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Guide Price£500,000

Land Off Alexandra Road, Penzance, Cornwall, TR18

Land size: 0.74 acres

Key Features

Potential development site
Close to Penzance seafront promenade
Previously benefited from residential planning permission as part of a wider development
Outright or subject to planning offers will be considered although STC only offers are preferred
See W1/09-1252 on Cornwall Council planning register

Description

Land surplus following the development of a neighbouring Lidl foodstore. The site is irregular in shape and largely level. It neighbours residential development to most boundaries with the foodstore to the western boundary.

Location

This site is situated off Alexandra Road, close to the seafront in the popular town of Penzance.

Penzance has easy access onto the road network via the main A30 trunk road that runs adjacent to the town and connects at Exeter to the M5. There is a main line railway station located at the bottom of Market Jew Street which runs direct services through to London Paddington on a daily basis.

Penzance is well known as the retail and administrative capital for the most western part of Cornwall. It is also a very popular tourist destination being located on Mounts Bay and the gateway town for ferry and helicopter services to the Isles of Scilly.

Accommodation

All areas are approximate and measured in accordance with the RICS Property Measurement (2nd Edition).

Site area (measured from Promap): 0.30 Ha (0.737 acres)

Planning

The site previously benefited from residential planning permission as part of a wider site under planning consent reference number W1/09-1252 which can be accessed by searching on the Cornwall Council website.

The site is identified as within a flood zone 3 area so the design of a development will need to accommodate this.

Rent / Price

Guide price £500,000. Best and final bids are requested by 12 noon Thursday 3rd July 2025; see form attached to the particulars.

Unconditional and subject to planning offers are invited and will be considered. In relation to STP offers these will be considered subject to developer track record and nature of the proposals envisaged as well as other terms.

Unconditional offers will be preferred.

Services

We understand that mains electricity, water and drainage are in the vicinity of the site however these services have not been tested by the agents. Interested parties should make their own enquiries with regard to the availability of mains connections.

Legal Fees

Each party to be responsible for their own legal fees in relation to this transaction.

VAT

All figures quoted are exclusive of VAT if applicable.

Development Vacant Land Undeveloped Land Residential Small Plots of Land Coastal properties Bare Land

Map Location

Property details

Tenure: Ask Agent
Council Tax Band: Ask Agent
Date Posted: 2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

Electricity: Ask Agent
Water: Ask Agent
Heating: Ask Agent
Broadband: Ask Agent
Sewerage: Ask Agent

Rights & Restrictions

Public Rights of Way: Ask Agent
Private Rights of Way: Ask Agent
Listed Property: Ask Agent
Restrictions: Ask Agent

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

Property Features

Accessibility: Ask Agent
Parking: Ask Agent
Garden: Ask Agent

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

Standard (10-30 Mbps)

Suitable for

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

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

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

St Mary's CofE Primary School, Penzance211 metresNo Ofsted rating
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
141
Type
Voluntary aided school
Faith
Church of England
Alverton Primary School446 metresOfsted: Good *
Ages
2 to 11
Pupils
386
Type
Academy converter
Newlyn School733 metresOfsted: Good
Ages
5 to 11
Pupils
152
Type
Academy converter
Pensans Community Primary School0.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
Ages
2 to 11
Pupils
139
Type
Academy converter
St Mary's Catholic School, Penzance1 mileNo Ofsted rating
Ages
3 to 11
Pupils
139
Type
Academy converter
Faith
Roman Catholic

Secondary

Humphry Davy School0.8 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
740
Type
Foundation school
Mounts Bay Academy1.2 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
922
Type
Academy converter
Cape Cornwall School6.5 milesOfsted: Good
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
302
Type
Academy sponsor led
St Ives School6.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
580
Type
Academy sponsor led
Hayle Academy7.7 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
Ages
11 to 16
Pupils
623
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

Lidl Penzance, Penzance85 metres

Asda Penzance Express Petrol, Penzance145 metres

Co-op Queens Square - Penzance, Penzance664 metres

GP surgery

Morrab Surgery504 metres

Pharmacy

Morrab Pharmacy504 metres

Hospital

Bolitho Hospital499 metres

Green space

Playing Field45 metres

Walking trail

South West Coast Path106 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

Penzance Rail Station0.7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Bottom of Alexandra Road48 metres

Typical drive times

Newlyn3 min · 0.8 miles

St Just11 min · 7.1 miles

Marazion10 min · 4.6 miles

Penzance2 min · 0.6 miles

Truro (city)41 min · 29 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 3Higher risk

Surface water

Outside the mapped risk bandsVery 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)

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