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Shawbury Road, Wem

Land size
13.69 acres

Key Features

  • A development site with a Total Gross Site Area of approximately 5.54 hectares (13.69 acres)
  • Suitable for commercial development or development for owner occupation
  • Located on the edge of the town of Wem
  • Available as a whole or in part
  • Benefiting from an existing planning consent for commercial use

Description

The land benefits from Outline Planning Consent under Planning Reference Number 24/02661/OUT for a hybrid planning application for outline permission for Class E (commercial, business and service).

Description - The land benefits from Outline Planning Consent under Planning Reference Number 24/02661/OUT for a hybrid planning application for outline permission for Class E (commercial, business and service) , Class B2 (general industrial) and Class B8 (warehouse uses) with permission for a hauliers yard with new road junction, access road with footways and drainage infrastructure. The Total Development site sales has a Total Gross Area of 5.54 hectares (13.69 acres) after deducting the area that comprises of the hauliers yard area which is to be retained by the vendors.

Expressions of interest are sought for the development land as a whole site or for an area of the land. The opportunity will be of interest to commercial development and to owner occupiers, who want to develop their own commercial properties. As part of the disposal terms the vendors are willing to give consideration to the purchaser constructing their haulage yard as part of the disposal terms and further information is available from the selling agents upon request. It should be noted that any purchaser of the land interests is to be responsible for the construction of the estate road to the haulage yard and service connections.

The disposal of this site benefits from having detailed information including site surveys, service information, access details and other intellectual information that formed part of the planning application and is available from the selling agents upon request. The level of intellectual information that is available provides an “oven ready” development opportunity for developers and owner occupiers. The property offers the ideal opportunity for a developer to create a business park benefitting from good connectivity and to meet occupier demand in the area.

The development scheme for the property is as per the planning consent is as follows;

Location - The land is located on the edge of the town of Wem fronting onto Shawbury Road. The land is located on the north side of Shawbury Road adjacent to Hazport and in proximity to the A49 Trunk Road, which serves as the main access road between Whitchurch and Shrewsbury. The land benefits from good connectivity, which assists its potential for commercial development and is located within proximity to all local amenities.

Wem is an established market town with all local amenities, including a railway station which runs on the Welsh Marches Line. The town had a population of approximately 6,100 people at the 2011 census. The town is located in proximity of the A49 trunk road that provides access to the national road network.

The town is located approximately 9 miles north of the County Town of Shrewsbury and approximately 9 miles north of the town of Whitchurch.

Accommodation - All measurements are approximate and the purchasers should rely on their own enquiries.

Total Gross Site Area of approximately 5.54 hectares (13.69 acres)

(The size of the application site under Planning Reference Number 24/02661/OUT was 6.17 hectares, but the 0.63 hectare site of the hauliers yard is to be retained by the vendors as shown shaded brown on the development plan).

Further details from the selling agent upon request.

Price - Upon application with offers being are invited for the whole of the property or parts of the land holding.

Tenure - The land is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession.

Consideration will be given to the sale of plots of land within the property ownership, subject to the agreement of terms further details are available upon request from the selling agents.

Vat - The property is understood to be elected for VAT. Therefore VAT will be payable on the sale price of the land.

Services - (not tested at the time of inspection)

Mains water, drainage and electricity are understood to be available for connection, subject to normal connection charges.

Further details are available upon request from the selling agents.

Legal Costs - Each party is to be responsible for their own legal costs in respect of the sale of the property.

Planning - Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries.

The land is understood to benefit from Outline Planning Consent under Planning Reference Number 24/02661/OUT for a hybrid planning application for outline permission for Class E (commercial, business and service) , Class B2 (general industrial) and Class B8 (warehouse uses) with permission for a hauliers yard with new road junction, access road with footways and drainage infrastructure.

Further information is available from the selling agents upon request.

Dataroom - Access to a Dataroom providing intellectual information relating to the land is available from the selling agents upon request.

Local Authority - Shropshire Council, Guildhall, Frankwell Quay, Shrewsbury, SY3 8HQ

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Date Posted
2026-09-15

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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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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

2.3 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

  • St Peter's CofE Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    404
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Clive CofE Primary School2.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    93
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Newtown CofE Primary School3.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    86
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Myddle CofE Primary School3.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    112
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Prees CofE Primary School4.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    194
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Thomas Adams School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,214
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Corbet School6.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    691
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Sir John Talbot's School7.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    861
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Shrewsbury Academy8.1 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    817
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lakelands Academy8.3 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    590
    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

Co-op Wem Food, Wem677 metres
Co-op Shawbury, Shawbury, Shropshire5.2 miles
Co-op Bomere Heath, Bomere Heath5.9 miles

GP surgery

Wem And Prees Medical Practice0.7 miles

Pharmacy

Rowlands Pharmacy0.7 miles

Hospital

Whitchurch Hospital8.8 miles

Green space

Play Space556 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

Wem Rail Station948 metres

Nearest bus stop

Park House192 metres

Typical drive times

Wem2 min · 0.6 miles
Ellesmere18 min · 10 miles
Shrewsbury19 min · 11 miles
Whitchurch18 min · 9.6 miles
Wrexham (city)41 min · 22 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

A 1 in 30 or greater chance each yearHigher risk

Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.

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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