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No. 1Listings snapshot: 5 October 2026114 plots for sale
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The land market this week

Same grass, different paperwork

An acre sold as a building plot fetches a median £750,000 on plot.market this week. An acre of farmland: £10,081. The gap is planning, access and services, and that is what every plot page reads for you.

By the plot.market desk Source: plot.market listings snapshot, 5 Oct 2026

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2.48-acre farmland in Kewstoke, listed by Greenslade Taylor Hunt
£10,081 an acre2.48-acre farmland in Kewstoke, Somerset. Guide price £25,000.Photo: Greenslade Taylor Hunt
5-acre building plot in Inkpen, listed by Strutt & Parker
£800,000 an acre5-acre building plot in Inkpen, Berkshire. From £4,000,000. The agent reports planning permission.Photo: Strutt & Parker

There are 114 plots for sale on plot.market this week and 33 more under offer, listed by 24 independent estate and land agents across 20 counties. Devon has the most by a distance, with 79 of the 147 listings, followed by Somerset with 21 and Cornwall with 19. Fife and Perthshire carry the flag in the north.

The cheapest is 2.48 acres of farmland in Kewstoke, North Somerset, at a guide price of £25,000. The dearest is a 5-acre building plot in Inkpen, Berkshire, from £4,000,000. Its agent, Strutt & Parker, reports planning permission, which plot.market prints as “Agent reports” until a decision notice says so.

The largest is 43.34 acres of woodland near Cullompton, Devon, at £300,000. The 88 plots for sale that state a size add up to 366 acres, an acre for every day of the year. The median guide price across the 100 plots with a price is £225,000.

None of these figures says whether you can build. That is the first of four questions each plot page answers, with the source printed beside the answer. Continued at plot.market/search

2The Plot GazetteMarkets

Markets

Land prices by county

Every dot is one priced plot for sale; the violet bar marks the county median. Devon has the most plots by far; Berkshire has the dearest.

Land prices by county, plots for sale, listings snapshot 5 October 2026
CountyFor saleUnder offerMedian guideEvery priced plot for sale, log scaleLowestHighestMedian £ per acre
Devon5920£185,000£47,000£1,000,000£278,629 (36)
Somerset174£130,000£25,000£795,000£42,329 (14)
Cornwall127£350,000£50,000£1,000,000£165,597 (6)
Suffolk4–£392,500£275,000£500,000£796,171 (4)
Derbyshire21£205,000£135,000£275,000£1,451,477 (2)
Northumberland3–£545,000£325,000£2,500,000£452,899 (3)
Berkshire2–£2,637,500£1,275,000£4,000,000£2,331,818 (2)
Fife2–£324,500£150,000£499,000£1,279,524 (2)
Kent11£850,000£850,000£850,000£139,344 (1)
North Yorkshire2–£140,000£100,000£180,000£500,000 (1)
East Yorkshire1–£130,000£130,000£130,000–
Essex1–£350,000£350,000£350,000–
Hampshire1–£210,000£210,000£210,000£1,050,000 (1)
Lincolnshire1–£250,000£250,000£250,000–
Norfolk1–£200,000£200,000£200,000–
Oxfordshire1–£600,000£600,000£600,000–
Perthshire1–£275,000£275,000£275,000£572,917 (1)
Staffordshire1–£50,000£50,000£50,000£27,174 (1)
Surrey1–£1,250,000£1,250,000£1,250,000£3,125,000 (1)
Wiltshire1–£650,000£650,000£650,000£349,462 (1)

Source: plot.market listings snapshot, 5 Oct 2026. Medians use the 100 plots for sale with a guide price. “£ per acre” uses those that also give an acreage (count in brackets), all land types together. Price strip on a log scale. Hover a dot for the plot; the table holds every figure.

By type of land

TypeFor saleMedian guideMedian £ per acre
Building plot54£248,750£750,000 (37)
Development site35£337,500£357,143 (15)
Land14£85,000£23,500 (13)
Farmland7£75,000£10,081 (7)
Woodland4£141,500£11,084 (4)

Source: plot.market listings snapshot, 5 Oct 2026.

3The Plot GazetteYour questions answered

Your questions answered

Four questions, asked of every plot

Each plot page answers the same four, marks each Clear, Needs checking or Problem, and prints where the answer came from. Here they are for one real plot: 0.22 acres at Lake, Tawstock, near Barnstaple, guide price £165,000 with Stags.

As shown on its plot page, 8 Oct 2026 Read the Tawstock page

0.22-acre building plot in Tawstock, listed by Stags
0.22-acre building plot in Tawstock. Guide price £165,000, freehold. Photo: Stags

  1. Can I build here?

    Problem

    Stags says: A renewed planning application is awaited. There is no confirmed permission to build yet.

    Source: Stags, the agent. Next: North Devon’s planning search, or ask Stags for the decision notice.

