Meadowcroft, Cockfield, Bishop Auckland
Key Features
- POTENTIAL DEVELOPMENT
- BUILDING PLOT
- 400 SQ. M
- LAPSED PLANNING PERMISSON
- CUL DE SAC LOCATION
- RURAL VILLAGE
Description
Potential development plot offered for sale, stretching approx. 400sq m. Located on Meadowcroft, pleasantly positioned in a quiet residential cul de sac of family homes in the rural village Cockfield. Lapsed planning was approved for a four bedroomed detached house with garage, any development is subject to the required planning permissions and approvals.
Cockfield has a range of local amenities including a primary school, convenience store and local shops. It is only a few miles from Barnard Castle, Staindrop and Bishop Auckland, offering a further range of facilities including shops, schools, healthcare and additional recreational facilities in addition to outstanding transport links. The village is surrounded by idyllic countryside, stretching for miles across farmers fields and the Cockfield Fell which offer fantastic public walks.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-10-09
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
8.5 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
- Cockfield Primary School282 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 115
- Type
- Community school
- Butterknowle Primary School1.2 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 54
- Type
- Community school
- Evenwood Church of England Primary School1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 97
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Ramshaw Primary School1.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 54
- Type
- Community school
- Staindrop CofE (Controlled) Primary School2.5 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 179
- Type
- Voluntary controlled school
- Faith
- Church of England
Secondary
- Staindrop Academy2.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 504
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- St John's Catholic School & Sixth Form College5.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,229
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Bishop Barrington Academy5.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 599
- Type
- Academy converter
- Teesdale School and Sixth Form6.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 684
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- King James I Academy Bishop Auckland6.4 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 936
- Type
- Academy converter
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 20 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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Hunters, Bishop Auckland
147-149 Newgate Street, Bishop Auckland, County Durham, DL14 7EN
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