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Guide Price£200,000

Old Bedford Road, Potton, SG19

Land size
2.21 acres

Key Features

  • Potential for Residential Development - subject to necessary Planning Consents.
  • Single Parcel extending to approximately 2.21 acres (0.90 hectares).
  • Road Frontage onto Old Bedford Road.
  • Boundaries are a mix of mature trees and shrubs.

Description

The property comprises a single parcel of pastureland extending to approximately 2.21 acres (0.90 Hectares). The property is surrounded by residential dwellings.

Location and Situation

Situated approximately 10 miles (16 km) east of Bedford, Potton lies just under 5 miles north-east of Sandy, on the verge of Bedfordshire’s border with Cambridgeshire. The property is located to the West of the village of Potton with Burgoyne Middle School to the east. Road frontage is available to the Old Bedford Road, from which access is taken. Potton offers a good range of local facilities including a traditional Market Square with shops, cafés, and pubs, a medical practice, library, and primary schools. The town also benefits from nearby leisure spaces such as Potton Wood and the RSPB Lodge Nature Reserve, plus convenient access to Sandy for rail links and further services. For rail travel, Potton is conveniently located between with excellent rail connectivity via Sandy Station, just 3¼ miles (10 minutes by car) or accessible via an hourly bus in 26 minutes, offering fast Thameslink links to London and Cambridge. Bedford Station, around 13 miles away, is also (truncated)

Description

The property comprises a single parcel of pastureland extending to approximately 2.21 acres (0.90 Hectares) forming Title Number BD276459. The property is surrounded by residential dwellings.

Method of Sale

The property is offered for sale via Private Treaty as a whole. The vendor reserves the right to implement an Informal Tender or best known as ‘best and final’ offers.

Tenure and Possession

The land is offered with Vacant Possession on completion.

Development Clawback and Covenants

The property will be sold subject to an overage in which the vendor shall reserve the right to receive 30% of any net uplift in value for any alternative use (whether consented or not), excluding agricultural, equestrian, horticultural or forestry uses. This provision will apply for a 50-year term from the date of completion of this sale.

Delinked Basic Payment Scheme

The property is not registered with the Rural Payments agency and therefore, the property will not include the right to any delinked payments, which are specifically excluded from the sale.

Environmental Schemes

We are not aware of any schemes that are included with the property.

Timber, Minerals and Sporting Rights

It is presumed that the mineral, sporting and timber rights are owned, and in so far as they are owned are included in the freehold sale.

Planning

We are not aware of any previous planning applications associated with this property.

Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way

The property is sold subject to any wayleaves, easements or rights of way, whether expressly referred to in the particulars or not. There is a public right of way (Bridleway) running over Old Bedford Road to the north of the northern boundary. We are not aware of any other services or rights over the property.

Services

There are no known services connected to the property.

VAT

The property is not elected for VAT and no VAT will be charged on the purchase price.

Solicitors

Pellys Solicitors of 20A Market Hill, Royston, SG8 9JG are instructed to act on behalf of the vendors. Ref: Olu Jatto - Tel:

Location

The nearest postcode is SG19 2QL. What3Words: ///bathtubs.enforced.faster

Viewings

The property may be viewed on foot at any reasonable hour with a copy of the particulars to hand, having first registered interest with the agent.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
TBC
Date Posted
2026-10-26

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 132 Farmland & Pasture listings in East Anglia (1+ acres).

This Property£90,498 / acre
Farmland & Pasture Average (1+ acres) £10,265 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Rights & Restrictions

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

Property Features

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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 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 GoodVodafone 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

  • Potton Primary School387 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    387
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Everton Heath Primary School1.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    82
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Sutton CofE VA Primary School1.3 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    98
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Gamlingay Village Primary2.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    387
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Swithun's Church of England VC Primary School2.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    172
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Edward Peake CofE VC School2.5 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    359
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Sandy Secondary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,259
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Stratton School3.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    917
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Ernulf Academy6.3 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    720
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Henlow Church of England Academy7.1 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    9 to 16
    Pupils
    599
    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

Tesco Potton Express, Potton851 metres
Co-op Gamlingay, Gamlingay2.3 miles
Tesco Sandy Superstore, Sandy2.5 miles

GP surgery

Greensands (Potton)888 metres

Pharmacy

Jardines Pharmacy783 metres

Hospital

Biggleswade Hospital2.2 miles

Green space

Play Space137 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

Sandy Rail Station2.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Festival Road91 metres

Typical drive times

Sandy6 min · 3.2 miles
Potton2 min · 0.7 miles
Stotfold19 min · 11 miles
Biggleswade10 min · 4.4 miles
Cambridge (city)35 min · 19 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

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

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

High risk (1 in 30)

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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