale fall through
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.
How the money works
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.
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 Hoddesdon that an outright land sale suits
Land with planning permission in Hoddesdon
The usual route for consented land: agree a price, then exchange and complete.
Building plots in Hoddesdon
The usual route for plots with permission.
Inherited and probate land in Hoddesdon
A clean, certain sale that lets the estate be wound up.
Landlocked land and access problems in Hoddesdon
At a price that reflects the access risk we take on.
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.
We put an offer in writing
It shows how we got there. There's no obligation to accept.
The legal work
Your solicitor and ours handle the contract through to completion.
Planning and legal points for land in Hertfordshire
Land registration
Land in England is registered with HM Land Registry. Unregistered land needs first registration when it's sold, which your solicitor arranges.
Awkward details we deal with
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
- A rough size, in acres or hectares
- A plan, or a screenshot from an online map
- Your title number, if you know it
- How soon you'd ideally like to sell
What people ask us about an outright land sale
When do I get paid?
Normally a deposit at exchange and the balance at completion, as set out in the contract.
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 Hoddesdon?
Yes. Villages between Hoddesdon, Hertford and Cheshunt often have the kind of edge-of-settlement land we're looking for.
Also near Hoddesdon
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 Hoddesdon
- Outright purchase in Hertfordshire
Ready to talk about your land in Hoddesdon?
A free appraisal tells you what we'd pay and why.