Land for sale
Smarden, Ashford, Kent, TN27 8RH
Guide Price
£750,000
Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Occupancy Condition
Property Tags: Development Potential
Land Tags: Pasture Land
Summary Details
- First Marketed: Nov 2020
- Removed: Nov 2020
- Residential Tags: Farmhouse, Occupancy Condition
- Property Tags: Development Potential
- Land Tags: Pasture Land
This represents a great opportunity to buy a working farm and to build your own house to live in - James Hickman, Farms
#TheGardenOfEngland
A free range egg farm situated in a highly convenient location between the popular villages of Pluckley and Smarden. The farm includes 2 large free range houses, planning consent for a new 3 bedroom farmworkers dwelling, a mobile home and surrounding pastureland. The farm is offered for sale either as a whole or in 3 lots.
About 20.40 acres
Guide Prices:
Whole: £750,000 to £800,000
Lot 1: £150,000 to £175,000 (About 6.10 acres)
Lot2: £250,000 to £275,000 (About 5.30 acres)
Lot 3: £350,000 (About 9.00 acres)
Communications
Pluckley Village Centre - 1.2 miles,Pluckley Station - 1.1 mile, Smarden - 2.3 miles, Headcorn - 6.3 miles, Ashford/ M20 (Jct 9) - 7 miles
Lot 1: Planned Accommodation
Main Bedroom with En Suite, 2 Further Bedrooms, Bathroom, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Farm Office , Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility Room, Hall , Cloakroom/WC
Situation
The farm is conveniently located between the popular villages of Pluckley, Smarden, and Bethersden all of which have good village amenities including shops, public houses and primary schools. There is commuting nearby at Pluckley Station or at Ashford Station where there are HS1 trains to London St Pancras. Wider facilities can be found at Ashford where there is access to the M20 motorway, or at Tenterden.
Description
The property is offered for sale either as a whole or in up to 3 lots and comprises a working free range egg farm which includes 2 large buildings with a combined total capacity of about 13,500 laying birds. There is planning consent for a new farmhouse which, once built, will be subject to an agricultural occupancy condition and a 2 bedroom mobile home which is not currently occupied but this could be lived in whilst the new farmhouse is being built. The whole property is accessed through a single access off the Smarden Road.
Lot 1 (coloured blue) – about 6.10 acres
This part of the property lies on the right hand side of the drive and includes the mobile home and the site of the proposed new dwelling together with the major part of a field to the rear. The property has planning consent for a new 3 bedroom dwelling that is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition (see ‘Planning’ below) that is to be sited close to the mobile home.
Lot 2 (coloured green) – about 5.30 acres
This lot is on the left of the entrance drive and includes the smaller poultry house, by Harlow Buildings of Loughborough, which is steel framed and measures about 33.40 metres (110 feet) x 18.20 metres (60 feet) and comprises a single poultry house with a total capacity of about 4500 birds. There is a packing room with the controls to the egg conveyor system at the southern end with 2 ancillary rooms and a 14 Tonne Cumberland feed silo adjoining. The building sits within an area of mainly pastureland bounded by mature hedgerows on 3 sides.
Lot 3 (coloured red) - about 9.00 acres
a) This lot lies to the rear of the property and is accessed over the full length of the entrance driveway that also forms part of this lot. It includes the extremely large poultry house about 70 metres x 18 metres (about 220 feet x 60 feet) which is of timber frame construction divided into 2 large free range poultry houses with a total capacity of about 9000 laying hens. The 2 houses are joined by a large packing room with the controls to the egg conveyor system, an office, WC and cold store. Externally there are twin 14 Tonne Cumberland feed silos.
Planning
1) Planning consent was granted by Ashford Borough Council on 30th October 2019 for a new agricultural workers dwelling under planning reference 19/01306/AS. Planning condition 6 of this consents states that ‘’ The occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly working or last working in the locality in agriculture (as defined in Section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) or forestry or a widow or widower of such a person and to any resident dependents.’’
2) Lots 2 & 3 – It is felt that the poultry sheds in both these lots may have planning potential for redevelopment or change of use, subject to planning consent being obtained.
All planning enquiries relating to the existing consent or the planning potential of the farm or any individual lot must be addressed to Ashford Borough Council on (ashford.gov.uk).
Plan
The lotting plan on these particulars is strictly for identification purposes only at this stage.
