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Guide Price£600,000

Gas House Drove, Brandon

Land size
0.74 acres

Description

SITE AND DEVELOPMENT SUMMARY
* Location: Land at Gas House Drove, Brandon, Suffolk
* Original Permission: Outline permission for nine dwellings (DC/19/1616/OUT)
* Reserved Matters Approved: DC/22/1608/RM (approved 5 October 2023)
* Housing Mix:

* Plot 1: Four-bed detached with garage (~1,700sqft)
* Plots 2 & 3: Three-bed semi-detached with garages (~1,300sqft each)
* Plots 4 & 5: Four-bed semi-detached with garages (~1,510sqft each)
* Plots 6–9: Two-bed semi-detached bungalows (~657sqft each)

* Total Gross Internal Area (GIA): Approximately 10,020sqft
* Parking Provision: 25 spaces allocated for the nine dwellings
* S106 / CIL: No planning obligations (S106) or Community Infrastructure Levy (CIL) associated, as per the listing.

Key Highlights:
Full reserved matters approval granted (October 2023)
Planning permission for 9 dwellings
Rectangular shaped site of approximately 0.737 acres
Attractive housing mix including Family homes and Bungalows
No S106 or CIL obligations reported

Location:
The site is situated off Gas House Drove at its junction with Webbs Row. Public transport links are well provided with Brandon Railway Station within close proximity together with a network of local bus services serving the surrounding vicinity. An extensive range of shopping amenities can be found locally, with nearby recreational pursuits including Brandon Lock Lake.

The land is situated on Gas House Drove, Brandon, a popular Suffolk town offering a range of amenities, schooling, and strong commuter links to Cambridge, Bury St Edmunds, and RAF Lakenheath/Mildenhall.

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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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Parking
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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

1.8 Gbps

Gigabit full fibre

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

  • Glade Academy514 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    180
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Forest Academy669 metresOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    389
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Weeting Church of England Primary School1.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    121
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Iceni Primary Academy3.6 milesOfsted report card · Nov 2025
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    103
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Mundford Church of England Primary Academy4.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    239
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • Breckland School1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    615
    Type
    Free schools
  • The Thetford Academy5.4 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 19
    Pupils
    1,398
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Iceni Secondary Academy6.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    555
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Mildenhall College Academy8.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,317
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Wayland Academy11 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    564
    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

Aldi Brandon, Brandon, Suffolk565 metres
Tesco Brandon Superstore, Brandon, Suffolk0.7 miles
Budgens Weeting, Weeting1.7 miles

GP surgery

Brandon Medical Practice636 metres

Pharmacy

Boots636 metres

Hospital

Swaffham Community Hospital14 miles

Green space

Play Space322 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

Brandon Rail Station822 metres

Nearest bus stop

St Benedicts Road223 metres

Typical drive times

Watton24 min · 15 miles
Brandon3 min · 0.5 miles
Thetford15 min · 7.4 miles
Ely (city)35 min · 20 miles
Mildenhall20 min · 10 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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