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Guide Price£345,000

Rose Cottage, Woodside, ST5

Key Features

  • Build your dream home without the usual self-build hassle
  • An exclusive development of just nine individual plots, with five already sold subject to contract
  • Generous plots ranging from approximately 0.3 to 0.5 acres
  • Ideal opportunity to create a bespoke home
  • Work with the architect to tailor your home to your lifestyle
  • Developer-led groundwork, with access roads, utilities and enabling works will be completed before purchase
  • Beautiful countryside setting with attractive rural views

Description

Ever dreamed of building your own home, but been put off by the paperwork, planning process and uncertainty of where to begin? Now you can turn that dream into reality, without having to take on all the usual hassle of a self-build from scratch.

Welcome to an exciting and increasingly rare opportunity to create a home that is truly your own, set within the beautiful Staffordshire countryside at Woodside, Baldwin’s Gate.

This exclusive development comprises just nine individual self-build plots, arranged across two phases, with generous plot sizes ranging from approximately 0.3 to 0.5 acres. Each plot offers the potential for an impressivehome, giving you the space and freedom to create a property that reflects your own taste, priorities and way of life.

Your dream home, without the usual headaches

For many people, the idea of designing their own home is incredibly appealing, but the thought of navigating the paperwork, coordinating the early stages and dealing with the practicalities can feel overwhelming.

Here, much of that initial legwork is being taken care of for you by the developer.

With access roads, utilities and enabling works intended to be completed before purchase, the aim is to remove much of the complexity associated with getting a self-build project off the ground. Rather than starting with a field and an overwhelming to-do list, you can focus on the exciting part: creating a home that works for you.

You'll have the opportunity to work alongside the architect and professional team to explore the design of your future home, with scope to consider the layout, orientation, finishes and features that best suit your lifestyle.

Whether you envisage a striking contemporary country home, a spacious family property with room for everyone, or a home designed around entertaining, working from home and enjoying the outdoors, this is an opportunity to make those ideas a reality.

A setting worth building for

Location is every bit as important as the home itself. Set in an attractive rural position overlooking the Staffordshire countryside, Woodside offers the appeal of open views and a more peaceful pace of life, while remaining just a short drive from the village of Baldwin’s Gate.

Enjoy the feeling of space, the changing seasons and the opportunity to create a home with a real connection to its surroundings, without feeling cut off from everyday amenities and the wider road network. Newcastle-under-Lyme and Stoke-on-Trent are also within reach.

Make it yours

A range of contemporary and traditional concept designs provide inspiration for the homes that could be created, with features such as generous glazing, traditional brickwork, timber cladding and detached garages. These illustrative concepts are subject to planning, with the flexibility for buyers to choose a design that reflects their own preferences, style and ambitions.

This is more than a plot of land. It is the chance to create the home you've always wanted, in a location you'll love, with much of the initial groundwork being handled for you.

If you've ever considered building your own home but didn't know where to start, this could be the opportunity you've been waiting for.

Concept designs shown are subject to planning.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-09-10

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Sewerage
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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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Parking
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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

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good NoneO2 Good LimitedThree Good LimitedVodafone Good Limited

Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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

  • Baldwins Gate CofE(VC) Primary School657 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    188
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sir John Offley CofE (VC) Primary School3.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    143
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • All Saints CofE (C) First School3.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 9
    Pupils
    41
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St John's CofE Primary Academy3.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    155
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Meadows Primary School3.7 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    107
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Madeley High School3.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    779
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Newcastle Academy4.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    441
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Clayton Hall Academy4.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    828
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Trentham Academy5 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    794
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Joseph's College5.2 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,104
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

* 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

Waitrose at Keele North, University of Keele2.9 miles
Co-op Keele University, University of Keele3.7 miles
Co-op Loggerheads, Loggerheads, Staffordshire4.1 miles

GP surgery

Ashley Surgery2.7 miles

Pharmacy

Millers Pharmacy3.6 miles

Hospital

Harplands Hospital5.3 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden671 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

Wedgwood Rail Station5.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Sandy Lane100 metres

Typical drive times

Stone13 min · 8.9 miles
Madeley10 min · 3.9 miles
Market Drayton14 min · 8.7 miles
Newcastle-under-Lyme11 min · 5.8 miles
Stoke-on-Trent (city)17 min · 9.4 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

Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Very low risk

These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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