  2. Any warnings on official maps?

    Needs checking

    Found at the map pin: an SSSI consultation zone and radon.

    Source: 23 official maps, checked 5 Oct 2026.

  3. Ground and services

    Needs checking

    Water: South West Water. Power: NGED. Radon level 4 of 6, so a new home here needs radon protection.

    Source: 11 official records, checked 8 Oct 2026.

  4. Ready to offer?

    Needs checking

    Four documents to get first: the decision notice, the sale plan, the title plan and the services information. Then ask South West Water and NGED for connection quotes.

    Source: plot.market, from the answers above.

Start here: the three most urgent steps

  1. Get the documents from the agent. Ask Stags for the decision notice, the sale plan, the title plan and the services information.
  2. Have a solicitor check the title and access. They confirm who owns it and how you get in. Local property solicitors are listed with contact details from their own websites.
  3. Ask an ecologist about the nearby wildlife site. How the SSSI consultation zone affects a planning application, with local ecology surveyors listed.

Then the full buying path: a 29-step checklist, saved on your device.

How it works

  1. Search plots from independent agents, by place, price and size, or on the map.
  2. Read the four answers, each with its source and the date we checked it.
  3. Act on the three most urgent steps, with local specialists beside each one.
  4. Call the agent directly. We never stand between you and the seller.
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4The Plot GazettePublic notices

Public notices

We read the decision notice so you don’t have to

When a plot has a planning decision on file, our AI reads it and pulls out what was permitted, the conditions and the deadlines, quoting the pages it used. Code checks the dates. An agent’s claim stays labelled as the agent’s until a decision says otherwise. You can still read the original: it’s linked.

Planning appeal · Exeter

APP/Y1110/W/24/3350940

St Bridget Nursery, Old Rydon Lane

Permitted
An inspector allowed the appeal on 30 January 2025. Outline permission for up to 350 homes on the wider site. Access was considered; layout, scale, appearance and landscaping remain reserved matters.
Deadline
Apply for reserved matters within five years of 30 January 2025.
Conditions
Drainage: soakaway tests, groundwater monitoring, surface-water design and agreement with South West Water. Ecology measures, archaeological investigation and contamination investigation.
Still needed
Match the advertised land to the permission. Later approvals and discharged conditions have not been checked.

Source: Planning Inspectorate decision, pp 1 and 14–16, as read on the plot page. Listing: Exeter - Old Rydon Lane - Approximately 32.84 Acres, KLP.

Violet: the planning site, traced from the agent's location plan named in condition 3 of the decision; approximate (landmark fit within 3.8 m). White: HM Land Registry INSPIRE parcels (64), context only. Neither is the sale boundary. Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.
Read the full notice on the plot page

West Lindsey District Council

Application 145788

The Meadows, Scotton

Permitted
Outline consent on the wider site, dated 31 March 2023.
Match
Plot 4 isn’t matched to it yet. The polygon is the whole application site, not Plot 4.
Still needed
A numbered approved layout, the Plot 4 decision notice and the current status of the conditions.

Source: West Lindsey District Council planning map, checked 30 Sept 2026. Listing: Plot 4, The Meadows, Scotton, £250,000, Walshe’s Property.

Violet: application 145788's site from the council's planning map; Plot 4 match unconfirmed (low confidence). White: HM Land Registry INSPIRE parcels (19), context only. Neither is the sale boundary. Imagery: Esri, Maxar, Earthstar Geographics.
Read the full notice on the plot page

North Devon Council

No decision on file

Lake, Tawstock

A renewed planning application is awaited.

That’s the agent, Stags, and the plot page prints it as the agent’s words, not as a fact. Until a decision notice is added, Can I build here? stays a Problem and nobody pretends otherwise.

Source: Stags listing, checked 5 Oct 2026. Next: North Devon’s planning search, or ask the agent for the notice.

How a notice is read

  1. Find the decision: the council’s or the Planning Inspectorate’s.
  2. AI reads it and drafts what was permitted, the conditions and the expiry.
  3. Every line keeps its page reference; code checks the dates.
  4. Anything unread stays Needs checking.
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5The Plot GazetteThe cost of building

The cost of building

The Gazette declines to guess your build cost

It will add up everything else. Every plot page carries an all-in budget: every cost between finding the plot and moving in, each line with its source.

An all-in budget covers the plot, land tax, legal fees, surveys, planning and design fees, connections, the build, insurance, warranty and a contingency. The build line stays open until you enter your home size and your builder’s price per square metre, because a price per square metre from us would be a guess with a pound sign on it.

Lake, Tawstock · 0.22 acres · Guide price £165,000

£172,061–£185,655

Indicative all-in budget, as shown on its plot page on 8 Oct 2026, including the £165,000 guide price and a 10% contingency.

