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Guide Price£280,000

West End Road, Tiptree, CO5

Land size
0.33 acres

Key Features

  • Plot measuring Circa 0.24 acres (STLS)
  • Fantastic position with rural views
  • Excellent potential (STP)
  • Easy access to the A12

Description

An excellent opportunity to purchase a plot of land circa 0.33 acres (STLS) with potential to build a detached dwelling subject to planning approval.

Description
The plot is a cleared rectangular site circa 0.33 acres (STLS) and is fully enclosed with gated direct access from the road. The location offers easy access to the A12 (3.5 miles away) and Witham Station which is a 10-minute drive from the site, provides convenient access to London Liverpool Street.

Location
Tiptree is a village and civil parish in the English county of Essex, situated 10 miles (16 km) south-west of Colchester and around 50 miles (80 km) north-east of London. Surrounding villages include Messing, Tolleshunt Knights, Tolleshunt Major, Layer Marney, Inworth, Birch, Great Braxted, Great Totham and Little Totham.
Tiptree has four primary schools: St Luke's Church of England Primary school, Milldene Primary School, Tiptree Heath Primary School and Baynard's Primary School. Thurstable School provides secondary and sixth form education. Messing Maypole Mill, a Grade II* listed tower mill, and the preserves company Wilkin & Sons, whose products use the village name as part of their brand, are located in the village.
Tiptree is within the City of Colchester and is administered by Tiptree Parish Council, Colchester City Council and Essex County Council. It is within the Parliamentary constituency of Witham. The nearest operational railway station is Kelvedon on the main Norwich to London Liverpool Street line.
The village is bisected by the B1022 Colchester to Maldon road, and the B1023 Kelvedon to Tollesbury road. Tiptree is also close to the main A12 trunk road which passes through Essex. Bus services link the village to surrounding towns.

Planning
The site currently has no planning permission and prospective purchasers will need to make their own enquiries to the Local Authority.

Terms of Offer
This site is being sold on a conditional basis subject to planning with the guide price of £280,000.

Viewing is by appointment only via the agent.
Beresfords would seek to be instructed as the selling agent on any future property builds on the site.

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Property details

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

Utilities & 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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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

Gigabit full fibre · available to 14% 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

  • Tiptree Heath Primary School893 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    198
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School1.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    267
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Baynards Primary School1.3 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    98
    Type
    Community school
  • Milldene Primary School1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    185
    Type
    Community school
  • Messing Primary School2.2 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    89
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

Secondary

  • Thurstable School1.4 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    932
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lift New Rickstones4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,221
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Lift Maltings4 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    787
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Honywood School5.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    849
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Plume School5.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,789
    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

Tesco Colchester Superstore, Tiptree1.1 miles
Morrisons Daily Colchester Tiptree, Tiptree1.1 miles
Iceland Tiptree, Tiptree1.2 miles

GP surgery

Tiptree Medical Centre1.1 miles

Pharmacy

Boots1.1 miles

Hospital

St Peter'S Hospital5.6 miles

Green space

Public Park Or Garden379 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

Kelvedon Rail Station2.7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Simpsons Lane380 metres

Typical drive times

Maldon12 min · 6.5 miles
Witham8 min · 5.3 miles
Coggeshall11 min · 6.2 miles
Colchester (city)19 min · 13 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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