Land at Hownsgill Industrial Park, Consett, DH8
- Land size
- 1.68 acres
Key Features
- Prominent development opportunity situated on an established Industrial Park
- Available freehold with vacant possession
- The site extends to circa 0.68 hectares (1.68 acres)
- The site is in close proximity (c.1 mile) to Consett Town Centre
- Suitable for a variety of uses, subject to planning
Description
Consett is a town within County Durham. The A167(M), is located approximately 13 miles to the northeast of the site. By road, the site is located approximately 15 miles southwest of Newcastle upon Tyne.
The site is located on the Hownsgill Industrial Estate situated southwest of Consett town centre with Knitsley Lane providing access to the industrial area. The site is bound to the north and the east by an existing dense Woodland. To the south of the site is the existing access road to the Industrial Estate, beyond which are some newer industrial units. To the west of site lies several existing industrial units that are home to several local companies.
Offers are invited for the freehold interest of the site on an informal tender basis, with conditional and unconditional offers invited. The Tender Response Form must be completed by any bidding party. Please get in touch for further details, or visit the Thomas Lister website to download the Tender Response Form.
The closing date for offers to be submitted is 13.00 on 23rd September 2026. Bidders must submit their electronic response to the following email address:
The submission should identify Tender Reference “D27011 – Land at Hownsgill Industrial Park” within the email address.
Map Location
Property details
- Tenure
- Freehold
- Council Tax Band
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- Date Posted
- 2026-07-17
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
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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
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
- Delves Lane Primary School951 metresOfsted report card · Jun 2026
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 274
- Type
- Community school
- Consett Infant School0.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 4 to 7
- Pupils
- 153
- Type
- Community school
- St Patrick's Catholic Primary School, Consett0.8 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 3 to 11
- Pupils
- 372
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- The Grove Primary School0.9 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 2 to 11
- Pupils
- 179
- Type
- Community school
- St Pius Xth Catholic Primary School, Consett1 mileOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 5 to 11
- Pupils
- 75
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
Secondary
- Consett Academy1 mileOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,493
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- St Bede's Catholic School and Sixth Form College, Lanchester3.7 milesOfsted report card · Mar 2026
- Ages
- 11 to 18
- Pupils
- 1,240
- Type
- Academy converter
- Faith
- Roman Catholic
- Tanfield School5.6 milesOfsted: Good *
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 739
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- North Durham Academy6.1 milesOfsted: Good
- Ages
- 11 to 16
- Pupils
- 935
- Type
- Academy sponsor led
- Prudhoe Community High School7.7 milesNo Ofsted rating
- Ages
- 13 to 19
- Pupils
- 680
- 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. 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 20 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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