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Guide Price£240,000

Fox Road, Bourn, South Cambridgeshire

Key Features

  • Self Build/Custom Build freehold plot
  • Planning consent granted
  • 1,528 sq ft (142 sq m)
  • Contemporary 3 bedroom home
  • All utilities in place and connected

Description

LOCATION
The site is situated just to the west of the village of Bourn. The scheme is conveniently positioned for road links via A1198, A10 and A1 (M) (North/South) with good access to the A428 and A14 (East/West). Rail links are via Royston Mainline Station (20 mins away) with high-speed services to London King's Cross (43 mins).

The village of Bourn is well regarded locally and offers two award winning pubs/restaurants, doctors' surgery, primary school, post office and general stores. Bourn is home of the Wysing Arts Centre and the outstanding Cambridge Country Club which offers an 18-hole golf course, restaurant, modern fitness gym, swimming pool and Spa. Further leisure, education and employment opportunities are to be found in Cambridge which is approx. 20 minutes away and is served by a regular bus service.

THE SCHEME
Access is from Fox Road via a private driveway leading to the individual Freehold plots.

The plots are well screened from the highway by mature trees and hedge boundaries with timber post and rail boundary fencing.

PLOT SCHEDULE
Plot No: 6 | Indicative Dwelling GIA (sq ft): 1,528 | Plot Area (ha): 0.06 | Plot Area (acres): 0.14

PLANNING PERMISSION
Planning permission was granted under application no:25/00932/FUL dated 22 December 2025 for one self-build/ custom-build dwelling. (Plot 6) The design and planning application was submitted by J Bell Design & Conservation Ltd. Contact details are available in the supporting Development Information Data Room.

SERVICES
Electricity, mains water and telecoms media have been laid and are connected to the grid in preparation for the individual purchaser to arrange with the utility suppliers for connection and installation of meters to their chosen plot.

DEVELOPMENT INFORMATION PACK
A Development Information Pack is available upon request containing relevant planning documentation, surveys, plans and other relevant information.

RIGHTS, EASEMENTS AND RESTRICTIONS
The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all public rights and private rights of way, light, drainage, overhead cable, and other easements and restrictions or obligations that exist whether the same are described in the particulars.

GUIDE PRICE
£240,00 for the Freehold

Please note there is an additional parcel of land along the eastern boundary adjacent to entrance driveway suitable for a double garage (subject to planning). This land is available by separate negotiation.

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Date Posted
2026-06-22

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

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Parking
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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 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.

Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.

Nearest Schools

Primary

  • Bourn CofE Primary Academy0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    193
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Monkfield Park Primary School2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    399
    Type
    Community school
  • The Vine Inter-Church Primary School2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    366
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England/Methodist
  • Barnabas Oley CofE Primary School2.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    144
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Jeavons Wood Primary School2.9 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    419
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Cambourne Village College2.7 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,626
    Type
    Free schools
  • Comberton Village College3.7 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,981
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bassingbourn Village College7.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    652
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Melbourn Village College7.5 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    559
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Longsands Academy8.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,412
    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

Co-op Cambourne, Cambourne2.7 miles
Co-op Cambridge - Upper Cambourne, Cambourne2.8 miles
Morrisons Great Cambourne, Cambourne2.8 miles

GP surgery

Bourn Surgery1.1 miles

Pharmacy

Jardines Pharmacy2.8 miles

Hospital

Nuffeild Health Cambridge Hospital8.6 miles

Green space

Playing Field647 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

Shepreth Rail Station6.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Acorns130 metres

Typical drive times

Potton18 min · 8.7 miles
Royston17 min · 9.8 miles
St Neots24 min · 12 miles
Cambridge (city)21 min · 10 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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