Brook Farm Drive, Colne
Key Features
- Dreaming of building your own home - this could be the opportunity for you
- Rare opportunity to acquire a building plot
- Permission in Principle granted for a detached home
- Excellent sized plot of approximately 740m²
- Opportunity to design and build your own home to your specification
- Situated at the end of an exclusive development
- Countryside village location
- Located 12 miles from Cambridge City Centre
- Located 5 miles from the Historic town of St Ives
- Contact Ellis Winters for more information - viewings by appointment only
Description
Ellis Winters are delighted to offer a rare opportunity to acquire an excellent sized building plot with Permission in Principle granted for a detached home, situated at the end of an exclusive development of just seven properties in the popular Cambridgeshire village of Colne.
Extending to approximately 740m², the plot offers an exciting opportunity to design and construct a bespoke home to your own requirements, subject to the necessary planning consents.
Colne is a popular village conveniently located approximately 5 miles from St Ives, 12 miles from Cambridge City Centre and 12 miles from Huntingdon Railway Station.
Contact Ellis Winters today to discuss this excellent opportunity to create a new home in a peaceful village setting, with the freedom to design a property to your own specification.
Full planning information can be found on the Huntingdon District Council planning portal using reference: 26/01225/PIP
AGENTS NOTE
The property is owned by an employee of Ellis Winters.
FURTHER INFORMATION
Tenure: Freehold
EPC Rating: N/A
Council Tax Band: N/A
BUYER ID CHECKS
To meet legal requirements, we must verify the identity of all buyers. Our partner, Simplify, will handle this process and will contact you directly once your offer is accepted, subject to contract, to collect the necessary details and payment.
The cost is £66.67 plus VAT (£80) per transaction, payable upon offer acceptance. A memorandum of sale can only be issued once these checks are complete.
Our team will guide you through the process when you make an offer on a property.
DISCLAIMER
All property details, photographs, floorplans, and other marketing materials produced by Ellis Winters are for general guidance only and do not form part of any contract. While we strive for accuracy, measurements, descriptions, and other information are provided in good faith but should be independently verified. We recommend that prospective buyers conduct their own due diligence before making any decisions.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- TBC
- Date Posted
- 2026-10-02
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
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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 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
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
- St Helen's Primary School911 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 186
- Type
- Foundation school
- Earith Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 101
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Somersham Primary School1.9 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 314
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Over Primary School3.4 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 196
- Type
- Community school
- Holywell CofE Primary School3.4 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 193
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Swavesey Village College4.8 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 1,254
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Ivo Academy5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,378
- Type
- Academy converter
- Northstowe Learning Community6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 19
- Pupils
- 920
- Type
- Academy converter
- Cromwell Community College6.2 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,539
- Type
- Academy converter
- Cottenham Village College7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 860
- 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
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
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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2. Verification required
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Ellis Winters Estate Agents, St Ives
14 Market Hill, St Ives, Cambridgeshire, PE27 5AL
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