Burtree Garden Village (Parcels D, H, I & J), Burtree Lane, Darlington, DL3
- Land size
- 6.05 acres
Key Features
- Excellent residential development opportunity within wider Burtree Garden Village.
- Freehold for sale via informal tender to a Low Medium Volume Builder
- Total site area of 6 acres (2.45 ha)
- Indicative capacity of 88 new homes
- Deadline for offers: 1pm on 3rd October 2025
Description
Development Cells D, H, I and J are the subject of this Initiation to Tender (ITT). The Site comprises of 4 serviced cells totalling 2.45 hectares (6 acres) which can indicatively accommodate 88 homes.
It is intended that the Freehold interest of the site will be sold to a single preferred Low Medium Volume Builder (LMVB) (see Appendix 1 of the ITT, contained within the dataroom, for definition of LMVB) on a conditional on securing a Reserved Matters planning consent basis. Our clients hopes to enter into a Conditional Sale Agreement within 8 weeks of formal appointment.
All proposed schemes must be designed in accordance with the Design Vision Guide & Parcel Codes document for BGV to ensure high quality design and placemaking.
The formal bid evaluation process is detailed within Section 8 of the ITT within the dataroom.
Location
Burtree Garden Village is a 440 acre site to the north of Darlington that secured Garden Communities Status by the Ministry of Housing, Communities and local Government (MHCLG) in July 2019 and an allocation within the Darlington Borough Council (DBC) Local Plan in March 2022.
The allocation seeks to deliver approximately 2,200 new homes, a village centre, a primary school, a significant amount of employment space, along with an extensive and integrated blue/green network incorporating a new 8 ha (20 acre) public park and nature reserve.
Dataroom
A pack of supporting technical and legal information in addition to the ITT and ITT Submission Form is available in the dataroom.
This can be accessed at:
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
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
- Garden
Beyond the particulars: planning activity, flood history, heritage and ground risks, checked for this exact spot.
Connectivity
Broadband
Fastest speed available at this postcode
17 Mbps
Standard (10-30 Mbps)
Suitable for
- Web & social
- Music streaming
- Standard video calls
Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.
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
- West Park Academy1.2 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 464
- Type
- Academy converter
- Harrowgate Hill Primary School1.3 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 407
- Type
- Community school
- St Bede's Catholic Primary School1.7 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 322
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Mount Pleasant Primary School1.7 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 259
- Type
- Academy converter
- Northwood Primary School1.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 429
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
Secondary
- Longfield Academy1.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 660
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Wyvern Academy1.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 464
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Haughton Academy2.2 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 854
- Type
- Academy converter
- UTC South Durham2.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 14 to 19
- Pupils
- 421
- Type
- University technical college
- Carmel College2.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,367
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
* 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
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
Mapped within the area searched, not at the advertised map pin itself.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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