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Guide Price£19,000

Auction: Thursday 19 November 2026

Watch House Green, Braintree Road, Essex, CM6

Land size
0.56 acres

Key Features

  • By order of UK Power Networks
  • Freehold site approximately 0.228 ha 0.564 acres
  • Development potential, subject to planning
  • Full vacant possession
  • Online Auction on Thursday, 19 November 2026

Description

A broadly square site to the east of Braintree Road and west of Clifford Smith Drive. The site measures approximately 2,281.14 sq.m (24,554 sq.ft)


Location:

Felsted is a small village to the west of Braintree in Essex County. The site is along the B1417 just south of the A120 and close to the junction with Clifford Smith Drive.


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Property details

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Date Posted
2026-10-28

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

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Private Rights of Way
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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

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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

No premises records for this postcode, which is common for bare land and rural plots. A new connection would be quoted by the provider.

Mobile signal

No address-level signal records for this postcode, which is common for bare land.

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

  • Felsted Primary School432 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    197
    Type
    Community school
  • The Flitch Green Academy1.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    272
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Rayne Primary and Nursery School2.3 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    213
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Stebbing Primary School2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    200
    Type
    Community school
  • Ford End Church of England Primary School3.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    47
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Tabor Academy3.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    989
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Notley High School and Braintree Sixth Form4.1 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,210
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Helena Romanes School4.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 18
    Pupils
    1,265
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Alec Hunter Academy5.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,058
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Chelmer Valley High School6.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,200
    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

Budgens Felsted, Felsted1.1 miles
Co-op Flitch Green - Webb Road, Flitch Green1.6 miles
Tesco Braintree Superstore, Great Notley3 miles

GP surgery

Blandford Medical Centre3.8 miles

Pharmacy

Tesco In-Store Pharmacy3 miles

Hospital

Braintree Community Hospital3.8 miles

Green space

Play Space496 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

Braintree Rail Station4.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Watch House Green405 metres

Typical drive times

Braintree10 min · 6.3 miles
Coggeshall16 min · 12 miles
Great Dunmow9 min · 6.6 miles
Chelmsford (city)17 min · 11 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. 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

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

Very low risk

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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