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Plots 1 and 3, Barton View Business Park, Sherborne, DT9

Land size
3.56 acres
Use Class
Use Classes: B2, B8, B1

Key Features

  • Approximately 3.56 acres of development land suitable for employment/industrial purposes
  • Outline planning permission for light industrial (B1), general industrial (B2) uses
  • Easy access on to the A30 on the western side of Sherborne

Description

This employment site comprises greenfield land extending to approximately 3.56 acres. The land is available in plots of various sizes according to requirements from 0.5 to 2.94 acres.

The site has outline planning permission for employment uses including up to 2,000 sq m for B2 use and up to 10,000 sq m for B1 employment floor space.

Prospective purchasers should make their own enquiries with the planning authority in relation to their specific requirements.

Barton Farm comprises a new urban extension to the northwest of Sherborne. The employment land is at the western side of the scheme north of the A30 Yeovil Road. The land is located approximately 0.5 miles from Sherborne Town centre.

Sherborne is an attractive town located on the Dorset/Somerset border approximately 6 miles east of Yeovil, the regional commercial centre for the area. The town is well located in terms of communications. The A30 trunk road runs through the town and there is mainline railway running to London Waterloo with a station stop at Sherborne.

A package of servicing works will be undertaken to allow sale of individual plots which will include all mains services. Road access and services will be provided to the boundary of each plot.

Individual plots are offered for sale by private treaty according to purchaser requirements.

Please contact the Sole Selling Agents if you wish to view the site. For further information please contact Chesters Harcourt Ltd.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

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

Public Rights of Way
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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

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

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

  • Sherborne Primary School0.8 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    304
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Sherborne Abbey Church of England Primary School0.8 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    336
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Trent Young's CofE Primary School2.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    143
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Thornford CofE Primary School2.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    104
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St Mary's Church of England Primary School, Bradford Abbas3.2 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    90
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • The Gryphon School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,569
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Buckler's Mead School4.1 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    812
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Westfield Academy5.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,013
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Preston School Academy5.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,003
    Type
    Academy converter
  • King Arthur's School8.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    450
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

* 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

Morrisons Daily Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorset233 metres
Waitrose Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorset973 metres
Co-op Sherborne, Sherborne, Dorset984 metres

GP surgery

The Grove Medical Centre0.7 miles

Pharmacy

The Abbey Pharmacy0.7 miles

Hospital

Yeatman Hospital748 metres

Green space

Playing Field123 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

Sherborne Rail Station0.9 miles

Nearest bus stop

Barton Gardens197 metres

Typical drive times

Yeovil9 min · 5.2 miles
Sherborne3 min · 1.1 miles
Wincanton21 min · 11 miles
Stalbridge17 min · 8.8 miles
Wells (city)51 min · 30 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

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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