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NEW COCKHILLTHE GALLOPS, FARM, YELSTEDPETT FARM, LANE, PILGRIM’S YELSTED WAY, CHARING, ASHFORD, SITTINGBOURNE, KENT ME9 7UT 6.8 miles M2 Junction 5/A249 3 miles Rainham Mainline Railway Station 3.7 miles

NEW COCKHILL FARM, YELSTED LANE, YELSTED, SITTINBOURNE, KENT ME9 7UT

A well located farm with Planning Permission for a detached house 1733ft²/161m² together with a courtyard of buildings with potential for further development subject to planning permission standing in some 17.31 acres (7 hectares) of pasture in an attractive valley position on the North Downs

Price Guide £500,000 to £525,000

VIEWING: Strictly by appointment with the Agents’ Paddock range of village facilities including Farm Shop and Post replacement dwelling to replace the mobile home which Wood Office on 01892 832325. Office. There is easy access onto the M2 Junction 5 off has been located on the site for a number of years. The the A249 some 3.3 miles to the East with onward proposed dwelling is a chalet bungalow offering DIRECTIONS: The nearest postcode to the property is connections to London and the Coast. The nearest accommodation on the ground floor of front door leading ME9 7UT. From Maidstone Town Centre head north east mainline Railway Station is at Newington some 3.7 miles to into inner hallway off to open plan kitchen and dining room. on the A249 towards the County Showground at . the north with a fast service to London St Pancras and This leads to an adjacent utility room and family sitting Follow along the dual carriageway and look out for the exit Victoria. room. On the ground floor there are 2 bedrooms with an to the Detling Aerodrome Estate on your left hand side en-suite bathroom together with a family bathroom. Stairs after passing the Showground. From the layby take the LOCAL AUTHORITY: Maidstone Borough Council, lead to a first floor landing with under eaves exit into Bimbury Lane and follow this lane which merges Mid Kent Planning Support, Maidstone House, King Street, accommodation provided for bedroom 3, a study and a into Yelsted Road. Upon reaching the Hamlet of Yelsted Maidstone, ME15 6JQ. Telephone 01622 602736. Email: further bathroom. The overall accommodation extends in turn left into Yelsted Lane and drive down the hill and the [email protected]. all to some 1733ft²/161m² (scaled measurement from farm will be found on your right hand side marked with our approved plans). For Sale Board. DESCRIPTION: New Cockhill Farm presents a rare opportunity to buy a compact agricultural smallholding in FARM BUILDINGS: These are located to the SITUATION: New Cockhill Farm is located in a very an attractive setting on the North Downs. The farm immediate east of the proposed dwelling and have a pleasant rural yet convenient location high on the North comprises a range of traditional and more modern farm separate gated entrance off Yelsted Lane. The buildings Downs, north of the County Town of Maidstone in Kent. buildings together with planning permission (without which form a courtyard comprise of:- Nearby the village of (1.2 miles) has a useful Agricultural Restriction) for the construction of a

A) Mono-pitched leant-to covered yard (16.38m x 6.94m) and 8m x 6.94m. The block/flint rear LOCATION PLAN retaining wall under with a mono-pitched corrugated fibre cement roof. The building is open to the courtyard. B) The General Purpose Agricultural Building (20.5m x 9m). A fully enclosed mono pitched building of mixed brick and block construction under a corrugated fibre cement roof with a con- crete floor. Attaching to the eastern elevation is a small mono-pitched block lean-to store (5.5m x 4m). C) On the eastern side of the courtyard is a 3-bay Atcost Concrete Portal Framed Barn (14.2m x 7.46m) with brick retaining walls on one side, corrugated fibre cement roof and part corrugated iron cladding to one side. The building has a chalk floor.

Under the Terms of the Planning Approval the buildings forming the north westerly corner of the courtyard must be removed prior to occupation of the dwelling. The General Purpose shed to the north of the courtyard also is required to be removed.

SERVICES: Mains water and electricity are connected.

THE LAND: The farmland lays to north of the building plot and farm buildings and ex- tends in all to some 17.31 acres (7 hectares) of pasture fields and lies in a valley location with long frontage to Cox Street along its north western boundary and Yelsted Lane along its south and south eastern boundary. There is a small orchard close to the building plot.

The sale of the farm affords purchasers a rare opportunity to buy an unrestricted building plot in an attractive rural location with land attaching.

BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME: The relevant Basic Payment Scheme entitlements attaching to the farm will be included within the sale.

PLANNING: Planning permission was granted by the Maidstone Borough Council on 9th October 2015 for a replacement dwelling Reference 14/504381. The consent was granted subject to conditions and the Applicant entering into a Section 106 Town and Country Planning Act 1990 unilateral undertaking requiring the removal of some of the farm buildings as noted on the sales particulars prior to occupation of the dwelling.

Full copies of the planning information are available to be downloaded from Lambert & Foster’s website at www.lambertandfoster.co.uk together with copies of the approved plans. The ven- dors have already commissioned a Phase 1 Preliminary Risk Assessment and some preliminary structural information from their engineers which are available to be sent on request.

PARTICULARS, PLANS AND SCHEDULES: The particulars and acreages stated therein, together with the plans are believed but not guaranteed to be correct. They are given by the Agents to assist viewers but are specifically excluded from any contract and prospective purchasers must satisfy themselves as to the information contained therein.