Chapelton, Umberleigh

An exceptionally rare opportunity to acquire a large individual south-facing building plot to erect a new detached house of over 160 sq. m. and set in the river Taw Valley in the countryside between Barnstaple, the administrative centre for North Devon and the scattered rural village of Umberleigh to the south with its popular village school, rail station on the Barnstaple to Exeter Tarka Line and within a mile of a Londis store/petrol station.

An exceptionally rare opportunity to acquire a large individual south-facing building plot set in the river Taw Valley in the countryside between Barnstaple, the administrative centre for North Devon and the scattered rural village of Umberleigh to the south with its popular village school, rail station on the Barnstaple to Exeter Tarka Line and within a mile of a Londis store/petrol station.

The approved dwelling currently provides 3 bedrooms with 3 bath/shower rooms, is over 160 square metres and it may be possible for a purchaser to change this for something of their own design by agreement with North Devon District Council Planning Department.

The original semi-detached cottage was attached to the remaining cottage next door and was structurally unsound. Planning was granted for its removal and replacement with a detached new house.

The garden and grounds included with the property are are about 1/3rd of an acre, level, with a number of trees and wildflowers and runs down to a small stream to the south east corner.

The Current Plans Show -

Entrance Hall -

Cloakroom -

Kitchen/Diner -

Utilty Room -

Living Room -

Landing -

Bedroom 1 -

En Suite Bathroom -

En Suite Dressing Room -

Bedroom 2 -

En Suite Shower Room -

Bedroom 3 -

Family Bathroom -

Integral Garage -

Initial planning was granted to demolish the sub standard semi detached cottage and replace it with a new detached house of about 160 sq.m. under applcation number 76325 which was subject to reserve matters.

These reserved matters where resolved under application number 77967 approved on the 24th February 2024 and as the original cottage has been demolished the new development is deemed to have been started.

It may be that a buyer can change the design of the house by agreement with North Devon Council planning.