5 St James Road, Corby, Northamptonshire, NN18
- Land size
- 1.02 acres
Key Features
- Highly prominent position adjacent to Oakley Road dual carriageway with strong visibility and passing traffic
- Total site area of circa 1.023 acres including additional car sales land opposite.
- Located in Corby, a strategic commercial hub with excellent connectivity to the A14 and national motorway network.
- Asset management and development potential with consent for further industrial use and expansion opportunities.
- The property has an EPC rating of B/31
Description
The property is a detached building that was extensively refurbished in 2014/15 under the Planning Consent for Change of Use to New Motor Dealership including open land on the South side of St James Road for Car Sales.
The building is a three bay, clear span, concrete framed building with a full eaves height of approximately 3.8m having concrete floors, insulated profile cladding to the walls and to the roof, with roof incorporating double skin translucent roof lights.
The showrooms are extensively fitted out with LED lighting, with comfort cooling / heating air conditioning cassettes fitted throughout supplemented by electric panel heaters to some of the office / break-out areas. The showroom areas are double glazed aluminium units with a combination of standard double glazed personnel access doors and sliding doors allowing cars access into the building from the show areas.
The building is also fitted out with a workshop bay, fitted with single and 3-phase electrics that the current tenant has fitted with access ramps and a parts bay accessed via an insulated up and over loading door approximately 2.9m wide x 2.3m high.
The elevation fronting the Oakley Road dual carriageway has a block paved area for the parking of the sale cars displaying approximately 12 vehicles with tarmacadam perimeter road around the building. The main access to the site is from St James Road where there is further car display parking and leads tothe main personnel access via 2 ramped walkway and centrally for the vehicles utilised for handovers. There is access from this elevation into the main workshop and also situated is an external valeting bay suitable for 2 cars.
To the South part of St James Road there is a further open car sales area that has a combination of tarmacadam and stoned surface.
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Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-17
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 131 Development Land listings in East Midlands (1+ acres).
Utilities & Restrictions
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Property Features
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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
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 92% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Outdoor predictions; indoor signal depends on building materials.
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Signal is the easy part. Planning activity, flood history and protected designations here are in the full report.
Nearest Schools
Primary
- Corby Old Village Primary School506 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 207
- Type
- Community school
- Exeter A Learning Community Academy983 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 466
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Rockingham Primary School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 367
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Our Lady of Walsingham Catholic Primary School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 366
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Little Stanion Primary School1 mileNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 239
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Corby Technical School651 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 952
- Type
- Free schools
- Brooke Weston Academy1.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,154
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Lodge Park Academy1.9 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 703
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Corby Business Academy2.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,188
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Kingswood Secondary Academy2.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,208
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
* 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.
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Getting Around
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Typical drive times
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Flood Risk
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- 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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Eddisons Commercial Limited, Kettering
6 Riley Road, Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering, NN16 8NN
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6 Riley Road, Telford Way Industrial Estate, Kettering, NN16 8NN
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