Land at North Cambridge Academy, Arbury Road, Cambridge, Cambridgeshire, CB4
- Land size
- 4.89 acres
Key Features
- Conditional & unconditional bids considered
- 1.98 hectares (4.89 acres)
- Popular residential area within Cambridge
- Data room available
Description
Rare Cambridge development opportunity. The land currently forms part of the North Cambridge
Academy site and forms an area of overflow parking and surplus playing fields/amenity land. To the southwest corner of the plot is a detached dwelling. The gross area of land to be sold is approximately 1.98 hectares (4.89 acres) or thereabouts. A pre-application for development was submitted in 2024 in relation to the development of a slightly reduced site area of 1.339 hectares (3.31 acres). Please find full details of the land & the development opportunity in our brochure or ask our agents for access to the data room.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
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- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-05-14
Market Value Analysis
Compared with 158 Development Land listings in East Anglia (1+ 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
- Parking Available
- 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
5.5 Gbps
Gigabit full fibre
Suitable for
- 4K streaming on every screen
- Full-time home working
- Online gaming & big downloads
Mobile signal
Predicted 4G and 5G signal; 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
- The Grove Primary School417 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 224
- Type
- Community school
- Arbury Primary School667 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 380
- Type
- Community school
- Milton Road Primary School673 metresOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 424
- Type
- Community school
- Kings Hedges Primary School900 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 389
- Type
- Community school
- St Laurence Catholic Primary School988 metresOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 4 to 11
- Pupils
- 216
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
Secondary
- North Cambridge Academy175 metresNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 687
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Chesterton Community College0.6 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,126
- Type
- Academy converter
- Parkside Community College1.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 667
- Type
- Academy converter
- Impington Village College1.7 milesOfsted: Outstanding *
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,446
- Type
- Academy converter
- Coleridge Community College2.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 553
- 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
Environment Agency open data, checked around the advertised map pin for the listed acreage. Long-term risk counts flood defences; the planning map's flood zones do not. The map pin for this listing marks the postcode area rather than the exact location, so these readings describe the surrounding area. Provided by LandSale, not the listing agent, and not part of the agent's particulars. Risk varies across a holding, so verify before committing.
Rivers and the sea
Planning map: Flood Zone 1.
Surface water
Not at the pin: mapped about 10 metres away.
These bandings are the summary. Where this location sits on the flood maps, plus planning activity, heritage and ground risks, is in the full report.
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Eddisons Commercial Limited, Cambridge
Cambridge Office, Pound House, Pound Hill, Cambridge, CB3 0AE
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