212 Watchouse Road, Chelmsford, CM2 8NF | Property for sale | Savills
2,415 sq ft(224.36 sq m)
£700,000($1,199,978)

212 Watchouse RoadChelmsford, CM2 8NF

    Retail
    2,415 sq ft (224.36 sq m)

    Key features

    • Planning permission for a pair of residential properties
    • Three miles from the city centre
    • Exciting development opportunity
    • Parking and gardens
    • No onward chain

    A Retail/Residential detached building with residential consent

    About this property

    • Description
      An exciting opportunity to acquire a pair of semi-detached properties with approved planning permission located in a popular residential area on the Outskirts of Chelmsford.

      The detached building comprises a shop with store rooms along with self-contained three bedroom accommodation totalling approximately 2,415 sq ft.

      Planning permission was granted in June 2022 for change of use from shop (class ea) to a pair of semi-detached residential houses under (class c3). The semidetached properties will comprise three bedroom and two bedroom houses. The properties will extend to approximately 1,162 sq ft and 1,184 sq ft.

      The building occupies a triangular-shaped plot, set back from the road providing a large area of parking to the front and garden to the rear. All in around
      0.20 of an acre.

      Services
      Mains services connected.

      Local Authority
      Chelmsford City Council.

      Council tax band = D with improvement indicator.

      EPC
      Residential = D
      Commercial = C

    Local information

    • A12 (junction 17/A130): 0.5 miles; Chelmsford city: 3.1 miles (rail service to Liverpool Street from 32 minutes); M25 (junction 28): 15 miles (all distances are approximate).
    • The property is set back from Watchhouse Road , Galleywood which comprises a mixture of housing and is a popular area for families, conveniently located 3
    • miles from Chelmsford city centre.
    • Galleywood offers a popular Common providing an area of approximately 175 acres of woodland and open common which borders the River Wid, and was once famous for its racecourse (which was one of the oldest in England) and which has subsequently been declared a local nature reserve. The village
    • provides easy access to the A12 and offers a range of local shops, a library, pubs and primary schools as well as regular bus services into Chelmsford city
    • centre.
    • The city of Chelmsford lies only 3.1 miles away to the north and provides an excellent choice of facilities including a lively shopping centre, two grammar
    • schools and a station on the main line into London Liverpool Street.
    • The property provides excellent links by road to the A130 and A12 serving London to the south and Ipswich and the coast to the north.

    Energy performance

    C