Barns and rural buildings wanted in Gravesend
If you own barns and rural buildings in or around Gravesend, we would like to hear about it. We buy directly and give a free, no-obligation appraisal.
A redundant barn, stable block or yard can have residential potential. Traditional buildings often suit conversion, while modern steel barns may qualify for permitted development in England. We assess the building, access and planning route before proposing a deal.
- Size
- Single barns to farmyards
- Planning
- With or without
- Areas
- England & Wales
- Ways we buy
- Outright or conditional
Barns and rural buildings we are looking for in Gravesend
Farm buildings near Gravesend that have fallen out of use may suit conversion, particularly traditional barns with a good access. Gravesend lies about 14 miles north-west of Maidstone in Kent. We also cover Swanscombe, Grays, Longfield and the villages between them.
- Stable blocks, workshops and rural yards
- Farmyards with several buildings
- Buildings with an existing access to a road
- Buildings with or without an existing consent
Kent ranges from the Medway towns, Dartford and Gravesend on the Thames to Maidstone, Ashford, Canterbury, Tunbridge Wells and the coastal towns of Margate, Ramsgate, Folkestone and Dover. West Kent is largely Metropolitan Green Belt, while the Kent Downs and High Weald National Landscapes cover much of the countryside. Sites typically include edge-of-town fields, orchards and farmland, farm buildings, infill plots and brownfield land in the towns.
Before we make an offer in Gravesend
Planning route
In England, Class Q prior approval may apply to agricultural buildings; in Wales, a full application is usually needed.
Protected landscapes
National Parks and National Landscapes can restrict permitted development and design.
Access and services
Rural buildings often need new access, drainage and power.
In England, a planning permission normally has to be implemented within three years unless the council sets a different period, and councils aim to decide minor applications within eight weeks and major ones within thirteen.
Though we are based in Birmingham (roughly 123 miles away), distance is no barrier: we look at land across England and Wales.
Ways to sell barns and rural buildings in Gravesend
Subject-to-planning contract
We agree a price now and complete once a satisfactory planning permission is granted.
Subject-to-planning contractJoint venture
You contribute the land, we fund and manage planning and delivery, and the proceeds are shared as agreed.
Joint ventureHow a sale to us works
Get in touch
Tell us where the land is and what you know about it.
Site review
We look at the land, its planning position and anything that could affect it.
Proposal
We put our proposal in writing, with no obligation to accept.
Exchange and completion
If you go ahead, contracts are exchanged and the sale completes on the agreed terms.
Questions owners in Gravesend ask
We still use some of the buildings. Can we sell just part of the yard?
Yes. We can look at selling some buildings and keeping others, with access and boundaries agreed.
Do bats stop a barn conversion?
Not usually, but surveys and mitigation are needed, and survey seasons can affect timing.
Is Gravesend too far from our Birmingham base?
No. We are based in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 123 miles from Gravesend, and we look at land right across England and Wales.
Do I need to pay anything to have land in Gravesend assessed?
No. Our appraisal is free and there is no obligation to sell to us.