Knightswood Centre, Steeple Road, Southminster | Property for sale | Savills
7.15 Ac(2.89 Ha)
Guide price £1,500,000

Knightswood CentreSteeple Road, Southminster

  • Sold
  • Sole agency
  • Freehold
Development land
7.15 Ac (2.89 Ha)

Key features

  • Planning permission for 11 Apartments, 2 Semi-detached houses and 3 Bungalows.
  • Further potential for development on remaining land STP
  • Total site area of approximately 7.15 acres
  • Unconditional Offers invited
  • Guide price £1,500,000

Residential development opportunity in Southminster, Essex

About this property

  • The site is located on the eastern side of Steeple Road, and was used as a Day Care Centre for the elderly till 2017. The property has remained empty since that time. The planning application area is 0.36 Hectares (0.89 acres) It consists of two large buildings used for the Care Home, two timber boarded buildings to the rear and a greenhouse. The Data room contains further information on the proposed site layout for the new development. The remaining title outside of the planning applications has not been developed albeit there has been informal enquiries into the development of the land with Maldon Planning Authority.

Local information

  • The application site lies just outside the defined settlement boundary of the town of Southminster, situated to the North- West of the town.
  • Southminster lies approximately three miles north of Burnham-on-Crouch and approximately ten miles south-east of Maldon, the two principle towns in the district, and is a second tier service centre. There are a range of educational, community, leisure and recreation, employment facilities and shopping opportunities. Southminster railway station is located to the East of the town, only 1.5 km away from the site. It is the terminus of the Crouch Valley railway line as well as providing access to London Liverpool Street Station. There is a bus stop directly in front of the site as well as along Queens Street, only an 8 minute walk from the site, that provides access to Maldon, Burnham-on-Crouch, Chelmsford and beyond.

Additional information

  • The site was approved planning at appeal under planning reference - APP/X1545/W/21/3285300, in accordance with the original planning application FUL/MAL/20/01344 dated 20th of December 2020.