Guides for landowners
Written for the owner of a field, a paddock or a garden, not for other developers.
Each guide answers one question a landowner asks, directly, in the first paragraph, then explains. Each is signed and dated and says what it does not cover. None of it is legal or tax advice; the ones that touch on either say so and tell you what to ask your adviser.
Option agreements explained for landowners
What an option agreement over land is, how the price is set, how long it runs, who pays for planning and what to check before you sign.
Promotion agreements explained for landowners
What a land promotion agreement is, how the proceeds are split, how long it runs and how it differs from an option.
Option or promotion agreement: which should you choose?
The six questions that decide between an option and a promotion agreement for a landowner, with a plain answer to each.
How much is my land worth to a developer?
How a developer values land: the ladder from agricultural to full planning, the sum worked backwards from the finished homes and what moves the figure.
Selling part of your garden for development
When part of a garden can be sold for a home or two, what makes it work, the access question and the tax point.
Selling a paddock for development
When a pony paddock or small field beside a village can be sold for homes, what the planning system looks for and what it is worth.
Selling a field for development
How a field beside a village is sold for homes: the planning route, selling part of it, the agreement and the tax.
Received a letter from a developer about your land?
What a developer's letter about your land means, how they found you, the four questions to ask every writer and how to tell a serious approach from a fishing one.
Tax when selling land for development
The taxes that can arise when land is sold for development, the reliefs that may apply and why the timing of an agreement matters. Not advice.
What happens if planning is refused under an option or promotion agreement?
If planning is refused under an option or promotion agreement the developer may appeal at their cost; if that fails the agreement ends and the landowner keeps the land and owes nothing.
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