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Guide Price£500,000

Essex CO4 5

Key Features

  • Development opportunity
  • Sought after location
  • Bespoke properties
  • Chance to build your forever home
  • Stamp duty savings
  • Unique Development

Description

The Plot – Bakers Lane - Guide Price £500,000 - £550,000

The self-build opportunity at Bakers Lane presents a rare chance to design and oversee the construction of your dream home from the ground up. Situated within an exclusive development comprising just one additional dwelling, the plot enjoys a private and highly desirable setting.

The purchaser has the option to acquire the existing company as part of the overall package. Terms and conditions apply.

The approved plans include permission for a detached single garage and a well-considered first-floor layout featuring four generously sized double bedrooms, offering the ideal foundation for a bespoke family residence in an exceptional location.

**Planning Application Number:** 260014

Important Information for Self-Build Purchasers and Developers

Where the plot is purchased by an individual self-builder, the intention is for the buyer to construct their own home in accordance with the principles outlined in the Self-build and Custom Housebuilding Act 2015.

If acquired by a developer, the Act does not place direct obligations on the purchaser regarding delivery of self-build housing. Responsibility under the legislation rests with the local planning authority, which must consider demand for self-build and custom-build housing when assessing housing supply.

Any formal requirement for self-build provision would only apply if specifically secured through planning conditions or a Section 106 Agreement linked to the planning consent. This principle applies equally to smaller developments, including schemes consisting of only two dwellings. In the absence of such restrictions, there is no limitation on how the land may be acquired or developed following the grant of planning permission.

Stamp Duty Advantages-

Purchasing a self-build plot can offer significant financial benefits when compared with buying a completed home of similar value. One of the key advantages relates to Stamp Duty Land Tax (SDLT).

With a conventional property purchase, SDLT is calculated against the full market value of the completed property. In contrast, with a self-build or custom-build project, SDLT is payable only on the purchase price of the land itself rather than the value of the completed home, potentially resulting in substantial savings.

Disclaimer

haart Estate Agents also offer a professional, ARLA accredited Lettings and Management Service. If you are considering renting your property in order to purchase, are looking at buy to let or would like a free review of your current portfolio then please call the Lettings Branch Manager on the number shown above.



haart Estate Agents is the seller's agent for this property. Your conveyancer is legally responsible for ensuring any purchase agreement fully protects your position. We make detailed enquiries of the seller to ensure the information provided is as accurate as possible. Please inform us if you become aware of any information being inaccurate.

Map Location

Property details

Tenure
Freehold
Council Tax Band
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Date Posted
2026-06-24

Utilities & Restrictions

Utilities

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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

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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

56 Mbps

Superfast · available to 88% of premises

Suitable for

  • HD streaming
  • Video calls
  • Web & social

Mobile signal

OutdoorsIndoorsEE Good NoneO2 Good NoneThree Good LimitedVodafone Limited None

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

  • Tolleshunt D'Arcy St Nicholas Primary Academy2.1 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    110
    Type
    Academy converter
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Tiptree Heath Primary School2.4 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    198
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Great Totham Primary School2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    431
    Type
    Foundation school
  • St Luke's Church of England Controlled Primary School2.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    4 to 11
    Pupils
    267
    Type
    Voluntary controlled school
    Faith
    Church of England
  • Heybridge Primary School2.9 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    2 to 11
    Pupils
    428
    Type
    Academy sponsor led

Secondary

  • Thurstable School3.3 milesOfsted: Good *
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    932
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Plume School4.2 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,789
    Type
    Academy converter
  • Lift Maltings5.2 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    787
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Lift New Rickstones5.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
    Ages
    11 to 18
    Pupils
    1,221
    Type
    Academy sponsor led
  • Honywood School7.7 milesOfsted: Good
    Ages
    11 to 16
    Pupils
    849
    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

Tesco Colchester Superstore, Tiptree2.6 miles
Iceland Tiptree, Tiptree2.7 miles
Morrisons Daily Colchester Tiptree, Tiptree2.8 miles

GP surgery

Tiptree Medical Centre2.7 miles

Pharmacy

Tiptree Pharmacy2.7 miles

Hospital

St Peter'S Hospital4.3 miles

Green space

Playing Field468 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

Kelvedon Rail Station5.1 miles

Nearest bus stop

Mill Lane601 metres

Typical drive times

Maldon9 min · 5.1 miles
Witham10 min · 7.1 miles
Coggeshall14 min · 9 miles
West Mersea20 min · 12 miles
Chelmsford (city)22 min · 16 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

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. 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

Very low risk

Planning map: Flood Zone 1.

Surface water

High risk (1 in 30)

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.

Important notice: Information, maps and tags on this page are drawn from the advertising agent's marketing materials or generated automatically. LandSale has not verified them. Relying on these details is at your own risk, always carry out independent checks before committing to a purchase.

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