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Guide Price£550,000

Cucumber Lane, Weston

Land size
0.78 acres

Key Features

  • Development Site opportunity - ZERO CIL PAYABLE!
  • Permission for demolition of former agricultural buildings
  • Full planning permission granted for 4 x barn style homes with garaging
  • Potential to purchase further land by separate negotiation
  • East Suffolk planning ref: DC/25/0606/FUL
  • Easy access to the Southwold and the popular Suffolk coastline
  • 20 miles from Norwich City Centre
  • Set in a quiet countryside position, a few miles from Beccles

Description

*** ZERO CIL PAYABLE! *** Development site (0.78 ac) with planning permission granted for 4 x barn style residential dwellings with garaging. Range of former farm buildings which require demolition. Located in quiet countryside position, just a few miles from Beccles. Potential to aquire further land by separate negotiation.

Location
Weston is a small rural village located roughly 3 miles south from the pretty and popular market town of Beccles. Whilst Weston itself has a 'hamlet type feel', Beccles provides a wide range of independant shops, local businesses and national supermarkets including Tesco and Morrisons. Beccles sits within the Waveney Valley, straddling the border of Norfolk and Suffolk, 20 miles from Norwich and with the location providing easy access to the popular Suffolk coastline and destinations such as Southwold, Walberswick and Alburgh.

The scheme
East Suffolk planning ref: DC/25/0606/FUL
The planning consent has been approved for the demolition of the existing former agricultural buildings, with the replacement of 4 x executive 'barn style' homes.

The sellers have indicated that additional land is available to purchase beyond the site, by separate negotiation.

Services
Water and electricity connections are known to be in the nearby area.

Viewing:
By appointment with TW Gaze

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Freehold

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
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Date Posted
2026-01-29

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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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Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.

Connectivity

Broadband

Fastest speed available at this postcode

19 Mbps

Standard (10-30 Mbps)

Suitable for

  • Web & social
  • Music streaming
  • Standard video calls

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

  • Beccles Primary Academy1 mileOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    148
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Worlingham Church of England Voluntary Controlled Primary School1 mileOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    324
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Ravensmere Infant School1.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 7
    Pupils
    52
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Albert Pye Community Primary School1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    350
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Benet's Catholic Primary School1.5 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    69
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Roman Catholic

Secondary

  • Beccles High School1 mileOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    182
    Type
    Free schools
  • Sir John Leman High School1.3 milesOfsted report card · Apr 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,404
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Bungay High School5.8 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    922
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Pakefield High School6.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    679
    Type
    Academy converter
  • East Point Academy6.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    846
    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

Co-op Swines Green Foodstore, Beccles1 mile
Co-op Market Square Beccles, Beccles1.6 miles
Tesco Beccles Superstore, Beccles1.7 miles

GP surgery

Beccles Medical Centre1.3 miles

Pharmacy

Worlingham Pharmacy1 mile

Hospital

Beccles Hospital1.4 miles

Green space

Playing Field964 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

Beccles Rail Station1.6 miles

Nearest bus stop

Queen Elizabeth Dr809 metres

Typical drive times

Bungay16 min · 8.2 miles
Loddon17 min · 12 miles
Beccles6 min · 2.9 miles
Lowestoft18 min · 9.6 miles
Norwich (city)34 min · 23 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)

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