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Guide Price£350,000

Development Opportunity, Marine Crescent, Falmouth

Land size
0.08 acres

Key Features

  • DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY
  • 0.084 Acres
  • POPULAR LOCATION CLOSE TO THE HARBOUR
  • SUBSTANTIAL PLOT
  • LAPSED RESIDENTIAL PLANNING CONSENT
  • EPC D (98)

Description

A former commercial premises that are recognisable as having been home to Cornish Diving Centre. The premises are deceptively deep and occupy a large plot extending to 0.084 acres. The property appears well suited to residential conversion/development having previously obtained outline consent consent during July 2015.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-05-28

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 · available to 44% of premises

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

  • King Charles Church of England Primary School906 metresOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    414
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Marlborough School0.8 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    212
    Type
    Community school
  • Falmouth Primary Academy1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    201
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Flushing School1.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    58
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Falmouth1.3 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    187
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • Falmouth School1.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    923
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Penryn College2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,140
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Richard Lander School8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,561
    Type
    Community school
  • Penair School8.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,223
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Helston Community College9.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    0 to 18
    Pupils
    1,297
    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

Spar Bar Road, Falmouth403 metres
Tesco Falmouth Express, Falmouth481 metres
Co-op Falmouth - Cliff Road, Falmouth544 metres

GP surgery

Westover Surgery987 metres

Pharmacy

Day Lewis Pharmacy0.7 miles

Hospital

Falmouth Hospital1.2 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden120 metres

Walking trail

South West Coast Path95 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

Falmouth Town Rail Station273 metres

Nearest bus stop

Lansdowne Road93 metres

Typical drive times

Penryn7 min · 2.8 miles
Redruth21 min · 12 miles
Falmouth3 min · 1.1 miles
Truro (city)20 min · 12 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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