0 Bed Plot For Sale

A residential development site benefitting from outline planning consent for the erection of 5 dwellings

The land is located off Hempstead Road and extends to approximately 1.2 acres/ 0.49 hectares. (STS) Outline planning permission has been granted for 5no residential dwellings and the demolition of existing agricultural buildings, with matters of appearance, layout and landscaping reserved.

Location - The site is located about 1 mile southeast of the centre of Steeple Bumpstead, a thriving and picturesque South Cambridgeshire village within close proximity to Saffron Walden (10 miles) and Cambridge. (18 miles). The village benefits from two pubs, convenience store/petrol station with parcel drop off point, a day nursery, pre-school, primary school, a library, and an antiques shop. The market town of Haverhill is nearby and can provide a range of wider facilities and services.

There are bus links within the village offering connections to nearby towns and Audley End train station has direct rail services to Cambridge, Stansted Airport and London Liverpool Street.

Planning Consent - Outline planning permission was granted by Uttlesford on 3rd May and Braintree on 14th May under references- UTT/23//2576/OP and 23/02580/OUT respectively. Both decision notices grant outline planning permission with all matters reserved, apart from access and scale for the erection of 5 dwellings and associated work and the demolition of the redundant agricultural buildings.


The planning permission includes pre-implementation and pre-occupation conditions.

The proposed combined floor area across all 5 properties is 668.60 sq.m GIA (7,194 sq ft). Externally, the individual plots have their own front and rear gardens and car parking in the form of new cart lodges for all units. The proposed cart lodges have a combined floor area of 249 sqm (2,679 sq.ft). The application proposes to utilise the existing access from the B1054, although with minor improvements.

THE SITE
The site is accessed from the B1054 and forms part of a larger agricultural farm. The site comprises former agricultural buildings that are no longer utilised by the farm, along with a farm track. The site is surrounded by farmland, with the B1054 on the northern boundary and the existing farmyard and farmhouse on the eastern boundary. The access to the site sits within Braintree District Council and the remainder of the site is within Uttlesford District Council.

ACCESS
Access to the land will be via the existing access off the B1054 as proposed by the approved highways drawings.

TENURE AND OCCUPATION
The land is available freehold with vacant possession.

Method Of Sale - The site is offered for sale by private treaty