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Guide Price£515,000

Pimperne, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11

Key Features

  • Development plot for 6 dwellings
  • Full Planning Permission
  • Village location
  • Cranborne Chase

Description

A unique opportunity to acquire a development site for 6 dwellings located in the village of Pimperne in the highly sought-after Cranborne Chase.

Planning permission has been granted for 6 dwellings. Plots 1-3 have flexibility to be
either 2 bedrooms / 2 baths or 3 bedrooms / 1 bath with either a kitchen / diner and
sitting room , sitting / dining room with separate kitchen. Plots 4-5 are three bedrooms,
again with a flexible ground floor layout as desired.
Plot 6 is detached with 3 bedrooms, 2 bathrooms and a kitchen / diner opening onto
the garden, a utility and separate living room.

Full planning details can be found on the Dorset Planning Portal under reference
P/FUL/2021/05709.

OUTSIDE
The approved design will have Plots 1-5 set back from the main road. All will benefit
from two allocated parking spaces immediately in front of each property and an
enclosed rear garden with access gate.
Plot 6 will share a drive with 2 existing properties and enjoy three allocated parking
spaces and a south facing garden.

SITUATION
Pimperne is a small village situated in the Cranborne Chase AONB, north east of the Georgian town of Blandford. The village is blessed with a great community spirit with a thriving primary school, a well attended church and numerous clubs and associations within the village. There is also a very active Sports Society, including a village cricket team and football squad, and a well used sports field. There are two well regarded pubs within the village. Communications are good with the A354 running from Salisbury to Weymouth allowing for bus services to both destinations and the A350 (2 miles) leading north to the A303 and M3. Blandford offers all every day amenities whilst Salisbury and Bournemouth offer more in the way of retail outlets. The area is well know for the choice of good state and private primary and secondary schools. Leisure activities are well catered for will leisure centres, running clubs, football, rugby and golf clubs in the area.

SERVICES
No services are connected to the site but connections can be made close by.

NOTE: The site can be sold in two lots with Plots 1-5 together or Plot 6 alone. Please ask for more information.

DIRECTIONS
Post Code DT11 8TX
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From Shaftesbury travel south on the A350. On arriving at Blandford continue straight at the first roundabout then take the first exit at the second roundabout. On arriving at Pimperne, turn first right onto Yarde Lane and the property is the first on the left.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-06-18

Utilities & Restrictions

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Property Features

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Parking
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Garden
Garden

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

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.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Pimperne Church of England VC Primary School0.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    183
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Downlands Community School1 mileOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    201
    Type
    Community school
  • Archbishop Wake Church of England Primary School1.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    0 to 11
    Pupils
    411
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Milldown CofE Academy1.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    200
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Blandford St Mary Church of England Primary School2.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    208
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Blandford School1.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,103
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • Queen Elizabeth's School7.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    13 to 18
    Pupils
    1,375
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sturminster Newton High School8.3 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    605
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Allenbourn Middle School8.4 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    9 to 13
    Pupils
    499
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lockyer's Middle School8.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    9 to 13
    Pupils
    436
    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.

Amenities

Supermarket

Lidl Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum1 mile
Budgens Blandford Forum, Blandford Forum1.3 miles
M&S Blandford Forum Foodhall, Blandford Forum1.8 miles

GP surgery

The Blandford Group Practice1.8 miles

Pharmacy

Blandford Pharmacy1.9 miles

Hospital

Blandford Community Hospital1.7 miles

Green space

Playing Field41 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

Getting Around

Nearest station

Hamworthy Rail Station12 miles

Nearest bus stop

Old Farquharson Arms158 metres

Typical drive times

Shaftesbury20 min · 12 miles
Blandford Forum4 min · 2.5 miles
Salisbury (city)33 min · 21 miles
Wimborne Minster18 min · 11 miles
Sturminster Newton17 min · 9.9 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.

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 3Higher risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery low risk

The detail behind these bandings, including exact zones and annual chances, any recorded past flooding, plus planning, heritage, nature and ground checks, is in the .

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