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Freehold Plot End Of Garden Ashburnham Gardens South Queensferry, Edinburgh (EH30 9LB)

Key Features

  • Trees, bush, grass
  • Postal lockbox option "subject to investigating and satisfying planning consents

Description

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"Freehold Amenity Plot with Strategic Hope Value – South Queensferry (EH30 9LB) With "Potential for Future Planning (STPP)" | Offers Around £4,950

( 5 more plots down the road bit cheaper from only £1000)

PRIME ROAD PROXIMITY NEAR ESTABLISHED RESIDENTIAL BORDERS

A short car drive or bus ride to the city of Edinburgh

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Plot 4, Adjacent to 27 Ashburnham Gardens is

PERFECT FOR IMMEDIATE PRIVATE AMENITY, HOBBY & LEISURE USES

With full ownership and access rights etc granted post completion

Direct Roadside Access & Logistics Potential
This exceptional plot benefits from direct roadside access, positioned immediately adjacent to the paved street front and established residential boundaries at No. 27 Ashburnham Gardens. Unlike remote or landlocked plots, its tarmac-side positioning allows delivery vehicles to pull up directly to the boundary line.

The plot offers an exceptional, low-cost entry into the prestigious South Queensferry property market. This freehold parcel is strategically positioned directly adjacent to established premium homes on Ashburnham Gardens. Offered with excellent "Hope Value," and is perfectly configured for speculative investors, creative developers, or neighboring homeowners looking to secure and expand their current property boundaries.

The location is currently zoned as amenity land and wooded and is situated to the end of a garden plot with peak values on the road reaching up to £900,000

Soil type is clay mix with a high water-holding capacity so great as a pond liner

And one of the best natural substrates for creating ponds, rainwater catchment features/natural aquatic habitats/put freestanding above ground waterbutts

Fantastic recreational and ecological use and rights are completely protected

and backed by clear freehold title the plot is roughly rectangular in shape and of a generous size forming all that area in red shown see plan and benefiting from

Immediate Road Access Situated directly off Ashburnham Gardens and Ashburnham Loan. The plot sits a short distance from the primary road network

What You Can Legally Do With the Land:

Because the land is formally classified as Amenity Land, your structural development rights are tightly restricted, but your recreational and ecological rights are completely protected so you can immediately upon completion of sale

  • ✅ Erect Temporary Shelters (100% Legal): You can legally set up a day-use canvas tarp, a pop-up gazebo, or a wildlife photography hide. Because it has a zero-footprint and is dismantled at the end of the day, it is a personal mobile asset (chattel), not a building, bypassing any need for City of Edinburgh Council planning approval.

  • ✅ Execute "De Minimis" Personal Leisure: You can sit quietly, read, paint, family-camp occasionally, use push-mowers, and enjoy the wildlife without violating any land-use law.

  • ✅ Install Surface Water Management: The deed grants explicit "Service Connection Rights." While you can't build a massive concrete drain without checking, you can legally implement simple surface-water management like rain-harvesting setups, above-ground micro-cisterns, or a shallow wildlife watering holes.

3. What You Can Practically Do With the Land

  • Turn the Clay into a Bird Magnet: Heavy, damp soil is incredibly rich in organic matter and soil invertebrates. Instead of fighting the mud, layer it with decaying logs and leaf mulch. This will create a hyper-active ground-feeding zone for native birds like Song Thrushes, Blackbirds, Robins, and Dunnocks seeking worms and larvae.

  • Establish a "Mown Path" System: Instead of paying thousands to drain or level the plot, leave the boundaries wild with native shrubs and edge-of-woods ground cover (like brambles or wild ivy) to provide cover for nesting birds. Use a basic manual mower to slice out a tidy, short-grass seating area for your shelter. It looks managed, intentional, and takes minutes to maintain.

  • Use Ground Protection Mats: Because the soil will get soft underfoot in winter, lay down a small path of woodchips or temporary, permeable interlocking matrix mats where you intend to stand your shelter.

  • • Email: landinvestmentstd@gmail.com or Text Tim on 07386 601087

BONUS: Free Legal Fees / Conveyancing Included! or use your own solicitor

The deposit of 10% can be made by Paypal or paid via bank transfer to suit

🌿 Complimentary Buyer’s Pack: Sale includes a free environmental report and initial planning history checks, saving you immediate upfront outof-pocket costs and providing instant baseline data on the plot.

⚖️ Important Notice to Purchaser:

While baseline planning checks and environmental data are provided in good faith, buyers are advised to carry out their own independent due diligence and site assessments prior to purchase to satisfy themselves that the plot meets their specific architectural or operational requirements. All sales contracts are legally binding and final upon completion of payment.

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Property details

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Date Posted
2026-10-22

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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
Yes
Private Rights of Way
Yes
Listed Property
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Restrictions
Yes

Listed status, conservation areas and planning constraints for this location are in the full report.

Property Features

Accessibility
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Parking
On-Street Parking
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

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good NoneO2 Good LimitedThree Good NoneVodafone Good Limited

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 Margaret's RC Primary School150 metres
    Pupils
    85
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Queensferry Primary School588 metres
    Pupils
    535
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Dalmeny Primary School0.7 miles
    Pupils
    85
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Echline Primary School1 mile
    Pupils
    286
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • North Queensferry Primary School1.7 miles
    Pupils
    66
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Queensferry Community High School218 metres
    Pupils
    1,129
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Inverkeithing High School3.3 miles
    Pupils
    1,643
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Sinclair Academy4 miles
    Pupils
    79
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Winchburgh Academy4.1 miles
    Pupils
    110
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • The Royal High School4.3 miles
    Pupils
    1,476
    Type
    Non-denominational

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: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Co-op Scotmid Scotstoun, South Queensferry606 metres
Spar South Queensferry, South Queensferry751 metres
Co-op Scotmid South Queensferry, South Queensferry840 metres

GP surgery

South Queensferry Medical Practice857 metres

Pharmacy

F And F Coffey Ltd599 metres

Green space

Public Park Or Garden88 metres

Walking trail

Newbridge to Queensferry and Kirkliston,162 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

Dalmeny Rail Station311 metres

Nearest bus stop

Ashburnham Road109 metres

Typical drive times

Broxburn15 min · 6.4 miles
Queensferry6 min · 1.5 miles
Inverkeithing11 min · 5.3 miles
Dunfermline (city)18 min · 9.3 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

SEPA open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. 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

Not on SEPA's flood maps

Surface water

Not mapped

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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