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Guide Price£150,000

Development Site at Foster Terrace, Foster Terrace, Croxdale, Durham

Land size
0.23 acres

Key Features

  • Development site for 5 homes
  • 4 miles south of Durham City

Description

0.23 acres of land with planning permission for five terraced homes including 3 no. three bedroom homes and 2 no. two bedroom homes.

The land measures approximately 0.23 acres and has full planning consent granted on 21st April 2023 under ref DM/23/00354/FPA with Durham County Council. Permission was granted for five homes in total, within two terraces. The most northerly terrace has consent for 3 no. three bedroom homes and the southern terrace has permission for 2 no. two bedroom homes.
The 3 bed central unit has a gross internal floor area (GIA) of 95.73m² while the 3 bed units either side have a GIA of 93.32m² each. These are located within the area shaded red on the plan on page one of these details. A new parking area will ensure designated off-street parking for the residents. Each dwelling in the 2 bed units, shaded blue, will have a GIA of 70.84m². These offer a spacious open living space or a separate living and dining space. The existing access to the field to the rear of the development will need to be maintained.

Directions
From Durham City Centre take the A167 south towards Sunderland Bridge. At the roundabout at the Honest Lawyer Hotel, go straight on into Croxdale. The land lies on the very edge of the village and will be on your left hand side as you leave the village via the A167.

Location
The land is located on the A167 at Croxdale, adjacent to Foster Terrace. Durham City is approximately 4 miles to the north providing a comprehensive range of amenities, services, schools and shops. Bishop Auckland is approximately 7 miles to the south west and Spennymoor is approximately 2 miles to the south.

Services
There are currently no services connected directly to the site at present, but there are services in adjacent properties surrounding the site.

Access

Access will directly off the A167 via a new access road which will need to be constructed. Consent for this access has been granted as part of the wider planning consent.

Tenure

The land is for sale freehold, with vacant possession to be granted upon completion.

Viewing

The property may be inspected on foot and during daylight hours once in possession of these particulars having first registered your interest with H&H Land & Estates.

Method of Sale

The property is offered for sale as a whole by Private Treaty. The Seller reserves the right to amalgamate, withdraw or exclude any of the property shown at any time or to generally amend the particulars. Please register your interest with H&H Land & Estates.

Burdens

The property is sold subject to all rights including rights of way, whether public or private, rights of light, support, drainage and other rights, obligations and easements, quasi easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains and water, gas and other pipes, whether or not constituted in the title deeds or referred to in these particulars. The Buyers will be held to have satisfied themselves as to the nature of such burdens.

Money Laundering Regulations

Prospective Buyers should be aware that in the event that they are successful, they will be required to pro-vide us with documents in relation to Money Laun-dering Regulations. The extent of the required docu-mentation will be confirmed to the Buyer after ac-ceptance of an offer.

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Property details

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Council Tax Band
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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

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

51 Mbps

Superfast · available to 67% of premises

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

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

  • Tudhoe Colliery Primary School907 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    212
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Charles' Catholic Primary School, Tudhoe1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    232
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Springmoor Grange School1.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    415
    Type
    Community school
  • King Street Primary School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    224
    Type
    Community school
  • North Park Primary School1.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    243
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • Whitworth Park Academy2.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    996
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Ferryhill School2.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    727
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Durham Johnston Comprehensive School3.8 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,667
    Type
    Community school
  • St Leonard's Catholic School, Durham4 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,293
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Durham Academy4.4 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    405
    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

Iceland Spennymoor, Spennymoor1.8 miles
Morrisons Daily Spennymoor, Spennymoor1.8 miles
Aldi Oxford Road Spennymoor, Spennymoor1.9 miles

GP surgery

Bishops Close Medical Practice1.9 miles

Pharmacy

Boots1.9 miles

Hospital

University Hospital Of North Durham4.4 miles

Green space

Allotments Or Community Growing Spaces190 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

Durham Rail Station3.7 miles

Nearest bus stop

Roundabout116 metres

Typical drive times

Ferryhill4 min · 2.8 miles
Spennymoor5 min · 3.5 miles
Durham (city)7 min · 4.1 miles
Bishop Auckland12 min · 8 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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