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Former St. Nicholas Church, Front Street, Hetton, DH5

Key Features

  • Planning Passed For a Residential Care Facility
  • Located In Hetton Le Hole Close To A Wide Range Of Shops & Stores
  • Excellent Opportunity

Description

Land for sale with planning permission already approved to construct a 30+ 1 bed apartments, to include office, reception, lobby, lounge area and gym and has outline planning consent for EMI use.. This is a unique opportunity, and will suit a variety of purchasers, from self-builders to those in the care industry.

There is the option of developing the site in several other ways, subject to planning permission being approved for any application submitted.

* A covenant on the land is also required to be paid
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Property details

Tenure
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity
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Water
Mains
Heating
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Broadband
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Sewerage
Mains

Rights & Restrictions

Public 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

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

10 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 54% of premises

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Mobile signal

CallsDataEE Good GoodO2 Good GoodThree Good GoodVodafone Good Good

Outdoor predictions; 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

  • Hetton Primary School570 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    206
    Type
    Community school
  • Hetton Lyons Primary School630 metresOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    431
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Eppleton Academy Primary School0.7 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    208
    Type
    Academy converter
  • East Rainton Primary School1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    101
    Type
    Community school
  • Easington Lane Primary School1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    281
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Hetton Academy622 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    681
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Kepier1.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,131
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Farringdon Community Academy3.7 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    712
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Seaham High School3.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,095
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Belmont Community School3.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    887
    Type
    Community school

* 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 Hetton Le Hole Express, Hetton-le-Hole6 metres
Heron Hetton-le-Hole, Hetton-le-Hole61 metres
Aldi Colliery Lane, Hetton-Le-Hole, Hetton-le-Hole862 metres

GP surgery

Hetton Group Practice525 metres

Pharmacy

G Whitfield Pharmacy78 metres

Hospital

Cherry Knowle Hospital4.5 miles

Green space

Playing Field167 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

Seaham Rail Station4.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Interchange53 metres

Typical drive times

Durham (city)12 min · 6.9 miles
Hetton-le-Hole1 min · 0 miles
Chester-le-Street13 min · 6.8 miles
Houghton-le-Spring5 min · 1.9 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

From Environment Agency flood map open data, checked around the advertised map pin and allowing for the listed acreage where known. This summary comes from LandSale, the advertising platform, not from the listing agent, and is not part of the agent's particulars. Risk can vary across a single holding, so verify anything critical through your own searches before committing.

Rivers and the sea

Flood Zone 1Lower risk

Surface water

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to low risk

The detail behind these bandings

The full report pinpoints where this location sits on the flood maps, and runs the deeper checks that usually only surface after an offer.

  • Exact flood zones & annual chances (included in the full report)
  • Any recorded past flooding (included in the full report)
  • Planning activity nearby (included in the full report)
  • Heritage & conservation (included in the full report)
  • Protected nature designations (included in the full report)
  • Ground risks (included in the full report)
  • Sold prices nearby (included in the full report)

£14.99 · one-off purchase

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