Land at Low Road, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28
- PROPERTY TYPE
Residential Development
- SIZE
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Description
Key Features
- Lot for sale by auction on 30/07/2025
- To view the property or see a virtual tour please refer to the full sales particulars on the auctioneers website
- Site Area approximately 3.380 Hectares (8.353 Acres)
- Planning Permission for up to 99 Residential Dwellings
- The Approved Plans provide for Ten x 4 Bedroom Detached Houses, Thirty-Four x 4 Bedroom Semi Detached Houses, Forty-Three x 3 Bedroom Semi Detached Houses and Twelve x 2 Bedroom Semi Detached Houses
- Comprising a Brownfield Site which was previously occupied by a Workhouse and associated Buildings until its closure and demolition in c.1960s
- VAT is applicable to this Lot
- Situated approximately 1.3 miles from Whitehaven town centre with its shops and rail station
- Located on the edge of the Lake District National Park and close to the Cumbia Coast
Key Locations
- Located in Whitehaven, on the north west Cumbrian coast, approximately 1.3 miles from the town centre in the residential suburb of Mirehouse
- The site is located on Low Road (the B5435) a main route into the town and the surrounding area is a primarily residential use
- Whitehaven is located 38 miles south-west of Carlisle, 38 miles west of Windermere and 43 miles north of the port town of Barrow-in-Furness
- Several commercial amenities are available nearby including Whitehaven Garden Centre, as well as several national and independent retailers within the town centre
- Whitehaven station, in the town centre and Corkickle station, to the south of the town and approximately 1 mile from the site provide regular services to Carlisle, Barrow-in-Furness and Lancaster, with average journey times of 1 hour 5 minutes, 1 hour 25 minutes and 2 hours 30 minutes respectively
- There are several bus stops surrounding the site on Low Road, Woodhouse Road and Meadow Road, providing regular services around Whitehaven and to neighbouring towns
- The nearby A595 is the town’s main road link, accessing the M6 motorway to the east
- The property is situated on the edge of the Lake District National Park in Cumbria and Saint Bees Head Heritage Coast is also within easy reach
Additional Information
- The town is home to several large employers
- including the West Cumberland Hospital south of the town centre and 1.5 mile from the site
- which received £1.5m of funding in 2021 to deliver an ‘Emergency Assessment Unit’. Sellafield Nuclear Site is located 10 miles south and is one of the largest employers in the area
- with a workforce of approximately 10
- 000 people.
Brochures
BrochureLand at Low Road, Whitehaven, Cumbria, CA28
NEAREST STATIONS
Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode- Corkickle Station0.6 miles
- Whitehaven Station1.4 miles
- Parton Station2.6 miles
Notes
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