Garage courts and yards wanted in Preston
Development Land Wanted buys garage courts and yards in Preston and right across England and Wales. Owners and agents are both welcome.
If you own a block of garages or a small service yard, it may be a housing site. We look at the access, the existing tenants and any rights of way across the land.
- Size
- About 1 to 10 homes
- Planning
- Usually without
- Areas
- England & Wales
- Ways we buy
- Outright or conditional
What garage courts and yards we want near Preston
Across Preston, lock-up blocks that are half empty can be a better use of land as homes, with parking handled sensibly. As the county town of Lancashire, Preston anchors the area we cover here, along with Leyland, Chorley and Blackburn.
- Lock-up garage blocks, let or empty
- Parking courts behind houses
- Small service yards and compounds
- Courts where some garages are let on licences
Lancashire includes Preston, Blackburn, Burnley, Blackpool and Lancaster alongside the Fylde coast resorts, the East Lancashire mill towns and many rural villages. Green Belt covers much of the south and east, between the Merseyside and Greater Manchester conurbations, and smaller areas around Blackpool and Lancaster. Former mill and industrial land, edge-of-town fields and village infill are the usual sources of housing land, with grey belt now relevant on parts of the urban fringe.
Checks we make on garage courts and yards in Preston
Access rights
Neighbours may have rights to pass over the court to reach their own land.
Licences and tenants
Garage licences are usually easy to end, but we check the terms.
Ground conditions
Old fuel or asbestos garage roofs need sensible handling.
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 90 miles away), distance is no barrier: we look at land across England and Wales.
Four ways to sell to us
How a sale to us works
Tell us about the land
Use the form or call us with the location and a rough outline of the site.
Free appraisal
We review title, planning and constraints and tell you honestly what we think.
Written offer
If the site suits us, we set out an offer and the way we propose to buy.
Solicitors take over
Your solicitor and ours agree the contract; we keep you informed throughout.
Frequently asked in Lancashire
How many homes could fit?
It depends on the size and shape of the court and its access; small courts may take one or two homes, larger ones more.
Do you buy council or housing association garages?
We are happy to discuss sites with public bodies and housing providers, subject to their own disposal rules.
Do you buy garage courts and yards in Preston?
Yes. We buy garage courts and yards in Preston and throughout Lancashire, as well as elsewhere in England and Wales. Tell us where the land is and we will give you a free appraisal.
Do I need to pay anything to have land in Preston assessed?
No. Our appraisal is free and there is no obligation to sell to us.