Residential Development Land for Sale Former Salthouse Mills, Barrow-In-Furness, Cumbria LA13 0DH

Residential Development Land For Sale Former Salthouse Mills, Barrow-in-Furness, Cumbria LA13 0DH

• Approximately 16.80 acres of Potential Development Land, Subject to Planning • Situated on a strategic site adjacent to Barrow’s Docks and the Cavendish Dock SSSI • Part of the Barrow Port Area Action Plan for around 250 dwellings

LOCATION Lake District National Park is less than 20 minutes away and there are a range of beaches, all within a 10-15 Barrow-in-Furness is situated on the southern tip of Cumbria, to the north of Morecambe Bay and only 20 minute drive. minutes from The Lake District. Barrow’s principal road link is the A590, linking it to Ulverston, The Lake District and the M6 motorway. Salthouse Mills is located within the southern part of Barrow, accessed via Salthouse Road which connects with the A5087 travelling west into Barrow town centre and east to Holbeck, Roose Train Station as well as Barrow is the principle commercial, retail and cultural centre for South West Cumbria with a catchment of a Tesco supermarket, all within 0.5 miles. The A5087 also connects with the Coast Road to the south east over 130,000 incorporating neighbouring towns such as Dalton, Ulverston and Millom. Barrow is the largest eventually meeting up with Ulverston, approximately 10 miles away and taking in the attractive Morecambe town in South Cumbria and is known throughout the world for its rich history in shipbuilding which is now Bay coastline. Risedale Road is approximately 300m to the north west and links up with Park Drive and the centred around advance development of submarines driven by BAE Systems who continue to invest significant A590 Abbey Road around 1.5 miles to the north. capital creating thousands of jobs as well as feeder contracts to local businesses. Other major employers include Kimberly-Clark, producer of products for Kleenex and Andrex, GSK, an international pharmaceutical THE OPPORTUNITY company which is extending its factory site in Ulverston to provide a new state-of-the-art Biopharmaceutical This exciting development opportunity comprises the former Salthouse Mills and is the proposed location manufacturing facility and the Sellafield nuclear fuel reprocessing and decommissioning site, a short distance for Salthouse Housing as defined by the Barrow Port Area Action Plan – July 2010, comprising around 16.8 up the north west coast. acres bounded by Cavendish Dock to the west and which is designated as a SSSI, the main railway line and residential housing to the north, a modern housing development to the east and commercial development/ The town has two sixth form colleges as well as a number of primary, junior and secondary schools and further wildlife areas to the south. culturally, there is a wide range of leisure facilities, restaurant, hotels, a pedestrianised town centre with national retailers including Debenhams and Marks and Spencer’s and a good choice of supermarkets. The The site currently provides dilapidated and redundant former paper mill buildings with access being taken via Salthouse Road and Rampside Road. The land benefits from attractive and open aspects to the natural environment of Cavendish Dock and the Morecambe Bay Special Area of Conservation.

The development of Salthouse Housing is described in the Barrow Port Area Action Plan as being a unique waterfront housing location to incorporate around 250 new homes, associated public open space, landscaped buffering to the adjacent commercial uses and in conjunction with the overall strategy of the Action Plan which will include a transformation of the Docks to a range of uses including leisure, residential and commercial.

The Barrow Port Action Plan can be viewed at http://www.barrowbc.gov.uk/planning/planning-policy/local- development-framework/barrow-port-area-action-plan/ and prospective purchasers should contact Barrow Borough Council Planning Department with their enquiries – email [email protected] / Tel: 01229 876 369.

ACCOMMODATION It is understood that the site provides the following approximate areas:

6.80 hectares 16.80 acres

SITE CONDITIONS The purchaser/developer will be responsible for any necessary assessment of ground conditions and will need to satisfy themselves that development can take place safety. Further information is available upon application.

SERVICES It is understood that mains services are available on or adjacent to the site. It is the responsibility of the

purchaser to determine the exact position of existing services and to arrange for any modification/connection of these to the land and property in consultation with the relevant services providers. PROPOSAL Our Client is seeking offers in excess of £1.6 million for the benefit of the freehold interest with vacant possession. The sale is subject to an overage provision a copy of which will be made available to interested parties.

Please note our Client does not undertake to accept the highest or any offer received, subject to contract.

VAT All figures quoted are exclusive of VAT where applicable.

LEGAL COSTS Each party to bear their own legal costs in the preparation and settlement of the sale documentation together with any VAT thereon.

INFORMATION PACK Further information regarding the land conditions and potential development of the site is available upon application.

SOLICITORS BBS Law Limited, 1 The Cottages, Deva Centre, Trinity Way, Manchester M3 7BE, Tel: 0161 832 2500.

VIEWING The site is available to view from the adjacent access road. It should be noted that the land and buildings are unsafe and access into the existing site/properties is strictly prohibited. For further information contact:

John Haley - [email protected]

Joe Ellis – [email protected]

Tel: 01228 548 385 Above: Indicative Development Layout Plan (Not to Scale) www.edwin-thompson.co.uk

Berwick upon Tweed Edwin Thompson is the generic trading Regulated by RICS IMPORTANT NOTICE Carlisle name for Edwin Thompson Property Edwin Thompson for themselves and for the Vendor of this property, whose Agents they are, give notice that: Galashiels Services Limited, a Limited Company 1. The particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchasers and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, any offer or contract. Keswick 2. All descriptions, dimensions, plans, reference to condition and necessary conditions for use and occupation and other details are given in good faith and are believed to be correct, but registered in England and Wales any intending purchasers should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to their correctness. Newcastle (no. 07428207) 3. No person in the employment of Edwin Thompson has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property or these particulars, nor Windermere to enter into any contract relating to the property on behalf of the Agents, nor into any contract on behalf of the Vendor. Registered office: 28 St John’s Street, 4. No responsibility can be accepted for loss or expense incurred in viewing the property or in any other way in the event of the property being sold or withdrawn. Keswick, Cumbria, CA12 5AF. 5. These particulars were prepared in March 2016.