Aller Road, Dolton
Key Features
- Preliminary Announcement
- Residential Development Site
- Edge of Popular Village
- 17 Houses
- 4 Affordable
- For Sale By Tender
- Date To Be Announced
Description
PRELIMINARY ANNOUNCEMENT - The sale is 17/21 RESIDENTIAL DWELLINGS APPROVED on a site to the edge of the popular village of Dolton to the edge of the River Torridge Valley. Tenders on a date to be announced,
The site is set to the southeast edge of the village of Dolton and has a sunny bright aspect with views for most to the south and east over farmland.
Dolton is a very popular and picturesque village with limited modern development having taken place in recent years with the village boasting two pubs, an ancient parish church, a village store/post office, hairdresser, butcher, and primary school.
The village is set just over a mile above the beautiful River Torridge valley with many riverside and other walks.
Some 15 miles to the south is the town of Okehampton on the A30 giving excellent access through to the Cathedral city of Exeter, with its airport, rail station and motorway link, which is 28 miles, Okehampton is on the northern edge of the dramatic Dartmoor National Park.
To the north Great Torrington, Bideford, and Barnstaple within 7 to 15 miles provide a wider variety of services and activities whilst the North Devon coast with sandy beaches at Westward Ho! and Instow is about 17 miles.
The planning consents approved allow for a total of 21 units to be built on the site with 4 of the open market houses being outside of the client’s ownership, and not part of this sale, but served of the same access road.
Important Note -
These Are Issued As Preliminary Details Only -
Advising Of The Future Sale. -
We Are Checking Out The Boundary Ownership -
Planning History And Other Matters -
To Ensure That All Information Is -
Fully Available For When Full Marketing Begins. -
The site under consideration is therefore for 12 open market houses and 5 affordable flats/houses, a total of 17 units.
The planning is approved by Torridge District Council and covered by applications numbers.
Phase 1 - 1/0846/2015/OUTM
Reserved matters application 1/0963/2020
Phase 2 – 1/1262/2016/OUT
Reserved matters application 1/0527/2020
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Utilities & Restrictions
Utilities
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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
41 Mbps
Superfast
Suitable for
- HD streaming
- Video calls
- Web & social
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
- Dolton Church of England Primary School596 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 31
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Beaford Community Primary & Nursery School2.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 118
- Type
- Academy converter
- Winkleigh Primary School4.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 0 to 11
- Pupils
- 224
- Type
- Foundation school
- High Bickington Church of England Primary Academy5.4 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 84
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Church of England
- Hatherleigh Community Primary School5.4 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 178
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Great Torrington School6.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 863
- Type
- Academy converter
- Chulmleigh Community College7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 735
- Type
- Academy converter
- Okehampton College11 milesOfsted report card · Jan 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,066
- Type
- Academy converter
- South Molton Community College12 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 656
- Type
- Foundation school
- Bideford College12 milesOfsted report card · May 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,455
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
* 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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Phillips, Smith & Dunn, Barnstaple
Alliance House, Cross Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1BA
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Alliance House, Cross Street, Barnstaple, Devon, EX31 1BA
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