Sell your land outright in St Albans
For owners in St Albans and the AL1 area, an outright land sale is worth understanding before you talk to any buyer, including us.
An outright sale means you're paid on completion and the land, and its risks, become ours.
- Free appraisal and written offer
- No commission: we're the buyer
- Independent advice encouraged
Selling land near St Albans?
We'll check the title and planning, then call you.
Land around St Albans
Our appraisals for St Albans start with the AL1 postcode district and the OS grid square TL10, then widen out to Harpenden, Hatfield and Hemel Hempstead, all within about 5 miles.
Most of the county is Metropolitan Green Belt, which makes land with genuine development prospects scarce and keenly contested.
| Town | St Albans |
|---|---|
| County | Hertfordshire |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | AL1 |
| OS grid square | TL10 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Harpenden (5 mi), Hatfield (5 mi), Hemel Hempstead (5 mi) |
| Distance from Watford | About 7 miles north |
| 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
- Executors winding up an estate
- Businesses relocating from a site
- Sites where any hope value is modest
- 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
Planning risk
Without permission, the price reflects the chance planning is refused.
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.
Land near St Albans that an outright land sale suits
Development land in St Albans
Best where permission is already granted and the title is clean.
Land for affordable homes in St Albans
Possible once an exception scheme has permission.
Barns and rural buildings in St Albans
Suits buildings with consent or prior approval already in place.
Garden land and backland in St Albans
Suits garden plots that already have planning permission.
From first call to completion
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.
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.
When the land isn't straightforward
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 plan, or a screenshot from an online map
- Any planning applications or letters
- Details of any tenants or grazing agreements
- Photos of the land and its access
Your questions answered
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 St Albans?
Yes. Villages between St Albans, Harpenden and Hatfield often have the kind of edge-of-settlement land we're looking for.
More land we buy in St Albans
- 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 St Albans
- Outright purchase in Hertfordshire
Ready to talk about your land in St Albans?
Call 0800 088 6248 or send the details. There's no obligation.