Allocated and promoted land wanted in Shoreham-by-Sea
Development Land Wanted buys allocated and promoted land in Shoreham-by-Sea and right across England and Wales. Owners and agents are both welcome.
If your land is allocated in a plan, or you have submitted it to a call for sites, the council has already started considering it for development. We can buy allocated land or take it forward through promotion and an application.
- Size
- Any
- Planning
- Allocated or submitted
- Areas
- England & Wales
- Ways we buy
- Option, conditional or outright
Allocated and promoted land we are looking for in Shoreham-by-Sea
Around Shoreham-by-Sea, allocated sites and land put forward to the council are usually the furthest along, so they can often move faster than land at an earlier stage. Shoreham-by-Sea is in West Sussex, about 22 miles east of Chichester. Nearby places include Lancing, Worthing and Hove.
- Land identified in a draft plan or housing land availability assessment
- Sites where the current promoter's agreement has ended
- Parts of larger allocations owned separately
- Land in a neighbourhood plan allocation
West Sussex includes Crawley, Horsham, Haywards Heath, Burgess Hill, East Grinstead and Chichester and the coastal towns of Worthing, Bognor Regis, Littlehampton, Shoreham-by-Sea and Lancing. It has only a very small area of Green Belt on the Surrey border, but the South Downs National Park and the High Weald and Chichester Harbour National Landscapes cover large parts. Typical sites include edge-of-town fields, farm buildings, infill plots and urban brownfield land.
Checks we make on allocated and promoted land in Shoreham-by-Sea
Plan stage
An adopted allocation carries more weight than a draft one or a call-for-sites submission.
Existing agreements
Land may already be under option or promotion; we check for exclusivity.
Shared allocations
Where several owners hold one allocation, collaboration and equalisation matter.
Since 6 August 2026, non-major development on sites of 0.2 hectares or less in England has generally been exempt from mandatory biodiversity net gain, unless priority habitat is affected. That makes many small sites simpler to bring forward.
Though we are based in Birmingham (roughly 138 miles away), distance is no barrier: we look at land across England and Wales.
Ways to sell allocated and promoted land in Shoreham-by-Sea
Subject-to-planning contract
Used where an application is the next step.
Subject-to-planning contractOption agreement
You grant us the right to buy within a set period, usually for an option premium, while we pursue planning.
Option agreementThe next steps
Send the basics
A postcode or plan and a few lines about the land are enough to start.
We do the homework
We check planning history, policy, flood maps and access at no cost to you.
We explain the options
You get a written proposal covering price, structure and timing.
Agree and proceed
Once you are happy, solicitors are instructed and the deal moves forward.
Your questions answered
My land was under an option that expired. Can you take over?
Yes, if the earlier agreement has properly ended. We will want to see it to confirm there is no continuing exclusivity.
Do you buy part of an allocation?
Yes. Where an allocation is split between owners, we can buy or take an option on one part and work with the others.
Is Shoreham-by-Sea too far from our Birmingham base?
No. We are based in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 138 miles from Shoreham-by-Sea, and we look at land right across England and Wales.
Which planning rules apply to land in Shoreham-by-Sea?
As Shoreham-by-Sea is in England, national policy comes from the National Planning Policy Framework, revised in August 2026. Local policies in the council's development plan also apply.