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Touchstone Lane, Chard, Somerset, TA20

Land size
1.49 acres

Key Features

  • Outline Planning Permission
  • Rural Location
  • Amenity Land

Description

Residential development site with outline planning permission for 5no. dwellings (all open market).

The site extends, in total, to approximately 0.6-hectares (1.49-acres).

For sale by private treaty.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
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Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-07-20

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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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

10 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

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

  • The Redstart Primary School772 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    444
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Manor Court Community Primary School842 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    448
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Avishayes Community Primary School1.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    199
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Combe St Nicholas Church of England VA Primary School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    117
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Tatworth Primary School2.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    196
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Holyrood Academy586 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,282
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Axe Valley Academy6.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    741
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Wadham School8.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    763
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Woodroffe School10 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    886
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Bishop Fox's School10 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,123
    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

Sainsburys Chard, Chard682 metres
Lidl Chard, Tapstone Road, Chard0.8 miles
Tesco Chard Superstore, Chard0.9 miles

GP surgery

Ariel Healthcare754 metres

Pharmacy

Boots656 metres

Hospital

Chard Hospital0.9 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden477 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

Axminster Rail Station6.8 miles

Nearest bus stop

Touchstone95 metres

Typical drive times

Chard2 min · 0.5 miles
Axminster14 min · 7.5 miles
Crewkerne15 min · 8.5 miles
Ilminster14 min · 6.7 miles
Exeter (city)47 min · 31 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

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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