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St Georges Road, Barnstaple

Land size
3.24 acres

Key Features

  • An opportunity to acquire former office and youth club premises
  • For sale by informal tender
  • Potential for development subject to planning
  • The pre-application consultation available
  • A residential development on the site is likely to be acceptable
  • The site area is approximately 1.31 Ha
  • To register your interest or arrange a viewing please contact Helen Bond at South West Norse
  • Additional information on the site including title information is available on request

Description

The property comprises a level mostly brownfield site with a green area on the North Eastern Corner 2.593.25 acres) and is being offered for sale by Devon District Council and the Cornerstone Academy.

Subject to the availability of funding, the vendor (DCC) will demolish and remove the buildings currently on the site.

A pre-application consultation has been undertaken by the vendors, further details are available on enquiry to SW Nose

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-05-29

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

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

  • Yeo Valley Primary School350 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    193
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Our Lady's Catholic Primary School, Barnstaple659 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    214
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Ashleigh CofE Primary School793 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    205
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Pilton Infants' Academy797 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    172
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Pilton Bluecoat Church of England Academy892 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    261
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Pilton Community College0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,165
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Park Community School1.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,408
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Braunton Academy4.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    828
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Ilfracombe Church of England Academy8.6 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,016
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Bideford College8.8 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,455
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* 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 Barnstaple - St Georges Road, Barnstaple76 metres
Spar Churchill Close, Barnstaple392 metres
Spar - Boutport Street, Barnstaple721 metres

GP surgery

Queen'S Medical Centre773 metres

Pharmacy

Bear Street Pharmacy691 metres

Hospital

North Devon District Hospital662 metres

Green space

Play Space31 metres

Walking trail

South West Coast Path0.7 miles

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

Barnstaple Rail Station1 mile

Nearest bus stop

St George's Road94 metres

Typical drive times

Northam20 min · 11 miles
Bideford19 min · 11 miles
Barnstaple4 min · 1.2 miles
Ilfracombe20 min · 11 miles
Exeter (city)1 hr 9 min · 45 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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