Auction: Wednesday 21 October 2026
North Avenue, Wakefield, West Yorkshire
Key Features
- For sale by auction on the 21st October 2026
- Guide price £325,000 +
- Derelict former care home
- Approved planning permission
- Conversion to 9 apartments & 2 houses
- Fantastic project opportunity
- EPC rating B
Description
This vacant former care home, is offered for sale by traditional auction and benefits from approved planning permission for conversion and redevelopment to create a total of 11 residential units, comprising 9 apartments (2 x two-bedroom and 7 x one-bedroom apartments) together with 2 semi-detached houses (one three-bedroom and one four-bedroom).
For further information regarding the approved planning permission, please refer to the Wakefield Council Planning Portal, quoting application references 23/02293/FUL and 23/02293/SUB01.
Please click the following link for further information:
drive.google.com/file/d/109iaHX8KSPQ24QgFQ_4I0eiqPKkzDCWT/view?usp=sharing
The property is conveniently located for access to Wakefield’s mainline railway stations and the regional motorway network, including the M1 and M62. A range of local amenities and attractions are also within easy reach, including Pinderfields Hospital, Trinity Walk Shopping Centre and The Hepworth Wakefield.
Please note the property is being sold without an EPC due to the lack of current heating and areas of the property being unsafe for an assesor to access.
ACCOMMODATION
Ground Floor
Derelict former care home.
First Floor
Derelict former care home.
Externally
Land to front and rear.
Additional Information
EPC
Rating B.
Tenure
Freehold.
Charges & Payments
In addition to the deposit Administration Charge: 1.5% inc VAT of the purchase price subject to a minimum of £2,100 inc VAT.
Disbursements
Any additional disbursements payable by the purchaser are yet to be confirmed by the vendor’s solicitor. For more details, please see the legal pack.
Guide Price
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Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- TBC
- Date Posted
- 2026-09-30
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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- Listed Property
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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
- Parking Available
- 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
10 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 86% 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
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
- Wakefield Pinders Primary (JIN) School496 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 359
- Type
- Community school
- St Austin's Catholic Primary School513 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 306
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Wakefield St Johns Church of England Voluntary Aided Junior and Infant School687 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 209
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
- Outwood Primary Academy Greenhill866 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 251
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Newton Hill Community School947 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 338
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Outwood Academy City Fields0.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 928
- Type
- Academy converter
- Outwood Grange Academy1.3 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,900
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Trinity Academy Cathedral1.7 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,028
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- St Thomas à Becket Catholic Secondary School, A Voluntary Academy2.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 762
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Rodillian Academy2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,615
- 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
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.
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