Minchins Farm Dunmow • Essex

Minchins Farm Dunmow • Essex Great Dunmow – 1.5 miles, Thaxted – 7 miles, Chelmsford – 13 miles, Stansted Airport – 5 miles, London Liverpool Street Station – from 47 minutes (All times and distances are approximate) A PRODUCTIVE BLOCK OF GOOD QUALITY FARM LAND IN AN ACCESSIBLE LOCATION

IN ALL ABOUT 234.70 ACRES

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY AS A WHOLE

Savills Chelmsford Parkview House, Victoria Road South Chelmsford CM1 1BT 01245 293258 [email protected]

These particulars are intended only as a guide and must not be relied upon as a statement of fact. Your attention is drawn to the important notice on the last page of the text. Introduction Minchins Farm represents an attractive investment The land is accessed off the B184 Road between Dunmow opportunity to purchase a productive block of high value and High Roding with some of the land being accessed also farm land in mid-Essex located immediately adjacent to the from Pharisee Green and via a series of hard tracks which A120 dual carriageway, linking Essex to Stansted Airport and cross the holding. the Midlands, and also the East Coast. Stansted provides international flight facilities direct main line rail services to London Liverpool Street as well as Situation & Location excellent road services via the M11 to the Midlands and the Minchins Farm is located on the A120 corridor just outside A120 to the east linking onto the A12, some 23 miles to the the market town of Great Dunmow and with excellent access east. to Braintree and Colchester to the east, Chelmsford to the south and Stansted Airport and Cambridge to the west and north.

The Land The land is a compact block of mainly arable land lying to the south of the A120 dual carriageway and to the west of the B184 road to High Roding and Chelmsford.

The land is classified by DEFRA as Grade 2 with the soil type being a combination of Ludford, Hanslope and Stretham soil series being deep well drained loam. The land is registered for the Basic Payment Scheme and the relevant entitlements will transfer with the sale.

A typical crop rotation of the land includes winter wheat, winter oats and beans. The land has consistently produced yields of over 3.75 tonnes per acre for wheat. The land is understood to have been drained but no plans are available.

A by-way divides field OS9216 to the west with access being provided via NOTE - Reproduced from the Ordnance Survey Map with the permission of the Controller of H.M. Stationery Office. © Crown copyright licence number 100024244 Savills (UK) Limited a gateway adjacent to the A120 and an access track into the field. NOTE - Published for the purposes of identification only and although believed to be correct its accuracy is not guaranteed. LOCATION PLAN MCL: 24667/LOCATION250K_r1 Date: 17/05/2018 The Cartographic & Design Team, Wessex House, Wimborne, Dorset. BH21 1PB A post and rail fence along the line AB will be erected by the outgoing NOT TO SCALE Tel: (01202) 856800 tenant after completion. General Remarks and Stipulations Sporting, Minerals & Timber Postcode In so far as they are owned by the vendor, rights of sporting, mineral and timber are included in the sale. All such rights CM6 1JN are believed to be owned by the Vendor. Method of Sale Basic Payment Scheme Minchins Farm is offered for sale by private treaty as a whole. The land is registered under the current Basic Payment Tenure & Possession Scheme (BPS). The Vendor will make reasonable endeavours The farm is offered for sale freehold with vacant possession. to transfer the relevant entitlements to the purchaser after completion of the sale. The 2019 payment will be retained Timing by the tenant. The vendor will be seeking exchange of contracts within 21 days of the purchaser’s solicitor receiving a draft sale Environmental Schemes contract. The purchaser will be required to pay a 10% The land is not subject to any environmental schemes. deposit on exchange of contracts and a further 10% deposit Ingoing Valuation should early entry be required. Depending on the date of completion of the sale, there may be an ingoing valuation in respect of growing crops. Please refer to the vendor’s agents. Health & Safety Given the potential hazards of a working farm, we would ask you to be as vigilant as possible when inspecting the holding for your own personal safety, in particular around open ditches and drains. Important Notice Savills, their clients and any joint agents give notice that:

1. They are not authorised to make or give any representations or warranties in relation to the property either here or elsewhere, either on their own behalf or on behalf of their client or otherwise. They assume no responsibility for any statement that may be made in these particulars. These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. Easements, Covenants, Rights of Way and Restrictions Anti-Money Laundering 2. Any areas, measurements or distances are approximate. The property is sold subject to, or with the benefit of all existing In accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations 2017, The text, photographs and plans are for guidance only and are wayleaves, easements, quasi-easements, rights of way, covenants once an offer has been accepted, the purchaser will be required not necessarily comprehensive. It should not be assumed that and restrictions whether mentioned in these particulars or not. to provide proof of identity and address prior to the instruction the property has all necessary planning, building regulation of solicitors. The property is subject to a number of footpaths which cross or other consents and Savills have not tested any services, the land at various points, plans of which are available from the VAT equipment or facilities. Purchasers must satisfy themselves by vendor’s agent. A public by-way goes through the land dividing Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT. The sale inspection or otherwise. the majority of the land from the western most field. of this property is a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT Particulars prepared August 2019, photographs taken July 2019. and hence such tax will be payable in addition. Boundaries, Plans, Areas, Schedules and Disputes The boundaries are based on the Ordnance Survey and are Viewings for reference only. The purchaser will be deemed to have full Strictly by appointment through Savills, Chelmsford knowledge of the boundaries and any error or mistake shall not Tel. 01245 293258 (Gi d’Angibau). annul the sale, or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof.

Should any dispute arise as to boundaries or any points arise on the general remarks and the stipulations, particulars, schedules, plan or the interpretation of any of them, such questions shall be referred to the selling agent whose decision acting as expert shall be final. Local Authority Solicitor Uttlesford District Council Birketts Council Offices Kingfisher House London Road 1 Gilders Way Saffron Walden Off Barrack Street Essex Norwich CB11 4ER NR3 1UB Ash Grove 8 e

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