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Guide Price£75,000

Robartes Gardens, St Austell

Key Features

  • Potential for development
  • Residential area
  • Potential to create parking
  • Outside area
  • Close to amenities
  • Currently a portacabin office unit

Description

An interesting opportunity to purchase a DETACHED PORTACABIN currently set up as a multiple office unit with the potential to convert/rebuild into residential subject to the usual consents.

Currently the unit has accommodation comprising Entrance area, 4 offices, kitchen and WC. To the side is a small area of outside space which could be cleared to create parking.

EPC TBA

SEE IMPORTANT AGENTS NOTES

The Property - The property is a detached portacabin unit currently split into 4 offices with kitchen and wc

Location And Directions - From St Austell town centre proceed up East Hill, turn left on to Kings Avenue and right into Carlyon Road. Continue into Polkyth Road and at the traffic light junction opposite Aldi turn left up Slades Road. Continue up the road and take the third left hand turn into Robartes Place and then second left into Robartes Gardens where the portacabin will be on the right.

Accommodation - All sizes approximate

Entrance Hall
Kitchen - 2.9m x 2.2m
WC - 2.8m x 1.7m
Store - 2.3m x 1.8m
Office 1 - 2.6m x 1.8m
Office 2 - 4.9m x 1.8m
Office 3 - 4m x 2m
Office 4 - 2.6m x 2m

Outside - To the side is a paved access pathway and small are of outside space which could be cleared/dug out to create parking (subject to consents)

Business Rates - The Landlord has been asked to provide evidence of the business rates

Viewing - By appointment with he Landlords Agent May Whetter And Grose

Important Agents Notes - Please note there is an overage clause on the property held by Cornwall Council of 50% once any new planning permission has has been granted.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-06-17

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
Mains
Water
Mains
Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
Mains

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
Yes
Private Rights of Way
Yes
Listed Property
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Restrictions
Yes

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

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 62% 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

  • Sandy Hill Academy568 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    455
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Mount Charles School756 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    333
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Carclaze Community Primary School775 metresOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    377
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bishop Bronescombe CofE School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    267
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Pondhu Primary School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    187
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Poltair School547 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    882
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Penrice Academy965 metresOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,405
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Brannel School5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    888
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Fowey River Academy6 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    676
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Roseland Academy7.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    665
    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

Morrisons Daily St Austell, St Austell288 metres
Aldi Mount Charles St Austell, St Austell310 metres
Tesco St Austell Tregon Express, St Austell575 metres

GP surgery

St Austell Health Group0.8 miles

Pharmacy

Randhawa Pharmacy592 metres

Hospital

St Austell Community Hospital1.1 miles

Green space

Playing Field38 metres

Walking trail

South West Coast Path1.2 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

St Austell Rail Station824 metres

Nearest bus stop

Phone Box115 metres

Typical drive times

Fowey17 min · 7.8 miles
St Blazey9 min · 3.8 miles
St Austell3 min · 0.9 miles
Lostwithiel16 min · 8 miles
Truro (city)26 min · 15 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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