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Development Opportunity, Sir Walter Scott Drive, Inverness, IV2

Land size
4.79 acres

Key Features

  • Gross Development Area: 4.79 acres or thereby
  • Excellent opportunity to redevelop a strategic area in Inverness
  • Close to Inshes Retail Park anchored by Tesco
  • Initial Environmental and Topographical reports available to seriously interested parties
  • Suitable for a variety of uses subject to planning

Description

The site is generally flat and extends to a Gross Development Area of 4.79 acres or thereby. A Title Plan can be provided on application to the selling agent.

A Title Plan can be provided on application to the selling agent. There is no ground lease in place.

We understand that the site will benefit from connections to utilities and drainage nearby, however, potential purchasers require to make their own enquiries in this regard.

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Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-01-28

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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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

5.5 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre · available to 75% 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

  • Drakies Primary School369 metres
    Pupils
    221
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Inshes Primary School534 metres
    Pupils
    296
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Raigmore Primary School0.7 miles
    Pupils
    158
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Hilton Primary School0.7 miles
    Pupils
    274
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Crown Primary School1.1 miles
    Pupils
    253
    Type
    Non-denominational

Secondary

  • Millburn Academy1 mile
    Pupils
    1,240
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Inverness High School1.7 miles
    Pupils
    491
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Inverness Royal Academy1.8 miles
    Pupils
    1,351
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Charleston Academy2.4 miles
    Pupils
    746
    Type
    Non-denominational
  • Culloden Academy2.8 miles
    Pupils
    1,137
    Type
    Non-denominational

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: planning activity, heritage and any flood history here are in the full report.

Amenities

Supermarket

Aldi Inshes Inverness, Inverness209 metres
Tesco Inverness Inshes Extra, Inverness246 metres
Spar - Kingswell Service Station, Inverness566 metres

GP surgery

Burnfield Medical Practice784 metres

Pharmacy

Tesco Stores Ltd70 metres

Green space

Playing Field107 metres

Walking trail

East Mackenzie Park to Sir Walter Scott Drive388 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

Inverness Rail Station1.4 miles

Nearest bus stop

Retail Park147 metres

Typical drive times

Nairn25 min · 16 miles
Dingwall19 min · 15 miles
Fortrose22 min · 14 miles
Inverness (city)5 min · 2.4 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 SEPA 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

Not shown on SEPA's flood mapsLower risk

Surface water

No mapped surface water riskLower 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)

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4 Ardross Street, Inverness, IV3 5NN

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