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Guide Price£35,000

Land on North side of Chapel Lane, Colchester, CO7

Land size
0.25 acres

Key Features

  • Approx. 0.25 acre plot
  • Semi-rural location
  • Access from Chapel Lane
  • Long-term investment
  • No planning consent
  • Speculative opportunity
  • Land Reg EX 687413

Description

The land is offered for sale by informal tender. The criteria for this process are set out below – interested parties are requested to submit their offers by 10am on Friday 25th of September 2026.

Land Adjacent to The Chapel, Chapel Lane, Balls Green, Great Bromley

An opportunity to acquire a parcel of land extending to approximately 0.25 acres (0.11 hectares), positioned within a semi-rural setting on the outskirts of Great Bromley, approximately 5 miles east of Colchester. EX 687413

The site is located along Chapel Lane and sits within a cluster of established residential dwellings, with open countryside to the north and surrounding characterful properties nearby.

The land is generally level and is accessed off Chapel Lane, a quiet country lane serving neighbouring properties. A public footpath runs along the western boundary, and the site is enclosed by a mix of hedging and fencing, offering a degree of natural screening and privacy.

Method of Sale/Legal Process
The land is offered for sale by informal tender. The criteria for this process are set out below – interested parties are requested to submit their offers by 10am on Friday 25 th of September 2026.
Following acceptance of an offer, the buyer will be expected to exchange contracts within a timely manner.

Informal tender
An offer should be submitted as follows;

1. Your offer should be submitted by 10am on Friday 25th of September 2026 to Boydens Estate Agents at Aston House, 57-59 Crouch Street, Colchester, Essex, CO3 3EY

2. Your offer should be subject only to contract and based on the information supplied within the property particulars.

4. Please confirm if your ability to proceed is dependent upon external finance or the sale of other property – if it is a cash offer please provide proof of available monies (bank statement or similar)

5. It is assumed all parties have seen the property and are ready to proceed with the legal conveyance subject to contract.

6. Offers should be delivered in a sealed envelope, clearly marked ’Informal Tender – Plot on Chapel Lane, Great Bromley, Colchester’ in the top left hand corner of the envelope; if you wish us to confirm receipt, in order that we can identify it, please mark the envelope so that we can differentiate it from others received – if preferred please submit offers via email to philip. .

7. In order to avoid identical offers, we suggest that offers are for odd amounts, in pounds sterling.

8. It is proposed that the successful bidder will be notified within 5 days of the closing date, and unsuccessful bidders thereafter.

9. The vendor reserves their position to not accept the highest or any offer.

10. Tenders should provide full details of whom will be purchasing the land with copies of up-to-date photographic ID and proof of address.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-09-08

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
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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 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 92% 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

  • St George's Church of England Primary School, Great Bromley1.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    110
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Great Bentley Primary School2.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    258
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Elmstead Primary School2.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    211
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Alresford Primary School2.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    216
    Type
    Community school
  • Millfields Primary School3.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    217
    Type
    Foundation school

Secondary

  • Colne Community School4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,289
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Manningtree High School4.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    908
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Colchester Academy4.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    879
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • The Gilberd School5.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,588
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Thomas Lord Audley School5.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    940
    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

EG - OTM - Little Bentley, Great Bentley1.6 miles
Budgens Elmstead Market, Elmstead Market1.9 miles
Tesco Great Bentley Express, Great Bentley2 miles

GP surgery

Great Bentley Surgery1.9 miles

Pharmacy

The Green Pharmacy1.8 miles

Hospital

Colchester General Hospital6.4 miles

Green space

Playing Field619 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 Bentley Rail Station2.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Chapel Lane120 metres

Typical drive times

Wivenhoe9 min · 5.1 miles
Manningtree12 min · 6.6 miles
Brightlingsea11 min · 5.5 miles
Colchester (city)15 min · 7.4 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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