Land, Swarthdale Valley, Springfield Road, Ulverston
Description
A valuable parcel of meadow land occupying a desirable and discreet location, with access from Springfield Road via “The Big Dipper”. Permission in Principle has been granted for the development of up to four dwellings, presenting an exciting opportunity for developers or those looking to acquire land with residential potential.
Planning Application Reference: 2026/0628/PIP
Access to the site is to be established by the purchaser via a private lane, with the vendor retaining a continued right of access.
Conditional offers, subject to the granting of detailed planning permission, will be considered.
Please note, this is only an area of the valley towards Springfield Road, not the whole valley.
All enquiries are to be made exclusively through the sole selling agents, Corrie and Co.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-07
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
1.8 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
- Croftlands Junior School401 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 152
- Type
- Community school
- Croftlands Infant School401 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 7
- Pupils
- 119
- Type
- Community school
- St Mary's Catholic Primary School, Ulverston481 metresOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 155
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Sir John Barrow School881 metresOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 235
- Type
- Community school
- Church Walk CofE Primary School0.8 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 88
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Ulverston Victoria High School291 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,319
- Type
- Community school
- Dowdales School4.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 877
- Type
- Community school
- St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow5.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 624
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Chetwynde School5.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Pupils
- 508
- Type
- Free schools
- Cartmel Priory CofE School6 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 371
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
* 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. 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.
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Listing agent
Corrie and Co Ltd, Ulverston
14 King Street, Ulverston, LA12 7DZ
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