Longdale Grove, St. Johns Chapel, County Durham, DL13
- Land size
- 2.5 acres
Key Features
- Potential Development Site
- Approx 1.01 HA (2.50 Acres)
Description
An opportunity to purchase a potential development site situated just off Hood Street in St. John's Chapel. The site extends to approximately 1.01Ha (2.50 acres).
LOCATION
St John's Chapel is a village situated on the A689 in Upper Weardale. Local amenities include a primary school, Co-Op store, café, public house and town hall.The site is situated just off Hood Street (the main route through the village) and lies at the end of Longdale Grove an established residential area.
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ACCESS
The site has access from Longdale Grove over the land undergoing development included in title DU395561. For further information please contact the selling agent.
PLANNING
Application reference: 3/2003/2003
Proposed development: Outline application for residential
development with all matters reserved.
Decision: Approved
Decision Date: 31 October 2003.
The entrance to the site is being developed under approved
application DM/15/00486 (4 Detached Dwellings).
SERVICES
No services are connected. Mains water, mains electricity, and mains drainage are located nearby.
TENURE
The land is freehold, and the title is registered under title DU271477. Vacant possession is available on completion.
EASEMENTS, WAYLEAVES & RIGHTS OF WAY
The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights of way, drainage, water courses, light and other easements, quasi or reputed easements and rights of adjoining landowners (if any) affecting the same and all matters registerable by any competent authority pursuant subject to statute.The vendor is not aware of any public rights of way or private rights of way over the land. The land is crossed by a drain.The site has access from Longdale Grove over the land undergoing development included in title DU395561.
MINERAL RIGHTS
The mines and minerals together with the ancillary powers of working are excepted.
METHOD OF SALE
The land is offered for sale by private treaty. All interested parties are advised to register their interest so they can be advised on how the sale will be concluded. We reserve the right to proceed to final offers.The vendor may consider a sale by means of conditional contract or option arrangement – please contact the selling agent to discuss.
PRICE
£300,000
COSTS
Each party is to bear their own costs.
VIEWING
Viewings are by appointment with the selling Agent T: opt 1.
LOCAL AUTHORITY
Durham County Council, County Hall, Aykley Heads, Durham DH1 5UL.Telephone
BROCHURE
Photographs taken March 2025.
Brochure prepared March 2025.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
- TBC
- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 28 Bare & Undeveloped Land listings in North East England (1+ acres).
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 Property
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- Restrictions
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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
1.8 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre · available to 5% of premises
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
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
- St John's Chapel Primary School276 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 24
- Type
- Community school
- Wearhead Primary School1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 11
- Type
- Community school
- Stanhope Barrington CofE Primary School6.9 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 123
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Nenthead Primary School7.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 17
- Type
- Community school
- Frosterley Primary School8.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 32
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Samuel King's School11 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 113
- Type
- Foundation school
- Wolsingham School12 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 774
- Type
- Academy converter
- St Joseph's Catholic Middle School, Hexham16 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Pupils
- 168
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Queen Elizabeth High School16 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 13 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,299
- Type
- Academy converter
- Hexham Middle School16 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 9 to 13
- Pupils
- 619
- 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
GP surgery
Pharmacy
Hospital
Green space
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
Nearest bus stop
Typical drive times
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
Surface water
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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