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Guide Price£20,000

Plot 10, Land at Okeford Hill, Blandford Forum, Dorset, DT11

Land size
0.5 acres

Key Features

  • FOR SALE BY CONNECT UK AUCTIONS
  • Auction Date: Thursday 17th September 2026
  • Circa 0.5 Acres / 1982.96 Square Metres / 21344.4 Square Feet
  • Vacant Possession
  • Freehold
  • Excellent Location
  • Future potential for various development, subject to all necessary consents
  • Purchasers considering further development potential are deemed to rely on their own enquiries.
  • For further information, please speak with Dixie Smith on .

Description

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Plot 10, Land at Okeford Hill. Circa 0.5 Acres, Freehold Land in an Excellent and sought after location. Future potential for various development, subject to all necessary consents.
Access is off a public highway and then a 4m access track internally. There is a gate from the public highway and then a hard standing area for cars to cross to the field gate. There is vehicular access to each plot as shown blue on the site map, please refer to the auction legal pack.

ACCOMMODATION:
Circa 0.5 Acres / 1982.96 Square Metres / 21344.4 Square Feet

Vehicle Access:
Vehicle access via gate from the public highway
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LOCATION:
Okeford Fitzpaine is a rural village and civil parish in the English county of Dorset, situated in the Blackmore Vale roughly 3 miles (5 km) south of Sturminster Newton and 6 to 7 miles northwest of Blandford Forum.
Discover a rare and exceptional land holding atop one of Dorset’s most iconic and scenic vantage points. Situated 232 metres above sea level, this land offers unparalleled, panoramic views over the rolling countryside of the Blackmore Vale, combining peaceful rural charm with exceptional lifestyle appeal.

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.

DISCLAIMER:

*Connect UK Auctions does not warrant or accept any responsibility for the accuracy or completeness of the property descriptions or related information provided here and they do not constitute property particulars. All displayed property boundaries use data provided by Land Registry and is assumed to be correct and updated regularly. However for the avoidance of doubt all displayed property boundaries are indicative and for marketing purposes only.

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 80% of premises

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

  • Shillingstone Church of England Primary School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    103
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Nicholas Church of England Primary School, Child Okeford2.1 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    125
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • William Barnes Primary School3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    162
    Type
    Community school
  • Durweston Church of England Primary School3.1 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    144
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Hazelbury Bryan Primary School3.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    114
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Sturminster Newton High School3.5 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    605
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Blandford School4.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,103
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
  • Shaftesbury School8.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    782
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Mary's Church of England Middle School, Puddletown10 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    9 to 13
    Pupils
    441
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Gillingham School10 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,684
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school

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 Shillingstone Blandford Road, Shillingstone1.5 miles
Spar Child Okeford, Child Okeford2.4 miles
Co-op Station Road Sturminster Newton, Sturminster Newton3.1 miles

GP surgery

Blackmore Vale Partnership3.1 miles

Pharmacy

Boots3.1 miles

Hospital

Blandford Community Hospital4.9 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden488 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

Templecombe Rail Station10 miles

Nearest bus stop

Post Office0.7 miles

Typical drive times

Stalbridge18 min · 9.9 miles
Shaftesbury25 min · 13 miles
Blandford Forum17 min · 8.9 miles
Salisbury (city)49 min · 31 miles
Sturminster Newton9 min · 4.3 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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