An unusual residential development opportunity comprising a consented scheme for four substantial detached homes, together with the opportunity to secure an option over adjoining land offering potential for further residential development.

The main site benefits from outline planning permission for four detached dwellings, with access approved and a reserved matters application subsequently submitted. The proposed houses occupy the higher part of the site and are intended as substantial family homes within a small private development.

Access to the consented scheme requires a new private roadway extending approximately 150 metres. Whilst this represents a significant infrastructure requirement for a four-unit development, the roadway also has the potential to facilitate future development of adjoining land.

The purchaser will have the opportunity to secure an option over this additional land. An initial assessment indicates potential for approximately two further dwellings within the existing garden and approximately six dwellings on a further c.1.2-acre parcel, all subject to planning.

The opportunity therefore combines the certainty of an existing four-house planning permission with the potential to unlock a wider residential development of up to approximately 12 dwellings.

Key Information:
Outline planning permission for four substantial detached houses
Reserved matters application submitted
Attractive private development setting
Approximately 150m new access road required
Opportunity to secure an option over adjoining land
Potential for approximately two further houses within the settlement boundary, subject to planning
Further c.1.2-acre parcel with initial potential for approximately six houses, subject to planning
The additional parcel lies between the consented site and a substantial proposed residential development
New access infrastructure could also serve the adjoining development land, subject to planning and design
Potential for up to 12 dwellings across the wider opportunity, of which four already have outline permission

The consented development occupies the higher part of an attractive site in North Somerset, with the four proposed dwellings arranged as a small private development.

Vehicular access is to be provided by a new private roadway extending approximately 150 metres through lower-lying land. Parts of this land are affected by mapped flood risk and the access will therefore require an appropriate engineered construction and drainage solution.

The proposed dwellings themselves are positioned on higher ground outside the mapped flood-risk area.

The extent and configuration of the wider landholding creates an opportunity for a purchaser to consider the consented development alongside the longer-term potential of adjoining land, with the principal access infrastructure capable of benefiting both.

The Proposed Houses

The consented development provides four substantial detached family houses within a small private setting.

Their scale and character are an important feature of the opportunity. The houses are intended to occupy a different part of the market from the higher-density housing being delivered and proposed across the wider area, providing an opportunity to create a limited collection of larger individual homes with generous accommodation, gardens and parking.

Whilst residential market conditions have been more challenging, there remains evidence of transactions at materially higher values for substantial individual homes within the surrounding North Somerset market.

The limited number of houses proposed, together with their substantial proportions and private setting, should help differentiate the development from conventional volume-built housing and reduce direct competition with the larger schemes in the surrounding area.

Further Development Potential

In addition to the four consented dwellings, the purchaser will have the opportunity to secure an option over adjoining land with potential for further residential development.

Two distinct opportunities have been identified.

The first comprises part of the existing residential garden, which lies within the settlement boundary. An initial assessment indicates potential for approximately two additional dwellings, subject to planning.

The second comprises a further parcel of approximately 1.2 acres adjoining the consented development. This land occupies a strategically interesting position between the approved four-house development and land currently subject to a substantial residential planning proposal.

No planning permission currently exists for this parcel. However, its position between consented residential development and the neighbouring residential proposal provides an encouraging planning context for further residential development.

An initial assessment indicates that the parcel may be capable of accommodating approximately six additional dwellings, subject to design, access and all necessary planning consents.

Taken together, the adjoining land therefore offers initial potential for approximately eight further dwellings, in addition to the four already consented.

Purchasers should undertake their own investigations and obtain independent planning advice regarding the development potential of the option land.

The site is situated within an established North Somerset village, conveniently positioned for access to Weston-super-Mare, the M5 motorway and the wider North Somerset and Bristol employment areas.

The surrounding area is undergoing significant residential investment and growth, including a substantial residential proposal on adjoining land.

The consented houses represent a distinctly different proposition from this larger-scale development, providing substantial individual detached homes within a small private scheme rather than conventional higher-density estate housing.

The main development site benefits from outline planning permission for four detached dwellings, with means of access approved.

A reserved matters application has subsequently been submitted, providing further detail in respect of the proposed dwellings.

The adjoining option land does not currently benefit from residential planning permission.

Part of the existing residential garden lies within the settlement boundary and offers potential for approximately two additional dwellings, subject to planning.

The further approximately 1.2-acre parcel lies immediately adjoining the consented scheme and between it and land currently being promoted for substantial residential development. An initial assessment suggests potential for approximately six dwellings, subject to planning.

Full planning information, including the application reference and site location, is available to registered applicants on request.

The consented development requires the construction of a new private access road extending approximately 150 metres.

The access crosses lower-lying land affected by mapped flood risk and will require an appropriate engineered construction and drainage solution. The approved development also incorporates attenuation and foul-water pumping infrastructure.

The access represents a significant element of the enabling works required for the consented four-house scheme. Importantly, its construction also has the potential to provide access infrastructure capable of facilitating future development of the adjoining option land, subject to planning and detailed design.

Purchasers should satisfy themselves regarding ground conditions, drainage, flood risk, utilities, highway works, construction costs and the capacity of the proposed infrastructure to serve any future development.

Further information, including the precise location, planning documentation and reserved matters submission, is available to registered applicants through The Land Bank Partnership.

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