The Plant Plot Garden Centre, Stafford Road, Lichfield, Staffordshire, WS13 8JA

The Plant Plot Garden Centre is an independent family run garden centre with farm shop and on-site café/restaurant. The site is also home to The Plant Plot Garden Village, a community of small independent businesses.
The site offers a range of passive income streams from the concession village as well as offering huge scope to grow the garden centre business.

The Plant Plot Garden Centre is located on the A51 Stafford Road on the outskirts of Lichfield, close to
several large population areas and motorways, the nearest being the M6 Toll Road which is approximately 6 miles away. The M6 and M42 are
both approximately 15 miles away.
The city of Lichfield is approximately 1.6 miles to the south, Tamworth is approximately 9.6 miles to the south east and Cannock is approximately 10.3 miles to the west.
The property has over 230 meters of road frontage and each Lot has its own dedicated entrance directly off the A51.
According to the latest census data there are over 2,055,334 people living within a 25 kilometer radius of the garden centre and the data highlights favourable local demographics with above UK
average employment rates.

The garden village is a vibrant collection of around 35 small businesses that offer a range of food and beverage, retail, craft, wellbeing, health and other services.
The village is fully occupied and produces a strong income. The current income is set out in the table below. The vast majority are on standard licence agreements.
EON have leased space for an EV charging station. This lease is a 20 year term within the L&T act with rent commencing from Dec 2025.

The Garden Centre and Concession Village.
The owners operate the garden centre which trades from a shop, canopy areas and plant area. The garden centre stocks a wide variety of products including plants, giftware, garden sundries, tools, plant pots and garden furniture.
Surrounding the garden centre is a charming retail village which is home to a wide range of concessions which occupy a variety of small retail units.

Additional land and house – Available by separate negotiation
In addition to the garden centre the owners also own Lyncroft Villa a detached period 5 bedroom house and a plant nursery.
The nursery is let for £7,500 per annum until June 2026. The owner has consent for the glass houses to be replaced with 6,100sqft of business units which could be let.
This parcel of land lies to the North East of the garden centre and is just under an acre. This also includes an area on which purchasers could explore further development options, perhaps including residential or commercial units.
This land has independent vehicular access to the A51.

The Plant Plot is a unique and thriving community of small businesses and is well loved by the local community with over 80,000 visitors annually.
There is considerable scope to continue to grow all aspects of the garden centre and concession business, including expanding the popular seasonal events such as the Christmas market.
The site has the benefit of planning permission for further expansion and development.

The garden centre is run by the owners with assistance from a small team of full and part time employees. It is anticipated that staff would transfer across under TUPE.

YE 30th April 2025

Turnover: £531,304
Gross Profit: £249,804
EBITDA: £110,159

YE 30th April 2024

Turnover: £446,820
Gross Profit: £197,543
EBITDA: £64,757

Monday – Saturday
9.00am – 5.00pm
Sunday
9.30am – 4.30pm

The majority of the retail units are separately rated so in the vast majority of cases no rates are payable. The Garden centre has a rateable value of £14,750.