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Guide Price£850,000

Southend Lane, Newent

Land size
3 acres

Key Features

  • Rarely Available Building Site Approaching Three Acres
  • Planning Permission in Place
  • Erection of Nine Dwellings with Garages
  • Countryside Setting
  • Newent Outskirts
  • EPC Rating - N/A, Council Tax - N/A, Freehold

Description

A RARELY AVAILABLE BUILDING SITE for the ERECTION OF NINE DWELLINGS with ASSOCIATED GARAGES, APPROACHING THREE ACRES situated in a COUNTRYSIDE SETTING on the OUTSKIRTS OF THE BEAUTIFUL HISTORIC MARKET TOWN OF NEWENT.

Agent's Note - Detailed planning has been passed, please see the Forest of Dean District Council Planning Portal Planning Ref P1711/22/FUL (granted 28/03/25).

A Section 106 Agreement requires a contribution of £202,400 payable upon occupation of the fifth unit.

Services - The in-going purchaser will need to make their own arrangements. However, we believe that electricity and water are nearby.

Mobile Phone Coverage / Broadband Availability - It is down to each individual purchaser to make their own enquiries.

Tenure - Freehold.

Viewing - Strictly through the Owners Selling Agent, Steve Gooch, who will be delighted to escort interested applicants to view if required. Office Opening Hours 8.30am - 7.00pm Monday to Friday, 9.00am - 5.30pm Saturday.

Directions - From Newent, proceed up Culver Street and at the very end, turn left into Southend Lane. Proceed along this lane to the very end and the site will be found on your left hand side as marked by our 'For Sale' board.

Property Surveys - Qualified Chartered Surveyors (with over 20 years experience) available to undertake surveys (to include Mortgage Surveys/RICS Housebuyers Reports/Full Structural Surveys).

Awaiting Vendor Approval - These details are yet to be approved by the vendor. Please contact the office for verified details.

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Property details

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

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 45 Building Plots listings in South West England (1+ acres).

This Property£283,333 / acre
Building Plots Average (1+ acres) £185,776 / acre
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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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Listed Property
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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
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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

10 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

  • Glebe Infants' School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    132
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Picklenash Junior School0.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    157
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Pauntley Church of England Primary School2.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    25
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Tibberton Community Primary School and Early Years3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    140
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Gorsley Goffs Primary School3.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    210
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school

Secondary

  • Newent Community School and Sixth Form Centre864 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    976
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Dene Magna and Sixth Form5.6 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,020
    Type
    Academy converter
  • SGS Forest High School7.5 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    255
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • John Kyrle High School and Sixth Form Centre Academy7.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,274
    Type
    Academy converter
  • John Masefield High School7.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    849
    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

Co-op Newent, Newent884 metres
Co-op Manchester House, Newent0.7 miles
Morrisons Daily Ross Road Garage, Huntley, Gloucestershire3.4 miles

GP surgery

The Holts Health Centre0.7 miles

Pharmacy

Day Lewis Pharmacy0.6 miles

Hospital

Winfield Hospital7.4 miles

Green space

Play Space141 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

Gloucester Rail Station8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Southend Lane442 metres

Typical drive times

Newent5 min · 1.4 miles
Ledbury19 min · 10 miles
Mitcheldean19 min · 10 miles
Ross-on-Wye20 min · 11 miles
Gloucester (city)21 min · 9.9 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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