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Guide Price£570,000

Land at 42 Hammerwood Road, Ashurst Wood, East Grinstead, West Sussex, RH19

Land size
0.63 acres

Key Features

  • FOR SALE BY CONNECT UK AUCTIONS
  • Auction Date: Thursday 17th September 2026
  • Freehold
  • Vacant Possession
  • A Residential building plot with planning permission. Work has commenced for a significant, detached dwelling
  • Circa 0.63 Acres / 2,550 Square Metres / 27,443 Square Feet
  • Viewings: By appointment only. Please speak with Sam Spreadbury
  • Excellent Village Location
  • Property information pack available upon request
  • For enquiries, please speak with Sam Spreadbury

Description

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Residential building plot with planning permission. Work has commenced for a detached dwelling. Ideal for owner occupiers or developers. Village location.

ACCOMMODATION:
Please refer to floor plans for proposed accommodation. Mid Sussex District Council; Planning Documents DM/17/2857

We are informed the site has; Mains water, electricity, ducting for gas, telephone line.

Site Access from Hammerwood Road.

LOCATION:
Located in the desirable village setting of Ashurst Wood, RH19 3TG offers a peaceful residential environment with excellent access to local village amenities, reputable schools, and surrounding countryside. Situated on Hammerwood Road, this area is just a short distance from Ashurst Wood's thriving community hub, featuring local independent shops, traditional village pubs, and everyday conveniences. Residents benefit from easy access to the nearby A22 and the historic town center of East Grinstead, which provides comprehensive shopping facilities and mainline rail services offering direct connections to London.

VIEWING:
By appointment only. Please speak with Sam Spreadbury

TENURE:
Freehold.

AUCTION DATE:
Connect Realtime® Bidding commences at 12pm with closing bids at 1pm, Thursday 17th September 2026.

The Lot is for sale via Traditional Auction. This is a timed auction, which requires both parties to complete the transaction within the completion date as per the auction legal pack. The buyer, is required to register, with Connect UK Land Auctions, in order to participate and will be required to go through, identification verification process. The auction Legal Pack, is available by request. You are required to complete your own due diligence prior to bidding. The Lot is subject to an undisclosed Reserve Price. The Reserve Price and Starting Bid being subject to change.

UNCONDITIONAL LOT:
Auction Fees apply, upon the fall of the gavel, as per the auction legal pack. The purchaser is legally bound to buy and the vendor is legally bound to sell the Property/Lot. The auction conditions require a full legal completion 28 or 42 days following the day of auction (unless otherwise stated in the legal pack). Delayed completion available, please request further details if required.

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Date Posted
2026-08-26

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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

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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

  • Ashurst Wood Primary School515 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Forest Row Church of England Primary School and Nursery1.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    199
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Estcots Primary School1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    403
    Type
    Community school
  • The Meads Primary School1.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    286
    Type
    Community school
  • Blackwell Primary School2.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    294
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

Secondary

  • Sackville School1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,525
    Type
    Community school
  • Imberhorne School3.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,558
    Type
    Community school
  • Beacon Academy7.4 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,642
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Oriel High School8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,441
    Type
    Community school
  • Hazelwick School8.4 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,913
    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

Tesco Forest Row Esso Express, Forest Row0.9 miles
Co-op Forest Row, Forest Row1 mile
Budgens - Dunnings Road, East Grinstead1.6 miles

GP surgery

Ashdown Forest Health Centre1 mile

Pharmacy

Ashdown Pharmacy0.9 miles

Hospital

Queen Victoria Hospital2.1 miles

Green space

Playing Field8 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

East Grinstead Rail Station2.2 miles

Nearest bus stop

War Memorial6 metres

Typical drive times

Uckfield20 min · 12 miles
Edenbridge17 min · 9.8 miles
Crowborough20 min · 10 miles
East Grinstead5 min · 1.8 miles
Brighton and Hove (city)46 min · 27 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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