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Guide Price£3,000

Plot 2 Abbey Street, Ickleton, Saffron Walden, Essex, CB10

Description

Guide Price = £3,000+

**For Sale By Public Auction 2nd September 2026 09:30 AM To inspect the legal documents for this property go to our website to download the legal pack**

A Plot of Land Measuring Approximately 129 sq m (1388 sq ft)

Tenure
Freehold

Location
The land is situated on a residential road close to local shops and amenities. The open spaces of Wellcome Trust Wetlands Nature Reserve are within easy reach. Transport links are provided by Great Chesterford rail station. The land is within historic curtilage of Grade II* listed house and the property is within Ickleton Conservation Area.

Description
The lot comprises a plot of land measuring approximately 129 sq m (1388 sq ft). Plans have been drawn up for the erection of a detached dwelling. No planning application has been submitted for this scheme. Drawings of the proposed plans are available for inspection upon request. Auction House London make no representations or warranties with regard to this scheme and/or the validity of the aforementioned plans. Buyers must rely on their own enquiries with regard to any development potential, permissions required and any previous planning history in respect of this site.

Note
The site area depicted within the plan in the auction particulars is for indicative purposes only. Additionally, any measurements stated may not be exact. Some or all of the plot may comprise adopted highway land and if the site has trees, there may be Tree Preservation Orders in place. Buyers should rely on their own enquiries with regard to precise measurements, any consents or rights over the land and any possible development potential or alternative uses for this site.

Open Site

Addendum
The land is within historic curtilage of Grade II* listed house and the property is within Ickleton Conservation Area.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-08-14

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

1.8 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

  • Great Chesterford Church of England Primary Academy1 mileOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    177
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Duxford Church of England Community Primary School1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    143
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • William Westley Church of England VC Primary School3 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    185
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Bellbird Primary School3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    426
    Type
    Community school
  • The Icknield Primary School3.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    222
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Sawston Village College3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,198
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Linton Village College4.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    766
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Saffron Walden County High School4.5 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    2,157
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Joyce Frankland Academy, Newport6.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    865
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Melbourn Village College6.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    559
    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

M&S Whittlesford Cambridge BP, Whittlesford2.2 miles
Spar - Sawston, Sawston3.5 miles
Co-op Sawston, Sawston3.5 miles

GP surgery

Granta Medical Practices3 miles

Pharmacy

Granta Pharmacy3 miles

Hospital

Saffron Walden Community Hospital4.8 miles

Green space

Playing Field135 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

Great Chesterford Rail Station1.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Church Street109 metres

Typical drive times

Royston17 min · 11 miles
Thaxted22 min · 12 miles
Newmarket22 min · 17 miles
Saffron Walden10 min · 5 miles
Cambridge (city)22 min · 11 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

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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