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Potential Development Site, South Street, Horncastle, Lincolnshire, LN9

Key Features

  • Regular shaped and cleared site
  • Prominent market town location
  • Various planning approvals secured
  • Mixed-use area

Description

A regular shaped and cleared site, set in a prominent location on South Street, a short walk from Horncastle Town Centre. The surrounding area is mixed use in character.

The site slopes slightly upwards from the road, which runs along its western boundary, with vehicular access into the site taken from the north western corner onto the A153.

The site represents one of the few remaining development opportunities within the town centre.

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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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

Suitable for

  • 4K streaming on every screen
  • Full-time home working
  • Online gaming & big downloads

Fixed wireless access may also be an option here.

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

  • Horncastle Primary School507 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    417
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Kirkby-on-Bain Church of England Primary School4.5 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    118
    Type
    Voluntary aided school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • The Mareham-le-Fen Church of England Primary School5.3 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    78
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Bucknall Primary School5.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    3 to 11
    Pupils
    38
    Type
    Community school
  • The Edward Richardson Primary School, Tetford5.6 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    98
    Type
    Community school

Secondary

  • The Banovallum School597 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    621
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Queen Elizabeth's Grammar School, Horncastle606 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    788
    Type
    Academy converter
  • The Barnes Wallis Academy7.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    483
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • King Edward VI Academy8.8 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    357
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • William Lovell Church of England Academy9.4 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    347
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

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

Co-op Horncastle Food Store, Horncastle164 metres
Co-op Horncastle, Horncastle256 metres
Heron Horncastle, Horncastle264 metres

GP surgery

Horncastle Medical Group435 metres

Pharmacy

Lincoln Co-Op Chemists Ltd191 metres

Hospital

Horncastle War Memorial Hospital313 metres

Green space

Public Park Or Garden29 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

Metheringham Rail Station12 miles

Nearest bus stop

Jubilee Way168 metres

Typical drive times

Wragby15 min · 10 miles
Spilsby15 min · 10 miles
Horncastle1 min · 0.2 miles
Woodhall Spa11 min · 6.6 miles
Lincoln (city)35 min · 22 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 2Medium 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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