Coolhurst, 383 Sandbanks Road

The Property extends to c. 0.94 acres and comprises a brownfield development site located off Sandbanks Road, Poole. The existing building comprises a block of 9 residential flats set over three floors. The block was initially constructed of 6 flats and later had an extension of a further 3 flats added onto the southern end of the Property. The Property remains in poor condition throughout.

The Property is accessed via the driveway off Sandbanks Road, which leads to a tarmacadam parking area and two garage blocks to the rear of the Property. The access is sloping with the existing building in an elevated location above Sandbanks Road.

Approximately 40% of the site comprises a belt of thick vegetation on higher and steeper ground. This proportion of the Property is behind a stone retaining wall and is undevelopable.

There is a belt of mature trees facing the site on the west side of Sandbanks Road, and there is a mature conifer located on the front lawn between the existing flats and the western boundary of the site. Collectively, these mature trees partially obscure views over the harbour.

The Property is situated in a good location above Poole Harbour, close to the local amenities of Lilliput c. 0.5 miles, Canford Cliffs c. 0.8 miles and the Sandbanks peninsula c. 1.13 miles. The Property is situated less than a mile from the Blue Flag beaches that are located between Sandbanks and Canford Cliffs.

Road communication links to the Property are via Sandbanks Road, which adjoins the A35 c. 1.52 miles to the north. The A35 runs east to west, connecting to the main A338 Bournemouth Trunk road in the east and Dorchester to the West. Poole Town is situated c.110 miles south-west of London and c.38 miles south-west of Southampton. The towns of
Dorchester and Weymouth are c. 20 miles and c. 25 miles due west respectively.

Poole station is located c. 2 miles to the north west of the Property with regular mainline railway services to London Waterloo, comprising an average journey time of 2 hrs and 15 minutes.