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Barbour Road, Kilcreggan, G84

Key Features

  • Low-Energy Home
  • Breathtaking views
  • Four bedrooms
  • Open plan living
  • Balcony
  • Plot for sale
  • Separate garage

Description

Exciting Opportunity to Build a Low-Energy Home with Breathtaking Views

A rare opportunity to create your own sustainable, low-energy home with panoramic views stretching across the surrounding landscape. This generous plot, situated on a private development accessed via Barbour Road, comes with full planning permission for a four-bedroom detached family home and separate garage.

Site Overview

The development site comprises a substantial rectangular area of land, gently sloping from north-east to south-west, offering ideal topography for a modern rural home. The location enjoys a peaceful, private setting with striking views toward the shoreline.

Design and Proposal

Submitted on 28 May 2024, the approved design reflects a traditional Scottish longhouse—a linear form deeply rooted in rural vernacular architecture. The proposed home blends a narrow footprint with open-plan modern interiors, optimising natural light and connection to the landscape.

  • North-facing glazing captures the stunning views

  • Render and timber cladding blend with the surroundings

  • Natural slate roof and dark grey windows and doors provide a timeless, durable finish

The design is modest in scale yet rich in character, balancing the need for sustainable, efficient living with sensitivity to the local context.

Materials and Sustainability
  • Low-carbon, energy-efficient construction

  • Natural and locally appropriate materials

  • Designed to meet high sustainability standards

Access and Landscaping
  • Upgraded private access with new bell mouth entrance

  • Hardstanding for bins and recycling

  • Visibility splays preserved in both directions

  • Minimal yet effective landscaping ensures the home sits comfortably within its natural setting

This proposal delivers an ideal mix of contemporary comfort, traditional design, and environmental responsibility—an exceptional opportunity to build a future-ready home in a truly stunning rural location.

Planning number: 24/00981/PP

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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Broadband
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Sewerage
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Rights & 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
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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

80 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

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

  • Kilcreggan Primary School182 metres
    Pupils
    81
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Rosneath Primary School2.1 miles
    Pupils
    83
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Strone Primary School2.3 miles
    Pupils
    24
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Gourock Primary School2.4 miles
    Pupils
    207
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • St Ninian's Primary School2.7 miles
    Pupils
    313
    Type
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • St Columba's High School2.5 miles
    Pupils
    661
    Type
    Roman Catholic
  • Clydeview Academy2.9 miles
    Pupils
    984
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Inverclyde Academy3.6 miles
    Pupils
    773
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Dunoon Grammar School3.7 miles
    Pupils
    745
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Notre Dame High School4.1 miles
    Pupils
    879
    Type
    Roman Catholic

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

Sainsburys Gourock Kempock Street Local, Greenock2 miles
Co-op Rosneath, Rosneath2.1 miles
Spar Gourock, Greenock2.2 miles

GP surgery

Kilcreggan Medical Practice0.8 miles

Pharmacy

Walter Davidson & Sons Ltd0.8 miles

Green space

Playing Field381 metres

Walking trail

C319(d) - Barbour Road, Kilcreggan63 metres

Straight-line distances from the advertised location. Sources: NHS records, Geolytix supermarket locations, OS Open Greenspace and the national trails registers.

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Getting Around

Nearest station

Gourock Rail Station2 miles

Nearest bus stop

School Road309 metres

Typical drive times

Dumbarton45 min · 30 miles
Alexandria42 min · 26 miles
Helensburgh33 min · 17 miles
Port Glasgow1 hr 5 min · 45 miles
Glasgow (city)1 hr 12 min · 50 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 SEPA 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

Not shown on SEPA's flood mapsLower risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower 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)

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