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Guide Price£50,000

Land at Sun Bank Cottage, Norbury, Bishop's Castle

Land size
0.16 acres

Description

An infill plot of land in a charming rural Shropshire village, offering potential for development subject to gaining the necessary consents.

Auction Guide Price - £50,000 - £75,000
Bidding via link below.

The Land - Roger Parry & Partners LLP are delighted to have been instructed to offer for sale by auction, a small infill plot of gently sloping land set between other properties in a rural Shropshire village, which is well suited to development subject to gaining the necessary consents. The land amounts to approximately 0.16 acres (0.06 hectares) with boundaries of established hedgerows and fencing as well as gated access directly off the council adopted road.

The plot benefits from being within Norbury village and is in convenient distance of Norbury Primary School in addition to other local amenities. The market town of Bishop’s Castle is approximately 4 miles southwest of the land and offers further facilities.

Method Of Sale - The land is offered for sale by auction as a whole. The online auction to commence at 1pm Monday 10th August 2026 and end at 1pm Thursday 13th August 2026. A buyer's premium applies at 2% of the purchase price, to a minimum of £1,500.

Tenure - The land is sold Freehold and Vacant Possession will be granted on completion.

Legal Information - The land is registered under a possessory title.

Local Authority - Shropshire Council

Sporting Rights, Minerals And Timber - All sporting rights, timber and mineral rights, as they may be owned, are included in the sale.

Boundaries - Any purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither the Vendor nor the Vendor’s Agents are responsible for defining the boundaries or ownership thereof.

Easements, Wayleaves And Rights Of Way - The land will be sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing rights, whether public or private including rights of way, supply, drainage, electricity supplies, and other rights, covenants, restrictions and obligations, quasi-easements and all wayleaves whether referred to in these particulars or not.

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Viewing Arrangements - Viewing of the property is strictly by appointment only through Roger Parry & Partners LLP.
Please contact Kirsty Betton at our Head Office:
Mercian House, 9-10 Darwin Court, Oxon Business Park, Shrewsbury, SY3 5AL

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-07-28

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Sewerage
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Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way
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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

950 Mbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 71% of premises

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

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

  • Stiperstones CofE Primary School775 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    25
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Norbury Primary School and Nursery775 metresOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    70
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Bishops Castle Primary School3.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    128
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lydbury North Church of England Primary School4.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    37
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Lawrence CofE Primary School5.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    222
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Community College, Bishop's Castle3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    507
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Church Stretton School5.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    539
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Mary Webb School and Science College8.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    632
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Meole Brace School13 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,316
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Priory School13 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    852
    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

Co-op Bishops Castle, Bishop's Castle3.6 miles
Spar - Bishops Castle, Bishop's Castle3.7 miles
Co-op Churchstoke, Churchstoke5.4 miles

GP surgery

Bishops Castle Medical Practice3.4 miles

Pharmacy

Bishops Castle Pharmacy3.7 miles

Hospital

Bishops Castle Hospital3.7 miles

Green space

Playing Field806 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

Church Stretton Rail Station5.7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Sun Inn136 metres

Typical drive times

Trefaldwyn19 min · 12 miles
Craven Arms17 min · 12 miles
Bishop's Castle7 min · 4.6 miles
Church Stretton21 min · 14 miles
Hereford (city)1 hr 1 min · 43 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

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to 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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