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Find out who owns it from Land Registry. Approach them. Offer way more than it’s worth and suggest an uplift that pays them again if it ever gets planning.
Whether they’ll go for it depends what they can think of to spend the money on. I have a friend whose neighbours gave him some of their garden for just the cost of the legal fees because they were stressed out by having to maintain it. Similarly if it belongs to someone who owns 2000 acres that have been in their family since the enclosures there may be no price they’d sell at.
Offering to rent it and maintain it might be more successful.
Hefty
Has anyone one here ever found a plot of land they liked (not advertised) and tried to buy it?
There's a small bit of wood to the side of our house that's about 50x50m we really want to buy for the kids and to stop any risk of development.
I think we would be safe from planning generally due to greenbelt, flooding, species habitats but we still want it.
Any tips appreciated