Land for sale

An attractive ring-fenced block of and arable land; permanent pasture and woodland extending to 213.99 acres or thereabouts and offered for sale by private treaty as a whole or in two Lots.

213.99 Acres of land at Rothersthorpe, Northamptonshire

An attractive ring-fenced block of and arable land; permanent pasture and woodland extending to 213.99 acres or thereabouts and offered for sale by private treaty as a whole or in two Lots

Lot 1
An attractive block of arable land with woodland
Approximately 165.59 acres (67.01ha)

Lot 2
A single parcel of permanent pasture with woodland
Approximately 48.40 acres (19.58ha)

Situation
Rothersthorpe lies approximately 4 miles south of the County town of Northampton. The land is situated to the south of the village and is bordered by North Street on the eastern boundary and off Banbury Lane on the western boundary, both of which provide access.

The Land
A block of ring-fenced arable, grassland and woodland which is undulating in topography with a predominately southerly aspect.
The soils are classified as Grade 3 on the Agricultural Land Classification Map and described by the Soil Series as Wick 1, deep well drained coarse loamy and sandy soils and Denchworth, slowly permeable clayey soils and loamy clayey soils.

Lot 1: A 165.59 acre (67.01ha) block of arable land and grassland together with a semi mature block of standing Poplar and mixed hard wood spinneys. The land has also been used to grow potatoes in recent years.

Lot 2: A 48.40 acre (19.58ha) parcel of permanent pasture with a `small mixed hard wood spinney and a semi mature block of standing Poplar. The land provides year round grazing and benefits from good fencing, mains water and good road frontage onto North Street.

- Basic Payment Scheme & Entitlements
The land is registered with the Rural Payments Agency for the Basic Payment Scheme.

The Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements are not owned by the vendor but will be available by separate negotiation.

- Environmental Schemes
The land is not entered into any Agri- Environmental Schemes.

- Woodland Grant Schemes
Parcel Nos. 7275 and 1587 were planted with Poplar trees in January 2001 under the Farm Woodland Grant Scheme which expires in 2031.

Parcel No. 0424 comprises a mixed hard wood plantation and was established in 1996 under a Farm Woodland Grant Scheme which expires in 2026.

Parcel No. 9607 is a mixed hardwood and natural regeneration plantation managed under the Woodland Grant Scheme and was established in 2007. This agreement expires in 2037.

All current Woodland Grant Schemes will be transferred to the purchaser.

- Growing Crops
The vendor will harvest all growing crops for the 2018 season and all harvested land will be left as stubbles.

- Services
Lot 2 has metered mains water with a water trough located in field no. 1010 on the north boundary.

- Public Rights of Way, Wayleaves & Easements
The property is being sold subject to all Rights of Way whether public or private, and subject to all Easements and Wayleaves whether specifically mentioned or not.

Public foot paths have been identified buy a dashed purple line.
There a two separate underground oil pipelines crossing the land and in both cases these have been identified by a solid orange line.
The local fishing club have a temporary vehicular right of access over field no. 1010 between points "A" and "B" coloured brown, expiring 30th September 2026.

- Sporting, Minerals, Timber etc
The sporting and mineral rights and the standing timber as far as they are owned are included in the sale.

- Local Authority
Northamptonshire County Council, John Dryden House, 8-10 The Lakes
Northamptonshire, NN4 7YD. Tel: 01604 236236
www3.northamptonshire.gov.uk
South Northamptonshire Council, The Forum, Moat Ln, Towcester NN12 6AD
Tel: 01327 322322 www.southnorthants.gov.uk

- Value Added Tax - The land is not elected for VAT

- Method of Sale - The freehold property is offered for sale by Private Treaty, Offers are invited for the whole or in two separate Lots.

- Tenure
The land is offered freehold with vacant possession given on completion.

- Registered Titles
NN110721
NN328478
NN340188

- Vendor´s Solicitor
Hewitsons, Elgin House, Billing Road, Northampton, NN1 5AU

- Directions
Lot 1 - Head west out of the village of Rothersthorpe on the Banbury Lane for approximately 0.6 of a mile, at the cross roads turn left and continue for approximately 0.4 miles and the gated entrance to the land is on the left.

Lot 2 - Head east out of the village of Rothersthorpe on North Street and continue for approximately half a mile and the gated entrance to Lot 2 can be found on the right.

- Viewing
A copy of these particulars permits interested parties the right to view the property at any reasonable hour provided you have first registered your interest by contacting Robert Bloomfield on 01536 532376