The New Inn, 36 Chapel Street South, Colchester, Essex, CO2
Key Features
- Development Opportunity
- Existing Public House
- Potential Residential Opportunity
- Substantial Accommodation
- Central Location
- Rarely Available
Description
The New Inn is currently a working public house set in the central city centre position. The property offers excellent development potential and possible residential use subject to obtaining the necessary planning consent.
The New Inn offers substantial accommodation over two floors with useful outside areas including car parking, beer garden and an outside pool room/function room.
Currently as a working public house, there are two functional bar areas, one of which has been arranged for music and entertaining and there are toilet facilities located on the ground floor. There is a useful and sizeable cellar and on the first floor the accommodation has been arranged to facilitate owner accommodation with the rooms being mainly utilised as kitchen, living room, en suite bathroom and three additional bedrooms. However this accommodation could be rearranged if planning consent were given to be utilised as a residential property.
OUTSIDE
To one side of the property is a parking area for a number of vehicles.
There is a beer garden and part covered seating area, with further covered seating area leading onto the pool room/function room providing accommodation for a variety of uses.
IMPORTANT INFORMATION
Council Tax Band - A
Services - We understand that mains water, drainage, gas and electricity are connected to the property.
Tenure - Freehold
EPC Rating - C (63)
Ref - COL240872/GB
BUSINESS RATES
We are advised that the premises have a rateable value, with effect from the 1st April 2026, of £7,000.
We recommend all parties make their own direct enquiries with the local rating authority to confirm their liabilities in this regard.
DIRECTIONS
Please use postcode CO2 7AX For Satnav.
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Fenn Wright
146 High Street
Colchester
CO1 1PW
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-17
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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- Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions
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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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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
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.
Mobile signal
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
- St John's Green Primary School136 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 591
- Type
- Community school
- Hamilton Primary School861 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 420
- Type
- Community school
- St Thomas More's Catholic Primary School, Colchester863 metresOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 209
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Catholic
- St. George's School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 609
- Type
- Community school
- North Primary School and Nursery0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 458
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Colchester Royal Grammar School704 metresOfsted report card · Apr 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,073
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Christian
- Gender
- Boys
- St Helena School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 986
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Benedict's Catholic College0.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 905
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Colchester County High School for Girls0.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,198
- Type
- Academy converter
- Gender
- Girls
- Philip Morant School and College1.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,888
- 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
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.
The area stacks up? Now check the location itself: planning nearby, protected designations and past flooding.
Getting Around
Nearest station
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Surface water
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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882 Colchester Business Park The Crescent, Colchester Business Park, Colchester, CO4 9YQ
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