Sutton Road, Southend on Sea, SS2

Location

Sutton Road is a busy, well-known arterial road running through Southend-on-Sea, linking the town centre with the A127 Southend Arterial Road and onward to the wider Essex road network and the M25. The road has a long-established reputation as a location for motor trade, roadside retail and other open-use commercial occupiers, benefiting from strong passing vehicular traffic and good visibility.

Southend-on-Sea is a major town on the Thames Estuary, approximately 40 miles east of Central London, with mainline rail services to London Fenchurch Street and London Liverpool Street from Southend Central and Southend Victoria stations. The town has a resident population in the region of 180,000, which increases significantly during the summer season.

652 Sutton Road benefits from this well-connected position, making it suitable for a vehicle sales use or other similar trade requiring an open display/storage lot with ancillary office accommodation.

The Land

The property comprises a vacant, principally open car sales lot together with a small office building, providing a functional and flexible trading site.

The Site

• Open, hard-standing lot suitable for the display and sale of vehicles, or other open storage/trade use

• Total site area of approximately 709 sq m (7,632 sq ft)

• Frontage directly onto Sutton Road with vehicular access

The Office

• Small self-contained office building suited to sales administration, reception, or site management use

Tenure

£3,000 per calendar month for a term to be agreed

Business Rates

1 April 2026 to present



Rateable value of £17,500

Legal Costs

The incoming tenant is to be responsible for the cost of the mew lease

Administration Fee

Following the agreement of terms, the prospective tenant or buyer is required to pay an administration fee of £200 + VAT to Gilbert & Rose Commercial Limited. This covers the full cost of referencing, identity checks, and suitability assessments.

Disclaimer

Whilst every care is taken to ensure that these particulars are correct, accuracy is no way guaranteed and none of the information supplied forms part of any contract. Acceptance of these particulars constitutes a contract to the effect that all negotiations for the business or property will be made through Gilbert & Rose otherwise the purchaser will be equally responsible with the vendor for damages equal to the amount of our commission.