Land Off Fen Street, Fen Street, Old Buckenham, Attleborough, Norfolk, NR17
- Land size
- 31.53 acres
Key Features
- Productive arable land comprising two fields with a good access
- Land is all of good quality being Grade 3
- The property is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole.
Description
Productive arable land comprising two fields with a good access
Land is all of good quality being Grade 3
The property is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole.
ARABLE LAND OFF FEN STREET, OLD BUCKENHAM
Productive arable land
31.53 acres in total
FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY AS A WHOLE
DESCRIPTION
The land off Fen Street offers purchasers the opportunity to acquire a parcel of productive arable land comprising two fields with a good access and long-term development potential, subject to planning.
The land is all of good quality being Grade 3 and identified by Soil Survey of England & Wales as Burlingham 1 Series being a deep coarse and fine loamy soil with a slowly permeable sub-soil considered suitable for cereals, peas, beans and sugar beet.
The land is located to the west of the centre of the village of Old Buckenham, approximately 4 miles south of Attleborough and 20 miles south west of the Cathedral City of Norwich.
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PAST CROPPING
2021 - Winter Wheat
2022 - Spring Barley
2023 - Winter Wheat
2024 - Oilseed
2025 - Winter Wheat
METHOD OF SALE
The property is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole.
TENURE & POSSESSION
The property is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession upon completion.
EXCHANGE OF CONTRACTS & COMPLETION
Exchange of contracts will take place within 21 days of receipt by the purchasers' solicitor of a draft contract with completion no later than 28 days thereafter. A deposit of 10% of the purchase price will be payable on exchange of contracts.
AGENTS NOTE
The land is to be sold subject to an overage agreement for 30 years under which 30% of any uplift in value attributable to a change of use from agriculture will be payable to the seller. The overage would be triggered on the sooner of the implementation of the planning permission or the sale of the site subject to the planning permission.
The value will be assessed at the date of planning permission and payable on the earlier of the commencement of the development or sale of the property, allowing the costs of obtaining the permission (s) as a deduction. The Base Value will be reassessed at the date of each trigger event.
OUTGOINGS
All outgoings will be apportioned on completion.
SPORTING, MINERAL & TIMBER
These are included in the sale so far as they are owned, subject to statutory exclusions.
VIEWING
By appointment with the selling agents Brown & Co. Please contact Sarah Lucas.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-01-29
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 56 Farmland & Pasture listings in East Anglia (25+ 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 93% 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
- Old Buckenham Primary School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 184
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Banham Primary School2.1 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 95
- Type
- Academy converter
- Rosecroft Primary School2.3 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 457
- Type
- Academy converter
- Attleborough Primary School2.6 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 365
- Type
- Academy converter
- Kenninghall Primary School3.6 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 104
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
Secondary
- Old Buckenham High School0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 501
- Type
- Academy converter
- Attleborough Academy2.7 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 976
- Type
- Academy converter
- Wymondham College4.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,427
- Type
- Academy converter
- Wymondham High Academy7.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,686
- Type
- Academy converter
- Diss High School7.9 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 877
- 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
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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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