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Chapelton, Umberleigh

Land size
0.33 acres

Key Features

  • Rural Building Plot. Detached House
  • South Facing
  • 1/3 Acre Garden
  • Full Planning Granted for
  • 3 Bedrooms, 3 Bath/Shower Rooms
  • Dressing Room
  • Hall, Cloakroom
  • Living Room, Utilty Room
  • Kitchen/Dining Room
  • Integral Garage

Description

An exceptionally rare opportunity to acquire a large individual south-facing building plot to erect a new detached house of over 160 sq. m. and set in the river Taw Valley in the countryside between Barnstaple, the administrative centre for North Devon and the scattered rural village of Umberleigh to the south with its popular village school, rail station on the Barnstaple to Exeter Tarka Line and within a mile of a Londis store/petrol station.

An exceptionally rare opportunity to acquire a large individual south-facing building plot set in the river Taw Valley in the countryside between Barnstaple, the administrative centre for North Devon and the scattered rural village of Umberleigh to the south with its popular village school, rail station on the Barnstaple to Exeter Tarka Line and within a mile of a Londis store/petrol station.

The approved dwelling currently provides 3 bedrooms with 3 bath/shower rooms, is over 160 square metres and it may be possible for a purchaser to change this for something of their own design by agreement with North Devon District Council Planning Department.

The original semi-detached cottage was attached to the remaining cottage next door and was structurally unsound. Planning was granted for its removal and replacement with a detached new house.

The garden and grounds included with the property are are about 1/3rd of an acre, level, with a number of trees and wildflowers and runs down to a small stream to the south east corner.

The Current Plans Show -

Entrance Hall -

Cloakroom -

Kitchen/Diner -

Utilty Room -

Living Room -

Landing -

Bedroom 1 -

En Suite Bathroom -

En Suite Dressing Room -

Bedroom 2 -

En Suite Shower Room -

Bedroom 3 -

Family Bathroom -

Integral Garage -

Initial planning was granted to demolish the sub standard semi detached cottage and replace it with a new detached house of about 160 sq.m. under applcation number 76325 which was subject to reserve matters.

These reserved matters where resolved under application number 77967 approved on the 24th February 2024 and as the original cottage has been demolished the new development is deemed to have been started.

It may be that a buyer can change the design of the house by agreement with North Devon Council planning.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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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

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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
Parking Available
Garden
Garden

Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

2 Mbps

Under 10 Mbps here

Suitable for

  • Basic browsing & email

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

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

  • Umberleigh Primary Academy2.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    94
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bishops Tawton Primary School2.8 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    161
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Holywell Church of England School2.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    86
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Landkey Community Primary Academy3.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    178
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Swimbridge Church of England Primary School3.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    79
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Park Community School3.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,408
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Pilton Community College5.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,165
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Great Torrington School6.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    863
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Braunton Academy8.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    828
    Type
    Academy converter
  • South Molton Community College8.4 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    656
    Type
    Foundation school

* 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

Tesco Barnstaple Superstore, Barnstaple3.9 miles
EG OTM Barnstaple, Barnstaple3.9 miles
Spar Whiddon Valley, Barnstaple3.9 miles

GP surgery

Litchdon Medical Centre3.7 miles

Pharmacy

Allied Pharmacy Barnstaple3.7 miles

Hospital

North Devon District Hospital5.3 miles

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

Chapelton (Devon) Rail Station117 metres

Nearest bus stop

Langham Bridge42 metres

Typical drive times

Bideford19 min · 13 miles
Barnstaple10 min · 5.4 miles
South Molton17 min · 9.9 miles
Exeter (city)58 min · 35 miles
Great Torrington17 min · 8.9 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 2Medium 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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