Small sites wanted in Northampton
Development Land Wanted buys small sites in Northampton and right across England and Wales. Owners and agents are both welcome.
Small sites are plots for roughly one to nine homes. They are quicker to plan and build than large schemes and national policy encourages councils to bring more of them forward. We buy small sites with or without planning.
- Size
- About 1 to 9 homes
- Planning
- With or without
- Areas
- England & Wales
- Ways we buy
- Outright or conditional
Is your land in Northampton the kind we want?
In Northampton, small sites are often the leftover pieces: a side garden, an old garage block or a gap where a building once stood. As the county town of Northamptonshire, Northampton anchors the area we cover here, along with Wellingborough, Daventry and Rushden.
- Small fields or paddocks next to villages
- Plots with consent for one to nine homes
- Sites where an earlier application can be improved
- Land within or touching a settlement boundary
Northamptonshire is centred on Northampton, with Kettering, Corby, Wellingborough, Rushden, Daventry and Brackley and many villages in between. There is no Green Belt and no National Park or National Landscape in the county, so constraints are mostly local: flood risk in the Nene valley, landscape and heritage. Typical sites include edge-of-town fields, urban extensions, farm buildings and village infill, plus former industrial land in the towns.
Checks we make on small sites in Northampton
Design fit
A small scheme has to suit the street and the neighbours.
Access
Even small sites need a safe access and parking.
Affordable housing thresholds
In England affordable housing is usually only sought on schemes of ten or more homes; in Wales many councils seek contributions from smaller sites, sometimes a single home.
Where an English council cannot show a five-year supply of housing land, or its Housing Delivery Test result falls below 75%, the August 2026 NPPF can give policy support to suitable housing outside settlement boundaries.
Northamptonshire has no designated Green Belt, so the main policy questions near Northampton are usually the settlement boundary, landscape and access.
Our base is in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 48 miles away, and we buy land throughout England and Wales.
How we could buy your land in Northampton
Subject-to-planning contract
We agree a price now and complete once a satisfactory planning permission is granted.
Subject-to-planning contractThe 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.
Questions owners in Northampton ask
How quickly can you give a view?
For a small site with a clear plan and photos, we can usually say quickly whether it is worth pursuing and how.
Can you buy a single building plot?
Yes. Single plots, with or without consent, are part of what we buy.
Is Northampton too far from our Birmingham base?
No. We are based in Great Barr, Birmingham, about 48 miles from Northampton, and we look at land right across England and Wales.
How quickly can you look at a site in Northampton?
For most sites we can give an initial view once we have the location and a plan. Detailed checks follow if the land looks suitable.