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Guide Price£575,000

Shepshed, Loughborough

Land size
0.74 acres

Key Features

  • Planning Approval for EIGHT new detached homes.
  • Site area approximately 0.298 hectares (0.74 acres)
  • Well-designed low-density residential scheme within an established residential location
  • Close to major roads, including the M1, providing easy access to Loughborough, Leicester, and Nottingham.
  • Freehold on completion
  • Ready for development
  • Buyer’s fees apply. Please ask Allen Heritage for details

Description

The Approval:

A residential development opportunity with the benefit of full planning permission for the construction of eight dwellings located to the rear of 31 Garendon Road

The approved scheme delivers detached family homes, designed to complement the surrounding residential character of Garendon Road. The development will deliver modern family accommodation with private gardens, parking and landscaped areas, arranged around a new access from the road.

The scheme offers an attractive opportunity for a developer to deliver well-proportioned homes in an established residential location within easy reach of Loughborough

and the M1 motorway.

The Current Site:

The site consists of the existing residential plot, along with an additional parcel of land located to the south of ts rear garden boundary.

Total Site Area: Approximately 2,986 sq m (0.298 hectares / 0.74 acres)

The land is relatively flat and generally clear, although grasses and vegetation have naturally re-established over time.

An existing bungalow on the site will be demolished as part of the development.

Location:

The site is situated within the popular residential town of Shepshed, positioned between Loughborough and Leicester and offering excellent access to the M1 motorway (Junction 23).

Shepshed provides a range of everyday amenities including shops, schools, pubs and local services, with a wider range of facilities available in nearby Loughborough.

Train station:

Loughborough Railway Station approximately 10 minutes away, providing direct services to Leicester, Nottingham and London St Pancras.

Bus & road:

Good road connections via the A512 and M1 Junction 23, providing convenient access to Leicester, Nottingham and the wider motorway network.

Shopping:

Local convenience shopping within Shepshed town centre with larger retail provision in Loughborough.

Eating & drinking: A range of pubs, cafés and restaurants are available locally in Shepshed with additional leisure and dining options in nearby Loughborough.

Documents Available upon request:

Brochure

Approval & Conditions

Design & Access Statement

Local Comparable’s

Title Document/s

S106 Document

Possessory Title Document

Biodiversity Document

BNG Document

Ecology Document

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
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Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-03-26

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
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Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

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Private Rights of Way
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Restrictions
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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

5.5 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.

Ofcom Connected Nations postcode-level predictions. Speeds and signal are modelled, not measured, and vary between addresses and providers.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Saint Winefride's Catholic Voluntary Academy, Shepshed, Leicestershire399 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    169
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Newcroft Primary Academy498 metresOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    442
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Botolph's Church of England Primary School668 metresOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    380
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Oxley Primary School Shepshed683 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    256
    Type
    Community school
  • Stonebow Primary School Loughborough1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    199
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Iveshead School762 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    985
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Charnwood College2.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    664
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • De Lisle College Loughborough Leicestershire2.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,376
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • The Castle Rock School3.1 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,060
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Woodbrook Vale School3.4 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    839
    Type
    Academy converter

* Latest graded judgement covers quality of education only; no overall grade was issued under the 2024-25 inspection framework.

Distances are straight-line from the advertised location. Source: the national school registers (DfE, Welsh Government, Scottish Government) and Ofsted.

Schools are just the start: sold prices nearby, planning activity and any flood history are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Tesco Shepshed Express, Shepshed115 metres
Asda Shepshed Supermarket, Shepshed212 metres
Co-op Shepshed, Shepshed419 metres

GP surgery

Field Street Surgery312 metres

Pharmacy

Shepshed Pharmacy183 metres

Hospital

Loughborough Hospital2.7 miles

Green space

Play Space306 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Loughborough (Leics) Rail Station4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Garendon Road137 metres

Typical drive times

Shepshed1 min · 0.3 miles
Coalville11 min · 4.8 miles
Loughborough11 min · 4.6 miles
Leicester (city)26 min · 14 miles
Ashby-de-la-Zouch16 min · 8.9 miles

Straight-line distances from the advertised location; drive times are typical free-flow times over OpenStreetMap road data, so allow more at peak. Public transport locations from DfT NaPTAN.

Easy to reach matters. So do planning activity, flood history and ground risks: all in the full report.

Flood Risk

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

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