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Oakfield Drive, Off Straight Road, Boxted, Colchester, CO4
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Key information

Tenure: Freehold
Council tax: Ask agent
Mobile signal: 
EE O2 Three Vodafone
Water: Ask agent
Heating: Ask agent
Electricity: Ask agent
Sewerage: Ask agent
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Property description & features

  • Tenure: Freehold
  • 8.3 acres close to the centre of Boxted
  • Little Blakes: 950 sqft two-bedroom detached bungalow
  • Greenoaks: 1592 sqft four-bedroom detached bungalow
  • Detached double garage
  • Little Blakes & Greenoaks with potential for development (stp)
  • 7.3 acres of arable land with development potential (stp)
  • Access owned through to Straight Road
  • Colchester and A12 access: two miles
THE PROPERTIES
This 8.3-acre opportunity consists of two separate detached bungalows in good-sized gardens, and a separate, agricultural field to the south.

Little Blakes (title number: EX802124)
Little Blakes owns the access drive and sits in a plot that measures around a fifth of an acre, which includes a detached double garage.

The property measures 950 square foot and is a detached two-bedroom bungalow. It is a well-maintained property with accommodation as follows: A dual-aspect sitting room with a (closed) fireplace, a kitchen with space for a breakfast table and French doors to the garden, a WC and two bedrooms, both with en-suite facilities.
 
Greenoaks (title number: EX531774)
Greenoaks is a large bungalow which is sat in grounds that measure around a quarter of an acre.

The property is in need of some modernisation but is large at 1592 square feet and has a super layout including: four bedrooms, two bath/shower rooms, a utility room, a WC, a large kitchen/dining room and a large sitting room with a fireplace. Much of the property has parquet flooring.

Arable land (title number: EX682859)
A 7.3-acre arable field with access via Oakfield Drive. The land is subject to an overage agreement which was imposed by a previous owner. This runs until 2042; please ask for more details.

THE OPPORTUNITY
Subject to obtaining planning permissions, we believe the land has the potential for residential development. Furthermore, the grounds associated with the bungalows could form part of a wider scheme or the bungalows themselves could be developed (stp) into larger, two storey dwellings.

LOCATION
The properties are located in the village of Boxted, outside the Dedham Vale Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and just two miles from the edge of Colchester City and the A12. Colchester mainline train station is just over four miles from the properties where a direct service to London Liverpool Street runs with a journey time of just under an hour.

DIRECTIONS
Postcode: CO4 5RX
What3Words location (entrance from Straight Road): ///shell.called.bullion

POINTS TO NOTE
The properties are connected to mains water, electric and sewerage connections and are heated by oil-fired central heating systems.

Both properties are located in Colchester Borough Council with Greenoaks being registered in Council Tax band F and Little Blakes being registered in Council Tax band D.

Energy performance rating for Greenoaks: D
Energy performance rating for Little Blakes: TBC

Superfast broadband is available with the highest upload speed being 18 Mbps and the highest download speed being 71 Mbps. Mobile phone coverage in the area varies subject to the service provider – please check Offcom for more detail.
Oakfield Drive is subject to a right of way allowing access to three additional dwellings.

Some of the internal images of the property have been digitally staged.

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