Footpaths
There are NO public footpaths crossing the farm.
Our Ref: FAL200048
Marketed by: Hobbs Parker, Ashford
#TheGardenOfEngland
A free range egg farm situated in a highly convenient location between the popular villages of Pluckley and Smarden. The farm includes 2 large free range houses, planning consent for a new 3 bedroom farmworkers dwelling, a mobile home and surrounding pastureland. The farm is offered for sale either as a whole or in 3 lots.
About 20.40 acres
Guide Prices:
Whole: £750,000 to £800,000
Lot 1: £150,000 to £175,000 (About 6.10 acres)
Lot2: £250,000 to £275,000 (About 5.30 acres)
Lot 3: £350,000 (About 9.00 acres)
Communications
Pluckley Village Centre - 1.2 miles,Pluckley Station - 1.1 mile, Smarden - 2.3 miles, Headcorn - 6.3 miles, Ashford/ M20 (Jct 9) - 7 miles
Lot 1: Planned Accommodation
Main Bedroom with En Suite, 2 Further Bedrooms, Bathroom, Sitting Room, Dining Room, Farm Office , Kitchen/Breakfast Room, Utility Room, Hall , Cloakroom/WC
Situation
The farm is conveniently located between the popular villages of Pluckley, Smarden, and Bethersden all of which have good village amenities including shops, public houses and primary schools. There is commuting nearby at Pluckley Station or at Ashford Station where there are HS1 trains to London St Pancras. Wider facilities can be found at Ashford where there is access to the M20 motorway, or at Tenterden.
Description
The property is offered for sale either as a whole or in up to 3 lots and comprises a working free range egg farm which includes 2 large buildings with a combined total capacity of about 13,500 laying birds. There is planning consent for a new farmhouse which, once built, will be subject to an agricultural occupancy condition and a 2 bedroom mobile home which is not currently occupied but this could be lived in whilst the new farmhouse is being built. The whole property is accessed through a single access off the Smarden Road.
Lot 1 (coloured blue) – about 6.10 acres
This part of the property lies on the right hand side of the drive and includes the mobile home and the site of the proposed new dwelling together with the major part of a field to the rear. The property has planning consent for a new 3 bedroom dwelling that is subject to an agricultural occupancy condition (see ‘Planning’ below) that is to be sited close to the mobile home.
Lot 2 (coloured green) – about 5.30 acres
This lot is on the left of the entrance drive and includes the smaller poultry house, by Harlow Buildings of Loughborough, which is steel framed and measures about 33.40 metres (110 feet) x 18.20 metres (60 feet) and comprises a single poultry house with a total capacity of about 4500 birds. There is a packing room with the controls to the egg conveyor system at the southern end with 2 ancillary rooms and a 14 Tonne Cumberland feed silo adjoining. The building sits within an area of mainly pastureland bounded by mature hedgerows on 3 sides.
Lot 3 (coloured red) - about 9.00 acres
a) This lot lies to the rear of the property and is accessed over the full length of the entrance driveway that also forms part of this lot. It includes the extremely large poultry house about 70 metres x 18 metres (about 220 feet x 60 feet) which is of timber frame construction divided into 2 large free range poultry houses with a total capacity of about 9000 laying hens. The 2 houses are joined by a large packing room with the controls to the egg conveyor system, an office, WC and cold store. Externally there are twin 14 Tonne Cumberland feed silos.
Planning
1) Planning consent was granted by Ashford Borough Council on 30th October 2019 for a new agricultural workers dwelling under planning reference 19/01306/AS. Planning condition 6 of this consents states that ‘’ The occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly working or last working in the locality in agriculture (as defined in Section 336 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1990) or forestry or a widow or widower of such a person and to any resident dependents.’’
2) Lots 2 & 3 – It is felt that the poultry sheds in both these lots may have planning potential for redevelopment or change of use, subject to planning consent being obtained.
All planning enquiries relating to the existing consent or the planning potential of the farm or any individual lot must be addressed to Ashford Borough Council on (ashford.gov.uk).
Plan
The lotting plan on these particulars is strictly for identification purposes only at this stage.
Footpaths
There are NO public footpaths crossing the farm.
Our Ref: FAL200048
Marketed by: Hobbs Parker, Ashford
Land Registry Data
- No historical data found.