Development Site, Reeth

GUIDE PRICE RANGE: £250,000 - £300,000

This supremely positioned 0.54 Acre site is strategically positioned on the corner of the B6270 and Back Lane on the south eastern side of Reeth. Access is currently gained on the corner of the site at the junction between the two roads, although a separate access could be created onto Back Lane as part of any planning application.

The southern part of the site is occupied by some redundant buildings, including a substantial sized brick rendered former warehouse, a stone built former telephone exchange and two brick rendered garages. These do offer potential for conversion, subject to obtaining the necessary planning consent. In fact, the larger former warehouse building did have the benefit of planning permission for conversion into two dwellings in the 1970s. Although this was never actioned the potential remains.

The site is still currently allocated for housing development for up to 8 residential dwellings in the present Yorkshire Dales Local Plan and the site also appears to be on the National Park Brown field land register. However, it is important to note that although the site currently remains allocated for housing development, the current direction of travel with the emerging Local Plan is that the site will be “de-allocated”. Notwithstanding this, as part of the emerging Local Plan, the assessment also stated that the site could be readily included for housing development so that it could be progressed as a “windfall site”.

Further information is available via our offices or by consulting the planning portal together with examination of publicly available information regarding the emerging Local Plan (which is due to commence in the early part of 2026).

In summary, the site provides an ideal opportunity to purchase a strategically well located development site with associated buildings which are suitable for conversion, subject to obtaining the necessary planning consent.