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Buying a plot? Here’s the map.

Buying land is a journey most people have never made. plot.market draws the route for every plot: 29 steps, the checks and specialists along the way, an indicative budget, and the documents to get before you offer.

114 plots for sale24 independent agents29 steps61 checks

Tap a station to see what happens there.

A diagram, not to scale: stations are the 29 steps on every plot.market plot page, written for England and Wales. Scotland works differently, and Scottish plots say so on their page.

How it works

Three stops to a plot you understand.

  1. Search land

    Find a plot on the map: 114 for sale from 24 independent agents. Every listing links to the agent’s own page and shows when we last checked it.

  2. Read its route

    Every plot page answers four questions, works out an indicative budget and puts the 3 most urgent steps first.

  3. Call the agent

    You contact the selling agent directly. plot.market isn’t an estate agent and doesn’t relay enquiries.

On every plot page

Each answer is marked ClearNeeds checkingProblem and labelled with where it came from. Shown here: the Tawstock plot page as it read on 8 Oct 2026.

  • Question 1

    Can I build here?

    Planning status, quoting the agent and the council’s decision notice where we have it. “Agent reports…” is never presented as fact.

    Tawstock Problem

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

    CouncilAgent

  • Question 2

    Any warnings on official maps?

    Flood, protected land and mining, checked at the map pin.

    Tawstock Needs checking

    Found at the map pin: sssi consultation zone and radon.

    Specialists

  • Question 3

    Ground and services

    Water, power, radon and ground records at the pin.

    Tawstock Needs checking

    Water: South West Water, power: NGED, radon level 4 of 6. Radon protection is needed for a new home here.

    SpecialistsAgent

  • Question 4

    Ready to offer?

    The documents to get first: decision notice, sale plan, title plan, services information.

    Tawstock Needs checking

    4 documents to get before you offer: the decision notice, the sale plan, the title plan and the services information.

    AgentBuyer

Indicative budget · whole build

£172,061–£185,655

Tawstock, 0.22 acres · plot page, 8 Oct 2026

plus 13 items still to be quoted, such as Biodiversity net gain (BNG), Protected habitats mitigation, Section 106 obligations.

Start here

The 3 most urgent steps · Tawstock, 8 Oct 2026

  1. 1Get the documents from the agent
  2. 2Have a solicitor check the title and access
  3. 3Ask how the wildlife site consultation affects a planning application

Each step lists local specialists, with contact details from their own websites.

Planning documents, read for you

The AI reads a plot’s planning decision notice and pulls out what was permitted, the conditions and the expiry, quoting the source.

AI explains, reads and drafts. Code and official data decide the facts. Everything still works without AI.

61 site checks, 25 specialist categories

The Specialists line in full. Each plot gets the checks that apply to it, from percolation tests for off-mains drainage to the crane position for a modular home.

  • Land & measured surveys
  • Utility connections
  • Building control
  • SAP & energy compliance
  • Structural warranty
  • Planning consultants
  • Architects & designers
  • Ecology surveys
  • Tree surveys
  • Ground investigation & contamination
  • Highways & access
  • Structural & foundation engineers
  • Property solicitors
  • Off-mains drainage
  • Heritage & archaeology
  • Biodiversity & nutrient credits
  • Foundation contractors
  • Party wall surveyors
  • Modular delivery & cranes
  • Mining & ground stability
  • Flood risk & drainage
  • Landscape architects
  • Demolition & asbestos
  • Radon & gas protection
  • Invasive species
All 61 checks
  • 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
  • Site-specific flood risk assessment
  • Watercourse permit or consent
  • Percolation test for off-mains drainage
  • Package treatment plant
  • New utility connections (power, water, sewer, gigabit)
  • Electricity network capacity / long run
  • Overhead power line clearance
  • Topographical (and utilities) survey
  • Tree survey (BS 5837)
  • Ancient woodland buffer
  • 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 statement
  • Archaeology desk-based assessment
  • Green Belt appraisal
  • Landscape and visual appraisal
  • Community Infrastructure Levy (claim self-build exemption before starting)
  • New vehicle access (dropped kerb)
  • Visibility splays and highways statement
  • 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 Regulations approval
  • SAP / Part L energy compliance
  • Structural warranty (10-year)
  • Demolition and asbestos survey
  • Japanese knotweed
  • Unexploded ordnance risk
  • 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)
  • 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

On the map: listing pins, HM Land Registry INSPIRE parcel outlines (context only, never the sale boundary), council planning-site boundaries where available, and aerial imagery.

Real plots, real routes

Every plot comes with its own route.

Same 29 steps, different answers. Live listings from independent agents, with what each plot page said on8 Oct 2026: the four questions, the planning line and the indicative budget. Each card opens the plot’s page.

Fares

Searching is free. Plus is £19 a month.

Ride the whole route for nothing. Plus adds the help that saves you calls; cancel any time.

Buyers

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  • Plot reports and map checks
  • Budget planner
  • 1 saved collection
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Plus

£19 a month

  • Supplier quote requests
  • AI quote comparison
  • “Send for me” document requests to the agent
  • Unlimited collections
  • 2 “Ask our team” requests a month
  • Report pack included

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Report pack
£19

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£39

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All prices

Agents

Listing land
Free
Featured plot
£20 per 30 days
Agent Pro
£49 a month per branch

Free for 12 months for the first 100 agents

Suppliers and manufacturers

Classifieds
£40 / £80 / £120

Per category slot per council area, at most 3 advertisers per slot

Click-to-contact
£10
Regional sponsorship
£150 a month
Manufacturer placement
£99 a month

Home models shown beside matching plots

Sponsored content is always labelled.

For agents

List your land free.

Your plot goes on the map with its own route: the four questions, an indicative budget and the 29 steps. Buyers arrive knowing what to ask, and they contact you directly. We don’t relay enquiries.

Agent Pro is £49 a month per branch, free for 12 months for the first 100 agents.

On the map today: 114 plots for sale from 24 independent agents

  1. Bagshaws
  2. Beercocks
  3. Bradley Hall
  4. Bradleys
  5. David Burr
  6. Edwin Thompson
  7. GFW
  8. Greenslade Taylor Hunt
  9. Jackie Stanley
  10. KLP
  11. Mansbridge Balment
  12. Marchand Petit
  13. Match Property
  14. Miller Commercial
  15. Myddelton & Major
  16. Rendells
  17. Rettie
  18. Shore Partnership
  19. Sowerbys
  20. Stags
  21. Stephensons
  22. Strutt & Parker
  23. The Land Agency
  24. Walshe’s Property

Every listing links to the agent’s original page and shows when we last checked it.