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Guide Price£140,000

Blatches Barn, Church Lane, Little Canfield, Dunmow, Essex, CM6

Key Features

  • Freehold
  • Strictly by appointment with the Auctioneers

Description

FOR SALE BY PUBLIC AUCTION ON THURSDAY, 8TH OCTOBER 2026 AT 12.00PM NOON. LIVE STREAMED VIA DEDMAN GRAY WEBSITE. BIDDING AVAILABLE BY TELEPHONE, PROXY AND ONLINE

DEVELOPMENT OPPORTUNITY: A DETACHED BARN AND ASSOCIATED GROUNDS WITH PLANNING PERMISSION TO CONVERT TO A RESIDENTIAL PROPERTY
A rare opportunity to purchase a barn with planning permission to convert to a residential dwelling on the edge of the popular village of Little Canfield. The property and land is currently let to a local community project for £3,000PA.
The property is currently subject to a commercial lease expiring 12th March 2030 producing £3,000PA. Please see the legal pack for details.
Full planning permission has been granted (reference: UTT-24-3118-FUL) to convert to a residential dwelling. Please see Uttlesford Planning Portal for full details.
Ground Floor:
Open Plan Kitchen/Dining Room
Living Room
Master bedroom with ensuite and dressing room
2nd bedroom with ensuite and dressing room
WC/Shower Room
Utility Room/Boot Room
Study

Mezzanine:
Space for third bedroom or reception

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-09-16

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
Garden

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

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

  • Takeley Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    350
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Roseacres Primary School1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    194
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Great Dunmow Primary School2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    421
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Dunmow St Mary's Primary School2.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    459
    Type
    Foundation school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Helena Romanes School2.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    1,265
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Helena Romanes School2.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    1,265
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Forest Hall School4.5 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    506
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Birchwood High School5.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,417
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Hertfordshire & Essex High School and Science College5.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,508
    Type
    Academy converter
    Gender
    Girls
  • Hockerill Anglo-European College5.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    903
    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 Takeley, Takeley0.9 miles
Tesco Dunmow Superstore, Great Dunmow1.9 miles
M&S Stansted Airport SF, Molehill Green2.4 miles

GP surgery

Angel Lane Surgery2.6 miles

Pharmacy

Yogi Pharmacy1.5 miles

Hospital

Herts And Essex Hospital5.5 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces115 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

Stansted Airport Rail Station2.3 miles

Nearest bus stop

Little Canfield Hall204 metres

Typical drive times

Thaxted12 min · 8.4 miles
Great Dunmow5 min · 3 miles
Chelmsford (city)23 min · 15 miles
Bishop's Stortford13 min · 8.8 miles
Stansted Mountfitchet13 min · 9.5 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

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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