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£2,350,000

7 Benfield Way, Braintree, Essex, CM7

Land size
0.4 acres

Key Features

  • Rare freehold opportunity
  • Immediate occupation
  • Warehouse/workshop & offices
  • Self-contained
  • Secure yard/parking area & yard/compound
  • Braintree town centre
  • The property has an EPC Rating of 65 - C .

Description

7 Benfield Way comprises a self-contained industrial/warehouse property with two storey office block to the front elevations. The warehouse/workshop element provides an original area and later extension. There are two full height shutter doors. Externally there is a secure yard/car park area to the front and a further yard/compound to the east elevation of 13,170 sq. ft/0.30 acres. The property has 3-phase power, kitchenette and ground floor W/C's.

Location

Benfield Way is located in Braintree town centre and comprises an established commercial location. The B1018 to the south, provides vehicular access to Braintree Freeport and the A120, approx. 1.25 miles to the east, with Stansted Airport and the M11 (J8) approx. 10 miles to the south. Braintree railway station, which provides a regular service to London Liverpool Street, is approx. 0.25 miles to the south west.

Tenure

The property is offered for sale upon freehold terms.

VAT

All rents, prices and premiums are exclusive of VAT under the Finance Act 1989.

Rating

Interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries of the Braintree District Council for verification of the rates payable.

Legal Costs

Each party to bear their own legal costs incurred in this transaction.

EPC

The property has an EPC Rating of 65 - C .

Tenure Comments

The property is offered for sale upon freehold terms.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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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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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
Garden

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 59% of premises

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

  • Great Bradfords Junior School914 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    326
    Type
    Community school
  • Great Bradfords Infant and Nursery School914 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 7
    Pupils
    269
    Type
    Community school
  • Beckers Green Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    317
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lyons Hall School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    558
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Francis Catholic Primary School, Braintree0.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    203
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Catholic

Secondary

  • Alec Hunter Academy887 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,058
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form1 mileOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,210
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Tabor Academy1.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    989
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lift New Rickstones5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,221
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Honywood School5.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    849
    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

Tesco Braintree Coggeshall Express, Braintree379 metres
Co-op Cressing Road, Braintree403 metres
M&S Braintree Outlet, Braintree837 metres

GP surgery

Blyth'S Meadow Surgery376 metres

Pharmacy

Meadows Pharmacy376 metres

Hospital

St Michael'S Hospital1.1 miles

Green space

Play Space243 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

Braintree Rail Station640 metres

Nearest bus stop

Sportsman76 metres

Typical drive times

Witham14 min · 6.9 miles
Halstead13 min · 6.6 miles
Braintree3 min · 0.7 miles
Coggeshall12 min · 5.9 miles
Chelmsford (city)20 min · 13 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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