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Guide Price£250,000

Oldminster Road, Sharpness, Berkeley

Key Features

  • Development Opportunity
  • Subject To Planning Consent

Description

An exciting development opportunity with potential for a variety of uses, subject to planning consent and change of use. Sure to be of interest to development or private individuals looking for the 'Grand Designs' scheme with potential to convert into commercial or residential use. The property occupies a prominent position on Oldminster Road and is within walking distance to local shops and local primary school. Sharpness is located on the outskirts of Berkeley; a town famous for its historic castle and deer park and beautiful surroundings of scenic Severn Vale countryside.

Berkeley offers access to excellent transport links to Bristol, Gloucester and Cheltenham via the A38 and M5 motorway and there is a mainline train station at Box Road, Cam (9 miles approx).

The property is offered with Vacant Possession and No Upward Chain. Please enquire of Agents in respect of an Uplift Clause that is attached to any development opportunity for this property.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-05-25

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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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
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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 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

Suitable for

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

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

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

  • Sharpness Primary School531 metresOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    114
    Type
    Community school
  • Berkeley Primary School1.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    232
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Severnbanks Primary School2 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    251
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Primrose Hill Church of England Primary Academy2.7 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    211
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Lydney Church of England Community School2.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    199
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • SGS Berkeley Green UTC2.2 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    14 to 19
    Pupils
    391
    Type
    University technical college
  • The Dean Academy2.7 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    816
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Rednock School5.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,280
    Type
    Foundation school
  • The Castle School7.4 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,416
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Katharine Lady Berkeley's School7.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,549
    Type
    Academy converter

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

Co-op Mariners Arms, Berkeley1.9 miles
Lidl Lydney, Lydney2.5 miles
Morrisons Daily Lydney Newerne Street, Lydney2.5 miles

GP surgery

Severnbank Surgery2.4 miles

Pharmacy

Berkeley Pharmacy1.9 miles

Hospital

Berkeley Hospital1.9 miles

Green space

Playing Field6 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

Lydney Rail Station2.5 miles

Nearest bus stop

Oakfield Way30 metres

Typical drive times

Dursley14 min · 7.2 miles
Thornbury18 min · 10 miles
Stonehouse22 min · 13 miles
Gloucester (city)31 min · 19 miles
Wotton-under-Edge16 min · 9.1 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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18 Parsonage Street<br> Dursley<br> Gloucestershire<br> GL11 4EA

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