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Guide Price£375,000

Foxearth, Sudbury, Essex

Land size
1 acres

Description

Red House Farm Barns is an attractive courtyard of traditional barns with consent for three outstanding homes, located in a rural setting on the Essex/Suffolk border, close to Foxearth, Long Melford and Sudbury. The approved scheme sits within approximately one acre and there is the opportunity to purchase more land by separate negotiation.

The barns comprise an attractive U shape around a central courtyard. Planning consent (25/02152/FUL) has been granted for Proposed change of use and conversion of barns to provide 3 No. residential dwellings, demolition of modern farm buildings, provision of parking, landscaping and other associated works.

Plot 1: 3 bedrooms, 1,496 sq ft (139 sqm)

Plot 2: 4 bedrooms 2,508 sq ft ( 233 sq m)

Plot 3: 3 bedrooms 1,980 sq ft (184 sq m)

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Property details

Tenure
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Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-08-24

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 158 Development Land listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).

This Property£375,000 / acre
Development Land Average (1+ acres) £256,465 / acre
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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
Parking Available
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

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

  • Long Melford Church of England Primary School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    207
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Glemsford Primary Academy2.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    243
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Cavendish Church of England Primary School2.3 milesOfsted: Inadequate
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    52
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Woodhall Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    448
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • St Joseph's Roman Catholic Primary School2.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    137
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • Ormiston Sudbury Academy2.8 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    710
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Stour Valley Community School3.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    569
    Type
    Free schools
  • Thomas Gainsborough School4.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,603
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Hedingham School and Sixth Form7.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,177
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Ramsey Academy, Halstead8.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    702
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* 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 Long Melford Foodstore, Long Melford1.6 miles
Budgens Long Melford, Long Melford1.7 miles
Spar - Glemsford, Glemsford2.2 miles

GP surgery

Glemsford Surgery2.2 miles

Pharmacy

Long Melford Pharmacy1.6 miles

Hospital

St Leonards Hospital3.3 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces352 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

Sudbury (Suffolk) Rail Station3.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

School438 metres

Typical drive times

Acton7 min · 5 miles
Clare10 min · 5.5 miles
Sudbury8 min · 3.9 miles
Halstead18 min · 12 miles
Colchester (city)34 min · 20 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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