Our portfolio of successful sales achieved on land with planning consent
Below you can find a range of examples from our extensive portfolio of sites where our land agents have achieved a successful sale on behalf of our clients, where they have land with planning approval. These examples demonstrate our ability to help clients secure the very best price for their land by identifying reliable buyers who are in a position to make a financial commitment and complete the sale within an agreed timeframe. If you have land to sell with planning approval do not hesitate to contact our team who will be happy to guide you.
Maresfield, East Sussex
Transaction - Land acquired for clients
Client - Sigma Homes
Planning status - Planning consented for 25 units
Land parcel - 4 ac / 1.6 ha
Details - This site was previously open fields.
Felbridge, West Sussex
Transaction – Acquired for Clients
Client – Antler Homes
Planning Status – Detailed consent for 7 houses
Land Parcel – 1.7 ac / 0.68 ha
Details – This site was a residential garden, originally acquired for Reside Developments, without planning permission, under the terms of an option agreement.
Polegate, East Sussex
Transaction – Sold unconditionally with planning permission
Client – Welbeck Land
Planning Status – Outline consent for 108 units
Land Parcel – 13 ac / 5.26 ha
Details – The site was a residential garden and open field, which we acquired for Welbeck Land without planning permission from two landowners under the terms of a promotion agreement.
Scaynes Hill, West Sussex
Transaction - Sold unconditionally, informal tender
Client - Greenplan Designer Homes
Planning status - Outline planning for 51 units
Land parcel - 4.780 ac / 1.935 ha
Details – The site was previously in use as a house with a paddock.
Cowfold, West Sussex
Transaction - Acquired for clients
Client - Greenplan Designer Homes
Planning status – Outline permission for six units, improved to seven units
Land parcel - 0.4 acres / 1.161 ha
Details – This site was a former pub garden and car park, which we acquired on behalf of our clients with outline planning permission.
Caterham, Surrey
Transaction - Acquired for clients, off market
Client - Shanly Homes Ltd
Planning status - Outline planning for 13 houses
Land parcel - 1.26 ac / 0.51 ha
Details – This site was a former single dwelling and rear garden assembly.
London, SW15
Transaction - Acquired for clients
Client - Signature Prime Property
Planning status - Detailed PLANNING PERMISSION for two family houses
Land parcel - 0.437 ac / 0.177 ha
Details – This site was originally a single dwelling.
Reigate, Surrey
Transaction - Sold unconditionally with planning permission
Client – Ashill Group
Planning status - Detailed planning permission for 12 houses
Land parcel - 3.204 ac / 1.296ha
Details – Searls land originally facilitated the sale of this former extra care facility, on behalf of a charitable trust, by way of an informal tender, before arranging the unconditional resale of the site once planning permission had been approved.
East Horsley, Surrey
Transaction – Acquired for clients
Client - Taylor Wimpey
Planning status - Outline planning for 110 residential units
Land parcel - 14.16 ac / 5.73 ha
Details – This site was formerly a residential and equestrian smallholding.
Andover, Hampshire
Transaction - Sold unconditionally
Client - Wates Developments
Planning status - Outline planning permission for 530 res units
Land parcel - 63 acres / 25.5 ha
Details – This site was previously used as farmland.
Felbridge, West Sussex
Transaction - Acquired Unconditionally
Client - Vanderbilt Homes Ltd (now Elivia Homes)
Planning status - Planning permission for 63 units
Land parcel - 6 acres / 2.42 ha
Details – This site was previously used as an ambulance depot with flats, a house and a paddock.
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Transaction A - Acquired under the terms of an Option agreement
Client A – Private Company
Planning Status – None
Transaction B – Sold Unconditionally
Client B – Private Company
Planning Status Detailed PP for 13 houses
Land parcel - 0.69 acres / 0.275 ha
Prior use - Former public house
Mitcham, London SW17
Transaction - Acquired for clients unconditionally
Client - Aquinna Homes
Planning status – Permission for 6 new houses
Land parcel - 0.2 Acres / 0.08 ha
Details – This site was formerly used for commercial purposes.
Crawley Down, West Sussex
Transaction - Sold unconditionally
Client – Wates Developments
Planning Status – Outline planning for 23 units
Land parcel - 3.16 ac / 1.28 ha
Details – This former house, garden and paddock was initially acquired for Wates without planning permission before this sale with planning permission.
Woodley, Berkshire
Transaction – Sold with planning consent
Client - Copperwood Developments
Planning status – Planning permission for 17 houses
Land parcel - 1.14 ac /0.46 ha
Details – This former industrial yard surrounded by residential homes was initially acquired without planning consent, by Searls Land on behalf of the client, under the terms of an option agreement.
Cowfold, West Sussex
Transaction - Acquired for clients, off market
Client - Remmus Designer Homes
Planning status - Planning permission for eight houses
Land parcel - 0.98 ac / 0.39 ha
Details – This site was previously a private house and garden.
Guildford, Surrey
Transaction - Sold unconditionally
Client - Leander Holdings
Planning status - Permission for 12 x 2 bed apartments
Land parcel - 0.494 acres / 0.2 ha
Details – This site was previously home to a social club.
