Balvaird Road, Muir of Ord
Key Features
- Fantastic opportunity to purchase a fully serviced site
- Land and build package with full customisation
- Planning in principle for a detached house and garage
Description
A Tailored Home, Built Around You
Rarely available opportunity to buy a plot of land in a fantastic location. The Balvaird Rise development will consist of only three architect-designed homes.
There is full planning permission for a detached house and garage. The sites will be fully serviced, with mains electricity, water and drainage on site. The access road will also be in. There is outline planning permission for the erection of 3 houses. Detailed planning permission be the responsibility of the new purchaser.
A Rare Opportunity for Bespoke Highland Living
Balvaird Rise offers a unique chance to own a luxury bespoke home built to the highest standards and tailored to your personal taste. Whether you're seeking a forever family home or a refined Highland retreat, this is your opportunity to create something truly special.
LOCATION: Muir of Ord is a well-connected village in the heart of the Black Isle, just 15 miles from Inverness city centre. The village offers a range of everyday amenities including shops, a primary school, and excellent transport links — including a mainline rail station with direct services to Inverness, within 25 minutes. Families are well served by the local schooling network, with Tarradale Primary School in the village and Dingwall Academy a short drive away, for which a school bus is provided. The surrounding countryside provides outstanding opportunities for walking, cycling and outdoor pursuits, with the Beauly Firth and Black Isle peninsula on the doorstep. Inverness Airport is approximately 20 minutes by car, with access to domestic and international flights.
SERVICES: Mains electricity, water and drainage. Air source heat pump powers underfloor heating. Connection for telephone and broadband.
RESERVATION FEE: There is a £5000 non refundable reservation fee, followed by a £20,000 deposit upon conclusion of missives of the land purchase. Both payments will be deducted off the land purchase price of £90.000.
PLANNING REFERENCE:
Highland Council Planning Reference: 22/00465/FUL.
The development has been initiated with the access road, so there are no further time constraints on planning. Full details can be found on the Highland Council website.
Any amendments to planning will be the responsibility of the new owner.
COUNCIL TAX: To be allocated.
TENURE: Freehold.
ENTRY: By mutual agreement.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- TBC
- Date Posted
- 2026-06-13
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
80 Mbps
Superfast
Suitable for
- HD streaming
- Video calls
- Web & social
Mobile signal
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
- Tarradale Primary School425 metres
- Pupils
- 261
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Mulbuie Primary School1.6 miles
- Pupils
- 40
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Beauly Primary School2.5 miles
- Pupils
- 127
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Ben Wyvis Primary School3.3 miles
- Pupils
- 265
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Kirkhill Primary School3.4 miles
- Pupils
- 144
- Type
- Non-denominational
Secondary
- Dingwall Academy5.7 miles
- Pupils
- 1,062
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Charleston Academy8.2 miles
- Pupils
- 746
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Inverness High School8.7 miles
- Pupils
- 491
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Millburn Academy9.6 miles
- Pupils
- 1,240
- Type
- Non-denominational
- Inverness Royal Academy9.9 miles
- Pupils
- 1,351
- Type
- Non-denominational
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: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.
Amenities
Supermarket
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Green space
Walking trail
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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 SEPA 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
Surface water
Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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