LA18
Description
For Sale
Residential Development
Valley End, Silecroft, Millom, Cumbria, LA18 5LS
An exciting development opportunity with the benefit of planning approval for the removal of the current farm buildings and the construction of four dwellings
Application number: 7/2018/4011 - Outline Approval - Lake District National Park
7/2022/4064 - Reserved Matters - Lake District National Park
Secluded Rural Location
Offers invited for the Freehold Interest
Location
The site is located close to the village of Silecroft, a short distance away from the town of Millom benefiting from direct road frontage.
Millom is situated just a couple of miles away and offers a wealth of amenities including a shop, post office, pub, guesthouse, and primary and secondary schools.
The property offers direct access onto the public highway.
The Opportunity
The site comprises agricultural buildings with planning permission for the removal and the construction of four dwellings benefiting from expansive views over the adjoining countryside.
Site Conditions
The purchaser(s) will be responsible for any necessary assessment of ground conditions and will need to satisfy themselves that the development can take place safely.
Planning Approval
The site benefits from approval under reference 7/2018/4011 and 7/2022/4064.
There is a condition upon the Reserved Matters approval which sets out that the properties should only be occupied by a Person with a Local Connection as his or her principal home.
A full set of planning documents and copies of the decision notice are available upon request.
Services
It will be the responsibility of the purchaser to install services.
Proposal
Offers invited for the freehold interest.
Please note that the sellers are not obligated to accept the highest or any offer and are free to amend the details as they require without prior notice.
Legal Costs
Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the sale documentation together with any VAT thereon.
Money Laundering Regulations
The successful purchaser(s) should be aware that they will have to provide us with documents in relation to the Money Laundering Regulations. Further details are available upon request.
Viewing
The site is available to view strictly by prior appointment with the Carlisle office of Edwin Thompson LLP.
Contact:
Matthew Bell MRICS FAAV m.
Tel:
Map Location
Property details
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-28
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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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
80 Mbps
Superfast · available to 94% of premises
Suitable for
- HD streaming
- Video calls
- Web & social
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
- Black Combe Junior School2.7 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 7 to 11
- Pupils
- 89
- Type
- Community school
- Haverigg Primary School2.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 177
- Type
- Community school
- Millom Infant School3.1 milesOfsted report card · Feb 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Pupils
- 50
- Type
- Community school
- St James' Catholic Primary School3.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 186
- Type
- Voluntary aided school
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Thwaites School3.4 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 28
- Type
- Community school
Secondary
- Millom School2.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 476
- Type
- Community school
- Dowdales School7.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 877
- Type
- Community school
- Chetwynde School8.6 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 3 to 16
- Pupils
- 508
- Type
- Free schools
- St Bernards Catholic High School, Barrow8.8 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 624
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Walney School9.2 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 468
- 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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