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Guide Price£900,000

(Elderslie Farm), Friday Street, Ockley, Dorking, RH5

Land size
1 acres

Key Features

  • A Superb Opportunity To Build Your Own Home In A Stunning Country Location, Beautiful Views, Large Plot On A Quiet Lane.

Description

Ever dreamed about building your own house? Here is an opportunity to acquire the freehold of this plot with the benefit of planning permission for extension and conversion of existing agricultural buildings to provide a single dwelling including basement with detached office and garden building all with associated hardstanding and landscaping. More information can be found on Mole Valley Planning Applications Ref: MO/2020/2045

The site is 1 acre in size 374 sqm / 4025 sq ft and is located close to the village of Ockley.

The new dwelling would comprise:

Ground Floor – Living room, kitchen, utility room, bedroom and ensuite, family room and cloakroom.

First Floor – 3 bedrooms (1 ensuite) and a family bathroom.

Basement – Cinema / games room, bedroom and ensuite, store and plant room.

MoleValley District Council

Location
Ockley has a church, two pubs, active cricket club, farm shop selling local produce, together with garage and a general store. Gatton Manor Country Club is a popular venue for golfing enthusiasts and
there are a number of delightful old country inns in the vicinity.

The Surrey Hills lies just to the north and west of
Ockley – a Designated Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and are idea for the walking, riding and cycling enthusiast.

Dorking to the north and Horsham to the south both have an excellent range of mainstream and individual shops, schools and mainline train stations with services to Victoria and
Waterloo from Dorking and Victoria and London Bridge from Horsham. Ockley station is just a short distance away with peak services to Horsham, Dorking and London.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-04-09

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 30 Building Plots listings in South East England (1+ acres).

This Property£900,000 / acre
Building Plots Average (1+ acres) £226,081 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & 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

51 Mbps

Superfast · available to 76% of premises

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

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

  • Scott-Broadwood CofE Infant School1.7 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    55
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Weald CofE Primary School2.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    144
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Newdigate CofE Endowed Aided Infant School3.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 7
    Pupils
    74
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Ewhurst CofE Aided Infant School3.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    46
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Warnham CofE Primary School3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    202
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Bohunt Horsham4.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 16
    Pupils
    1,294
    Type
    Free schools
  • Tanbridge House School5.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,510
    Type
    Community school
  • The Priory Church of England School5.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    598
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Glebelands School5.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    762
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Millais School6.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    896
    Type
    Community school
    Gender
    Girls

* 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

Morrisons Daily Dorking North Holmwood, Dorking4.8 miles
Budgens North Heath Horsham, Horsham4.9 miles
Co-op North Parade, Horsham5 miles

GP surgery

Leith Hill Practice1.5 miles

Pharmacy

Pharmacy Advance2.9 miles

Hospital

Horsham Hospital5.4 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden362 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

Ockley Rail Station1 mile

Nearest bus stop

Cricketers Close404 metres

Typical drive times

Crawley24 min · 14 miles
Dorking15 min · 8 miles
Horsham17 min · 9.1 miles
Leatherhead24 min · 14 miles
Brighton and Hove (city)48 min · 34 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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