Unit 1, Chester Road, Bretton, Chester CH4 ODH
- Land size
- 0.14 acres
- Use Class
- Use Classes: E, B2, B8
Key Features
- Detached industrial / trade counter. Excellent road frontage to A4104 Chester Road on the outskirts of Saltney, Chester.
- Sitting on a very generous site with very large front car park and additional rear yard / car park.
- Open plan warehouse space with private offices, kitchen / canteen and WC's.
- A sale of the whole site including Unit 1 (currently let) may also be considered.
Description
LOCATION
The subject property is located in a prominent position fronting the main A5104 Chester Road, midway between Saltney and Broughton, approximately 4 miles to the south west of Chester. It is a well-established location for business and industry located close to Airbus Broughton, which benefits from good road links via the A5104 to Chester to the east, and to junction 36 of the A55 North Wales Expressway to the west.
DESCRIPTION
The property comprises a detached industrial unit of brick elevations under profile steel cladding with profile steel clad roof and double glazed window units. There is a roller shutter access door to the front elevation (boarded up by current tenant). The unit has previously been used as a children's indoor play centre but is suitable for a wide variety of different commercial uses. The accommodation provided is predominantly an open-plan warehouse / workshop space accompanied by a series of smaller private offices / workshops, kitchen / canteen and male and female WC facilities.
A particular feature of the property is the size of the site which provides very generous car parking in a secure and concreted private car park to the front while to the rear there is a large yard / additional car parking.
See attached site plan.
ACCOMMODATION
The property has been measured in accordance with the RICS Code of Measuring Practice and extends in total to 6,209 sq ft (576.8 sq m)
TERMS
Unit 1 is available to lease on terms to be agreed at a rental of £46,500 per annum, exclusive.
Consideration may be given to a sale but of the whole site (held freehold), to also include Unit 2 which is currently tenanted and producing a rental of £13,000 per annum. Price on application.
See attached site plan.
VAT
We are advised that VAT is payable at the standing rate prevailing.
BUSINESS RATES
The Valuation Office Agency Website has assessed the Rateable Value at £33,750 creating an estimated rates payable of £16,942 per annum.
Please contact the Business Rates Department directly for confirmation.
ENERGY PERFORMANCE
The property had an Energy Performance Asset Rating of C60 but this has now expired and the landlord is the process of having an updated Energy Performance Certificate carried out which is available upon request.
CODE FOR LEASING BUSINESS PREMISES
We draw your attention to the RICS Code for Leasing Business Premises which came into effect on 1st September 2020, a full copy of which is available for viewing via the agent.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-18
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
- Electricity
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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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- Private Rights of Way
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- Listed Property
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- Restrictions
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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
80 Mbps
Superfast
Suitable for
- HD streaming
- Video calls
- Web & social
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
- Saltney Ferry CP0.8 miles
- Pupils
- 137
- Type
- Nursery, Infants & Juniors
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- Broughton Primary School1 mile
- Pupils
- 584
- Type
- Nursery, Infants & Juniors
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- St Anthony's Catholic Primary1.6 miles
- Pupils
- 68
- Type
- Nursery, Infants & Juniors
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- Wood Memorial Primary School1.7 miles
- Pupils
- 169
- Type
- Nursery, Infants & Juniors
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- Derwen Foundation School2.5 miles
- Pupils
- 187
- Type
- Nursery, Infants & Juniors
- Language
- English medium school / provision
Secondary
- St. David's High School1 mile
- Pupils
- 351
- Type
- Secondary (ages 11-16)
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- Hawarden High School3.4 miles
- Pupils
- 1,161
- Type
- Secondary (ages 11-19)
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- Darland High School4.3 miles
- Pupils
- 682
- Type
- Secondary (ages 11-16)
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- Castell Alun High School4.8 miles
- Pupils
- 1,283
- Type
- Secondary (ages 11-19)
- Language
- English medium school / provision
- Elfed High School5 miles
- Pupils
- 901
- Type
- Secondary (ages 11-16)
- Language
- English medium school / provision
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
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 Natural Resources Wales 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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