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£320,000

Land to the rear of Wheelwrights Cottage, Manby Middlegate, Grimoldby, Louth, Lincolnshire, LN11

Land size
1 acres
Bedrooms
3
Bathrooms
1

Key Features

  • Approx. Just over 1 acre STS
  • Residential Development potential
  • Planning Permission Expired 2024
  • Seeking subject to planning offer's
  • Mature site behind existing homes
  • Expired plans showed 4 new homes

Description

Residential Development Opportunity – Subject to planning permission – Set upon an approx. Just over 1-acre mature plot (subject to survey) and situated within this popular Lincolnshire village.

The freehold land for sale, previously had planning permission granted for 4 dwellings and garages, including a garage to be erected for the Wheelwrights Cottage at the front of the site, with access to the side of this property creating a new private drive to the proposed new homes. Planning permission was initially granted September 2020 for 4 years, expiring September 2024. Full details of the expired planning permission can be found on the East Lindsey District website, planning ref: N/067/01139/20.

Proposal

The land is being offered for sale with the opportunity to purchase conditional upon a successful planning application being submitted. The proposed new planning application will be at the expense of the prospective purchaser. The sellers are willing to enter into a conditional agreement for clarity and peace of mind.

The original permission granted 4 dwellings on the site, the sellers are willing to consider a greater number of dwellings to be granted with a negotiation on the uplift in dwellings.

All interested parties should submit their proposals in writing to FAO Lewis Brooks, outlining full details and conditions of their offer, finances and timescales.

Rights of Way

The plots are sold subject to and with benefit of all existing wayleaves, easements and rights of way. There is currently a footpath along the length of the eastern boundary. The expired permission condition stated a boundary wall, or fence may be erected in front of the path up to 1.2 metres in height. A right of way will be retained for the freeholder of Wheelwrights Cottage to access the new private drive/road to their garage or gardens, with a new garage, specification to be agreed, to be built by the purchaser for the current owners, replacing the garage to be demolished by the new private road. The purchaser will be responsible for the erection of any new boundary fences.

Services

The purchaser is to satisfy themselves as to the locations and accessibility of the nearby services and they will be required to make their own connections. The availability of services has not been checked by Pygott & Crone.

Tenure

The site is offered for sale Freehold with vacant possession upon completion and is for sale via private treaty.

Legal costs

Each party will be responsible for their own legal and professional costs incurred in this transaction.

Site Access

Access to the site is strictly by appointment only and arranged via Pygott & Crone.

Agents Note

Plans within these details are taken from the expired planning permission, expiring in 2024, and are for identification purposes only, are not to scale and have not been measured by Pygott & Crone. All purchasers should satisfy themselves for knowledge of boundaries. Maps within these details are not to scale and are for identification purposes only.

Map Location

Property details

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

Market Value Analysis

Compared with 131 Development Land listings in East Midlands (1+ acres).

This Property£320,000 / acre
Development Land Average (1+ acres) £164,895 / acre
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Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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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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

Fastest speed available at this postcode

80 Mbps

Superfast

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

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

  • Grimoldby Primary School317 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    207
    Type
    Foundation school
  • North Cockerington Church of England Primary School2.4 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    79
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • East Wold Church of England Primary School2.5 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    78
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Lacey Gardens Junior Academy3.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    7 to 11
    Pupils
    307
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Eastfield Infants and Nursery Academy3.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 7
    Pupils
    204
    Type
    Academy converter

Secondary

  • Louth Academy3.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    891
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • King Edward VI Grammar School4.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    900
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Somercotes Academy5.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    395
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar Alford - A Selective Academy8.1 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    565
    Type
    Academy converter
  • John Spendluffe Foundation Technology College8.3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    650
    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

Co-op Middlegate, Grimoldby348 metres
Spar - Kenwick Park Avenue, Louth3.5 miles
Spar - Kenwick Road, Louth3.8 miles

GP surgery

East Lindsey Medical Group4 miles

Pharmacy

Newmarket Pharmacy4 miles

Hospital

Louth County Hospital4.4 miles

Green space

Playing Field245 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

Cleethorpes Rail Station14 miles

Nearest bus stop

Primary School332 metres

Typical drive times

Louth11 min · 6.1 miles
Spilsby27 min · 19 miles
Horncastle26 min · 17 miles
Mablethorpe17 min · 11 miles
Lincoln (city)50 min · 32 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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