Bookham, Surrey
Transaction - Acquired for clients, off market
Client - Arthur Wait Ltd.
Planning status - Planning permission approved for 7 houses
Land parcel - 0.52 ac / 0.21 ha
Details – This site was previously two private houses with gardens
Ninfield, East Sussex
Transaction - Land acquired for clients
Client – Optivo
Planning status - Planning consented for 80 units
Land parcel - 8 ac / 3.2 ha
Details – This site was previously an open field.
Guildford, Surrey
Transaction - Sold unconditionally to Vanderbilt Homes (now Elivia Homes)
Client - Copperwood Developments Ltd
Planning status - STP for 10 apartments and four houses
Land parcel - 0.582 ac / 0.235 ha
Details – This site was previously a redundant care home and was initially acquired with no planning permission by Searls Land on behalf of the client, under the terms of an option agreement.
Cuckfield, West Sussex
Transaction - Sold unconditionally
Client - Reside Developments Ltd.
Planning status - Outline planning permission for 14 houses
Land parcel - 5.4 ac / 2.2 ha
Details – This site was previously an open field on the edge of a settlement.
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Transaction - Acquired unconditionally
Client - Croudace Homes
Planning status - Detailed planning permission for 94 units
Land parcel - Unknown
Details – This site was previously open land.
Ash, Surrey
Transaction - Sold unconditionally to Bellway Homes
Client - Copperwood Developments
Planning status - Outline planning for 154 units
Land parcel - 14.5 ac / 5.86 ha
Details – This site was previously used as a paddock and open field
Mannings Heath, West Sussex
Transaction – Acquired for Clients
Client – Greenplan Designer Homes
Planning status - Detailed planning permission for five houses
Land parcel - 0.5 ac / 0.23 ha
Details – This redundant commercial site was initially acquired, with no planning status, by Searls Land on behalf of clients Concept Developments under the terms of an option agreement.
Crawley Down, West Sussex
Transaction – Sold unconditionally
Client - Vanderbilt Homes (Now Elivia Homes)
Planning status – Planning permission for 15 units
Land parcel - 9.9 ac / 4.4 ha
Details – This paddock and open field was initially acquired by Searls Land under the terms of a promotional agreement on behalf of Wates Developments Ltd. Searls Land then facilitated the unconditional sale of the land to Cross Construction, with outline permission for 44 units. We then secured the sale of a section of the site to Elivia Homes, with planning permission for the 15 units (part of the original 44).
Turners Hill, West Sussex
Transaction - Acquired for clients
Client - Greenplan Designer Homes
Planning status – Outline permission for six units, improved to nine units
Land parcel - 0.95 acres / 0.384 ha
Details – This site was previously one single residential dwelling with a large garden.
Ripley, Surrey
Transaction - Acquired for clients unconditionally
Client - Shanly Homes
Planning status - Outline planning permission for 26 units
Land parcel - 2.5 acres / 1.01 ha
Details – This site was previously used as a commercial and equestrian site.
North Chailey, East Sussex
Transaction - Acquired for clients, off market
Client - Rushmon Homes
Planning status - 13 units (eight houses and five apartments)
Land parcel - 0.43 ac / 0.17 ha
Details – This site was formerly used as a public house & car park.
Haywards Heath, West Sussex
Transaction - Sold unconditionally
Client - Copperwood Developments Ltd
Planning status – Planning permission for 12 x 2-bed flats
Land parcel - 0.4 acres / 0.161 ha
Details – This redundant scrub land was initially acquired by Searls Land on behalf of the client, subject to planning, with no planning approval in place.
Burgess Hill, West Sussex
Transaction - Sold unconditionally
Client - Wates Developments
Planning status - Planning for 11 flats and houses
Land parcel - 0.5 acres / 0.202 ha
Details – The site was previously accommodating dilapidated offices.
Crowborough, East Sussex
Transaction – Sold unconditionally with planning permission
Client - Wates Developments
Planning status – Outline planning for 150 units
Land parcel - 15.17 ac / 6.14 ha
Details – This former equestrian farm and residential house was initially acquired for Wates without planning permission under the terms of a promotion agreement. Searls land then went on to also secure a buyer for the site once planning consent had been granted.
Odiham, Hampshire
Transaction - acquired off market
Client - Vanderbilt Homes Ltd (now Elivia Homes)
Planning status - outline planning for 35 units
Land parcel - 6.36 ac / 2.574 ha
Details – This site was previously an open field on the edge of a settlement.
Hurstpierpoint, West Sussex
Transaction - Sold unconditionally
Client - Village Developments
Planning status - Outline planning for 57 units
Land Parcel - 9.19 ac / 3.719 ha
Details – This site was previously an open field on the edge of a settlement.
Send, Surrey
Transaction - Sold unconditionally
Client - Ashill Group Ltd
Planning status - Detailed planning for 13 houses
Land parcel - 3.41 ac / 1.38 ha
Details – This site was previously occupied by agricultural barns.