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Guide Price£10,000,000

Land off Ansford Hill, Castle Cary BA7

Key Features

  • Consented Development Land for 200 Dwellings
  • Attractive Historic Market Town
  • Green Field Site
  • Adjacent to Mainline Railway Station

Description

Outline Planning Consent granted for “Erection of 200 dwellings (70 affordable and 130 open market) with associated highways, drainage, landscaping and public open space”.

Ref 19/01840/OUT. Granted on Appeal - Ref 3259668

Reserved Matters applications have been submitted with many conditions already discharged. The final discharges are expected early summer.

Current details and status can be found on the Somerset Planning Portal (South Somerset) using the above planning reference number.

Further details on offer basis, background information and data room can be found in the attached marketing brochure.

Disclaimer

Important Notice: These particulars have been prepared for prospective purchasers for guidance only. They do not form part of an offer or contract. Whilst some descriptions are obviously subjective and information is given in good faith, they should not be relied upon as statements or representative of fact.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-04-24

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

Public Rights of Way
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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
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Garden
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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

1.8 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

  • Castle Cary Community Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    177
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Ditcheat Primary School2 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    89
    Type
    Community school
  • Lovington Church of England Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    35
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Bruton Primary School3.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    262
    Type
    Foundation school
  • North Cadbury Church of England Primary School3.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    100
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Ansford Academy753 metresOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    469
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Sexey's School2.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    633
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • King Arthur's School5.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    450
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Whitstone6.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    545
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Dunstan's School9.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    529
    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

Morrisons Daily Castle Cary Fore Street, Castle Cary0.7 miles
Co-op Castle Cary - The Triangle, Castle Cary0.7 miles
Budgens Bruton, Bruton2.9 miles

GP surgery

Millbrook Surgery, Castle Cary0.7 miles

Pharmacy

Boots0.7 miles

Hospital

Wincanton Community Hospital5.3 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden390 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

Castle Cary Rail Station274 metres

Nearest bus stop

Sunnydene212 metres

Typical drive times

Bruton11 min · 5.6 miles
Wincanton12 min · 6.8 miles
Castle Cary3 min · 0.9 miles
Wells (city)27 min · 13 miles
Shepton Mallet15 min · 7.7 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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