Sell your land outright in Formby
For owners in Formby and the L37 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.
- Free appraisal and written offer
- Figures explained, so you can check them
- No pressure to decide
Tell us about your land
Free, no-obligation appraisal.
Land around Formby
Land around Formby falls under England's planning system. The closest towns we also cover are Maghull, 6 miles away, and Southport, 7 miles away, and Liverpool is 11 miles away.
Largely urban, with substantial brownfield land in Liverpool and the surrounding boroughs and green belt around the edges.
| Town | Formby |
|---|---|
| County | Merseyside |
| Country | England |
| Postcode district | L37 |
| OS grid square | SD20 |
| Nearest towns we cover | Maghull (6 mi), Southport (7 mi), Bootle (7 mi) |
| Distance from Liverpool | About 11 miles north |
| Planning system | National Planning Policy Framework and local plan |
| When you're paid | On completion |
| Planning costs | Ours, after completion |
Is an outright land sale right for your land?
- Land with planning permission already granted
- Executors winding up an estate
- Businesses relocating from a site
- 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.
The terms that matter
Planning risk
Without permission, the price reflects the chance planning is refused.
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 Formby that an outright land sale suits
Land with planning permission in Formby
The usual route for consented land: agree a price, then exchange and complete.
Farmland and agricultural land in Formby
A clean sale at farmland value plus any hope value we can justify.
Small sites in Formby
Simple where permission exists or you need certainty now.
Brownfield land in Formby
We take on the site and its problems for an agreed price.
What happens next
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.
The legal work
Your solicitor and ours handle the contract through to completion.
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 rough size, in acres or hectares
- A plan, or a screenshot from an online map
- Any planning applications or letters
- Photos of the land and its access
Your questions answered
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.
Does an outright sale pay the most?
Usually not, for land without permission. You're trading some price for speed and certainty. A conditional deal or option may pay more but takes longer.
When do I get paid?
Normally a deposit at exchange and the balance at completion, as set out in the contract.
Do you buy land in Formby?
Yes. We consider land in and around Formby and across Merseyside. Whether we can make an offer depends on the land itself, especially its access and planning prospects, and we'll tell you either way.
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 Formby
- Outright purchase in Merseyside
Get a straight answer about your land
A free appraisal tells you what we'd pay and why.