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£100,000

Cecil Road, Exeter

Bedrooms
2
Bathrooms
1

Key Features

  • Land With Planning for 2 Bed Home
  • Centre of St Thomas
  • Close to Local Amenities
  • Walking Distance to Exeter City Centre
  • Approved Plan For 2 Bed, 2 Bath Property
  • 3 Min Walk to St Thomas Train Station
  • 5 Min Walk to the River Exe

Description

Underhill Estate Agents are delighted to bring to market this freehold plot of land with planning permission situated on Cecil Road in the heart of St Thomas, Exeter close to all amenities. This is a unique opportunity to own and build your own property, planning has been granted to build a 2 bedroom, 2 bathroom property in this fantastic central position within St Thomas Exeter.. Access is from Cecil Road and currently sited are 4 single garages. This could make an ideal family home with its great location close to local schools or would make a great investment opportunity. Viewings are highly recommended.

Exeter is a thriving city, with excellent communication links to London, Cornwall and The Midlands, including two main line train stations and an International Airport, with daily commuter flights to London as well as many UK and International destinations. Exeter City offers the opportunity to live in a safe and friendly modern city with an historic and fascinating past. Bars, restaurants and cafes together with an entirely new and trendy shopping centre live happily alongside some outstanding and charming historic buildings including the Roman city wall, the oldest working civic building in the County and the Cathedral consecrated in 1133. Exeter is a great place in which to work and live.

Tenure: Freehold

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Property details

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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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Parking
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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 68% of premises

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

  • St Thomas Primary School201 metresOfsted: Good
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    193
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Montgomery Primary School330 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    437
    Type
    Foundation school
  • Bowhill Primary School595 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    451
    Type
    Academy converter
  • St Gabriel's CofE Primary School880 metresNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    175
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • St David's CofE Primary School897 metresOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    5 to 11
    Pupils
    91
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England

Secondary

  • West Exe School0.6 milesOfsted report card · Jun 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    1,237
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Isca Academy1.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    860
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Thomas Hall School1.8 milesOfsted: Requires improvement
    Ages
    4 to 16
    Pupils
    438
    Type
    Free schools
  • Matford Brook Academy2.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    2 to 16
    Pupils
    276
    Type
    Free schools
  • St James School2.5 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    985
    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

Co-op Exeter - Cowick Street, Exeter89 metres
Tesco Exeter Cowick St Express, Exeter189 metres
M&S Exebridges Exeter SF, Exeter238 metres

GP surgery

St Thomas Medical Group381 metres

Pharmacy

Boots219 metres

Hospital

Opmh Franklyn Hospital758 metres

Green space

Playing Field93 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

Exeter St Thomas Rail Station158 metres

Nearest bus stop

Precinct62 metres

Typical drive times

Topsham12 min · 4.5 miles
Crediton19 min · 8.5 miles
Chudleigh16 min · 11 miles
Exeter (city)3 min · 0.8 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 3Higher risk

Surface water

A 1 in 100 to 1 in 1000 chance each yearMedium to 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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