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£560,000

Blackawton, TOTNES, Devon, TQ9

Description

A rare opportunity to purchase a development site with outline planning consent for 4 dwellings on the outskirts of the popular South Hams village of Blackawton.

Surrounded by open countryside with southerly rural views towards the sea on the south Devon coast.
The site offers 2 detached contemporary houses (100m2 & 130m2) with two link-detached bungalows (90m2 each) benefiting from far reaching views.

Planning reference: 1393/23/OPA Outline planning consent for 4 dwellings
(2 detached & 2 semi-detached houses). 410m2 GIA.

The delightful village of Blackawton nestles amongst the stunning rolling hills and countryside of the South Hams. Boasting a strong community with a highly regarded primary school, village hall, community shop, St Michaels church and The George inn public house. Blackawton lies approximately halfway between Totnes and Kingsbridge (8 miles) and about six miles from Dartmouth. Mainline train services are available at Totnes with regular services to London.

Please contact us for more information and pricing appraisals for the completed dwellings.

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Property details

Tenure
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Council Tax Band
TBC
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

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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

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

  • Blackawton Primary School442 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    140
    Type
    Academy converter
  • East Allington Primary School3 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    80
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St John the Baptist Roman Catholic Primary School, Dartmouth3.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    76
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Roman Catholic
  • Stoke Fleming Community Primary School3.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    170
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Dartmouth Academy3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 19
    Pupils
    435
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

Secondary

  • Dartmouth Academy3.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 19
    Pupils
    435
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Churston Ferrers Grammar School Academy6.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,062
    Type
    Academy converter
  • King Edward VI Community College6.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    940
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Kingsbridge Academy6.6 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,199
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Paignton Academy6.9 milesOfsted: Requires improvement *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,568
    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

Spar - Totnes Cross, Halwell2 miles
Sainsburys Dartmouth, Dartmouth3.2 miles
Lidl Dartmouth, Dartmouth3.3 miles

GP surgery

Dartmouth Medical Practice3.2 miles

Pharmacy

Wellbeing Pharmacy3.2 miles

Hospital

Totnes Hospital5.9 miles

Green space

Play Space419 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

Totnes Rail Station6.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Woodlands Leisure Park0.8 miles

Typical drive times

Totnes19 min · 10 miles
Brixham23 min · 9.7 miles
Dartmouth11 min · 5.3 miles
Kingsbridge18 min · 9.8 miles
Plymouth (city)50 min · 33 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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