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Offers in Excess of£1,250,000

Lopen Business Park, Mill Lane, South Petherton, TA13

Land size
0.37 acres
Use Class
Use Classes: B2, B8

Key Features

  • Mid-terrace Industrial unit for sale or to let.
  • G.I.A of 1,489.14 sq m (16,023 sq ft)
  • Two storey office block of 218.02 sq m (2,346 sq ft) to the front of building.
  • Warehousing of 990.69 sq m (10,660 sq ft) plus 389.44 sq m (4,190 sq ft).
  • Mezzanine floor of 328.39 sq m (3,533 sq ft).
  • Parking for approximately 24/25 vehicles in front of the units.
  • Located 2 miles from the A303 Hayes End Roundabout at South Petherton.

Description

LOCATION
The industrial unit is located on the Lopen Business Park within the village of Lopen, with the nearest village of South Petherton being 3 miles away, which offers a school, public house, pharmacy, small hospital and a small range of shops. The nearby towns of Yeovil and Crewkerne offer a wider range of facilities, including a mainline railway service at Crewkerne to London Waterloo. The property is conveniently situated close to the A303 within 2 miles.

Lopen Business Park offers an established business park with other occupiers including Be Hive Self-Storage, Barkers Animal Health and Lopen Joinery Limited.

DESCRIPTION
Mid-terraced industrial unit of steel portal frame with profile metal clad elevations under an insulated profile metal clad roof, with skylights providing good natural light. Two pedestrian metal security doors to front and electric roller shutter door with a height 4.84m and width 5.00m.

Two storey office block of 18.20m x 5.99m with air conditioning, windows to front with suspended ceiling and fluorescent lighting panels. The building has WC facilities on the ground floor, as well as a reception area to the front, with stairs leading to the first-floor offices.

Reception of 4.37m x 3.82m with stairs to first floor offices with storage cupboard housing electricity metre and gas supply plus a Belfast sink unit. Disabled/ladies WC facility and gents WC facility.

On ground floor, office 1 of 12.00m x 5.98m. At first floor, landing, office 2 of 12.00m x 5.96m and office 3 of 5.97m x 3.38m.

Warehousing of 33.64m x 29.45m with low bay sodium lighting, Reznor gas warm air blowers, concrete floor and a max eave height of 5.74m and min of 7.56m.

Canteen of 5.52m x 5.99m with non-slip flooring, wall and base units with roll top work surface, inset 1½ bowl stainless steel sink. Mezzanine storage above of 6.15m x 5.60m.

The adjoining unit currently opens through into Unit 11c which has a GIA 29.37m x 13.26m with suspended ceiling and fluorescent strip lighting. Full Mezzanine floor of 24.71m x 13.29m with two metal staircases with loading areas at each end. Eave height at first floor of 4.52 max and a minimum of 3.08m.

Electric roller shutter door with a height 5.05m and width of 4.97m leading onto a separate concrete yard area. Eave height under the mezzanine of 2.59m. Reznor gas warm air blower. Windows to front and metal security pedestrian door.

Both units have electric meters, 3-phase electricity, security and fire alarm plus CCTV internally and externally.

Outside, 20 spaces on a concrete yard to the front of the unit with further parking of 4/5 spaces in front of unit 11c.

TENURE & RENTAL
The industrial unit is offered for sale by private treaty at a guide price of Offers in Excess of £1,250,000 plus VAT for the freehold interest. Alternatively, Unit 11 could be made available to let at a quoting rent of £60,000 per annum plus VAT.

Part of the commercial premises could be sold separately being unit 11c, at a guide price of Offers in Excess of £350,000 plus VAT for the freehold interest.

If Unit 11c is purchased separately, then a WC facility and kitchenette will be constructed for the new occupier.

VIEWING
All viewings should be made through the sole agent, Carter Jonas, Taunton office.

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Date Posted
2026-07-17

Utilities & 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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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 87% 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

  • Merriott Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    126
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hinton St George Church of England Primary School1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    90
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • South Petherton Junior School1.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    156
    Type
    Community school
  • South Petherton Church of England Infants and Pre School1.6 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    2 to 7
    Pupils
    102
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • West Chinnock Church School2.3 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    39
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Wadham School2.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    763
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Stanchester Academy4.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    829
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Preston School Academy6.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,003
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Westfield Academy7.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,013
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Holyrood Academy7.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,282
    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

Asda South Petherton Express Petrol, Over Stratton1.2 miles
Budgens Merriott, Merriott1.5 miles
Co-op South Petherton - 4 St James Street, South Petherton1.7 miles

GP surgery

Symphony South Healthcare3.1 miles

Pharmacy

Merriott Pharmacy1.4 miles

Hospital

South Petherton Hospital2 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces774 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

Crewkerne Rail Station3.8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Court Farm506 metres

Typical drive times

Yeovil18 min · 11 miles
Crewkerne9 min · 3.5 miles
Ilminster10 min · 5.2 miles
Wells (city)46 min · 28 miles
South Petherton7 min · 2.7 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 3Higher 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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