  • Guide price, £165,000
  • Lines we can price: £7,061–£20,655
  • 13 items still to be quoted, such as biodiversity net gain, protected habitats mitigation and Section 106 obligations

Source: plot.market plot page for 0.22-acre building plot in Tawstock, 8 Oct 2026. Bar not to scale for the open items.

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6The Plot GazetteProperty

Property

Eight plots, eight counties

From this week’s 114. Photos are the agents’ own; the planning line is what the agent reports, until the plot page has read the decision.

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7The Plot GazetteThe checks

The checks

61 checks, in small print

Each plot carries the checks it needs, from the surveys to the professionals a buyer will want, drawn from this list and 25 specialist categories. Our checks are a starting point, not legal or survey advice.

Ground 12

  • Contamination desk study (Phase 1)
  • Geotechnical site investigation (boreholes and lab tests)
  • Foundation depth near trees on shrinkable clay (NHBC 4.2)
  • Engineered foundation or slope design
  • Specialist foundation contractor (piles, raft, deep trench fill)
  • Slope stability assessment
  • Ground gas monitoring and protection
  • Coal Mining Risk Assessment
  • Mining search (coalfield, tin, lead, brine)
  • Basic radon protection
  • Full radon protection
  • Groundwater SPZ1: piling and drainage restrictions

Flood 2

  • Site-specific flood risk assessment
  • Watercourse permit or consent

Drainage 2

  • Percolation test for off-mains drainage
  • Package treatment plant

Utilities 3

  • New utility connections (power, water, sewer, gigabit)
  • Electricity network capacity / long run
  • Overhead power line clearance

Survey 1

  • Topographical (and utilities) survey

Trees 2

  • Tree survey (BS 5837)
  • Ancient woodland buffer

Ecology 7

  • Preliminary Ecological Appraisal
  • Bat survey for buildings to be demolished or converted
  • Great crested newts
  • Biodiversity Net Gain (10%)
  • Off-site biodiversity units
  • Nutrient neutrality mitigation
  • Habitats site recreation mitigation (SAMM/SANG)

Heritage 2

  • Heritage statement
  • Archaeology desk-based assessment

Planning policy 3

  • Green Belt appraisal
  • Landscape and visual appraisal
  • Community Infrastructure Levy (claim self-build exemption before starting)

Highways 2

  • New vehicle access (dropped kerb)
  • Visibility splays and highways statement

Legal 5

  • Access over third-party land
  • Restrictive covenants and easements on title
  • Public right of way across or beside the plot
  • Common land or town/village green
  • Party wall notices

Building 4

  • Building Regulations approval
  • SAP / Part L energy compliance
  • Structural warranty (10-year)
  • Demolition and asbestos survey

Hazards 2

  • Japanese knotweed
  • Unexploded ordnance risk

Modular homes 4

  • Modular system accreditation (BOPAS / warranty-approved)
  • Module delivery route and crane position
  • Crane lift constraints (power lines, narrow lane, slope, trees)
  • Modular foundation system (screw piles, pads, raft)

The permission 10

  • No live planning permission
  • Outline permission: check reserved matters
  • Permission expires within 12 months
  • Permission has lapsed
  • Permission in principle: Technical Details Consent needed
  • Pre-commencement conditions to discharge
  • Contamination condition on the permission
  • Claimed lawful start: prove it
  • Permission may need amending for a modular build
  • Occupancy restriction on the permission

8The Plot GazetteClassifieds

Classifieds

Situations vacant: specialists, by council area

Plot pages show local specialists beside the checks they do. Advertisers take a category slot in a council area: £40, £80 or £120, at most three advertisers per slot, and £10 per buyer contact. Every ad is labelled.

Also available: Building control · SAP & energy compliance · Tree surveys · Structural & foundation engineers · Heritage & archaeology · Biodiversity & nutrient credits · Foundation contractors · Party wall surveyors · Mining & ground stability · Flood risk & drainage · Landscape architects · Demolition & asbestos · Invasive species. To book a slot, write to support@plot.market, or see the professionals directory.

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10The Plot GazetteOpinion

Opinion · The next generation of land search

A field for sale isn’t news. Whether you can build on it is.

By the plot.market desk

For years, finding land meant finding a listing: a photo of grass, a price and a phone number. The listing was the product, and the homework was yours.

We think the next generation of land search starts where the listing stops. It should tell you whether you can build, what it will really cost and what to do on Monday morning, with the evidence on the same page.

Our rules are short. AI explains, reads and drafts. Code and official data decide the facts. Every AI claim cites its source. And everything still works without AI: switch the clever part off and you still have the map, the documents and the agent’s number.

What we won’t do matters as much. We don’t score plots, we don’t promise planning and we don’t stand between you and the seller. When we don’t know, the page says Needs checking. That is less exciting than a five-star rating, and a great deal more useful.

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