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Guide Price£175,000

Gilberts Coombe, Redruth

Land size
0.71 acres

Key Features

  • Development Site
  • Planning in Principle for 4 or 5 Dwellings
  • Between Redruth and Portreath

Description

A development site with planning in principle for the construction of four or five dwellings in a convenient location between Redruth and Portreath.

The Site
Planning in principle was granted, under appeal on the 23/09/2025 (Appeal Ref: APP/D0840/W25/3366033) Land to the East of the Chapel of Rest, Gilberts Coombe, Lower North Country, Redruth TR16 4HJ, for the construction of between four and five dwellings.

The site has good access from the County highway and has a relatively level topography and is bordered by a highway to two sides, an archery field to the rear and a Chapel of Rest to the western side.

The site extends to 0.29 hectares (0.71 acres) and currently a hard surface and scrubland, with historical links to tin streaming.

Location
The site lies approximately 1 mile from the centre of Redruth and about 2½ miles from Portreath with good access to the A30 dual carriageway.

The historic mining town of Redruth provides an extensive range of retail and professional services, along with leisure and education facilities and the nearby north Cornish coastline provides extensive coastal walks and access to numerous surfing beaches.

Viewing
Viewers may access the land for viewing purposes with sale particulars in hand, during daylight hours adhering to the Countryside Code. Please notify the agents Lodge & Thomas of your intended visit. Tel: Email:

Directions
From Redruth take the Portreath road and follow without deviation, then at the crossroads turn left and the site will be found immediately on your right-hand side, as marked by a Lodge & Thomas for sale board.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-07-09

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
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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

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 18% 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

  • Treleigh Community Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    314
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Pennoweth Primary School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    348
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Illogan School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    204
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Treloweth Community Primary School1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    414
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Trewirgie Junior School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    345
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Redruth School1 mileNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,433
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Pool Academy1.9 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    714
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Camborne Science and International Academy4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,751
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Richard Lander School6.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,561
    Type
    Community school
  • Penryn College8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,140
    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

Aldi Redruth, Redruth941 metres
Morrisons Daily Redruth Close Hill, Redruth0.8 miles
Tesco Redruth Superstore, Redruth0.9 miles

GP surgery

Leatside Health Centre1.1 miles

Pharmacy

Boots1.1 miles

Hospital

Camborne Redruth Community Hospital1.4 miles

Green space

Playing Field435 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

Redruth Rail Station1.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

Cornish Goldsmiths229 metres

Typical drive times

Hayle16 min · 11 miles
Redruth5 min · 1.7 miles
Camborne9 min · 6 miles
Truro (city)17 min · 12 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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