FOR SALE Residential Development Land Former Ridge Hill Hospital, Ridge Hill, Off Road, DY8 5ST

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Approximately 4.16 hectares (10.28 acres) of development land with a total site area of 10 hectares (24.71 acres) For more information, please contact: Property Highlights Iain McArthur • Outline Planning Permission has been submitted for up to 129 residential Director dwellings +44 (0)121 697 7302 [email protected] • Situated in a residential location next to Greenbelt land and woodland • A substantial residential redevelopment opportunity Joe Williams Senior Surveyor • Unconditional and Conditional offers invited (see accompanying tender +44 (0)121 697 7303 information) [email protected] Thomas Bathurst Senior Surveyor +44 (0)121 697 7239 [email protected]

No.1 Colmore Square Birmingham B4 6AJ T: +44 (0)121 697 7333

cushmanwakefield.com FOR SALE Residential Development Land Former Ridge Hill Hospital, Ridge Hill, Off Brierley Hill Road, Stourbridge DY8 5ST

Location The site is located within the administrative boundary of A new application has been submitted for Outline planning Metropolitan Borough Council, close to Brierley Hill permission with all matters reserved apart from access, to and between Stourbridge (approximately 2 miles south) and allow the development of up to 129 residential dwellings at Dudley (approximately 4.5 miles north). The nearest centres the former Ridge Hill Hospital, Brierley Hill Road, are at Wordsley (0.5 miles to the west) and Brierley Hill (1.7 Stourbridge, Dudley DY8 5ST. miles to the east). Existing access is from Brierley Hill Road. The planning application has been registered at Dudley The Wordsley School is located alongside the Ridge Hill Metropolitan Borough Council with the reference number access road from Brierley Hill Road. P15/1394. The target committee date to determine the The site extends to approximately 10ha, of which application is 21st December 2015. All the planning approximately 4.16 ha is developable. The remainder of the documents and technical surveys including indicative land is designated as Landscape Heritage Area (LHA), Site masterplan and Design and Access Statement can be of Importance for Nature Conservation (SINC), Site of obtained from the technical pack (available on request) or via Importance for Local Nature Conservation (SLINC), and the Dudley MBC online planning register at Green Belt which forms part of the red line transfer plan. www.dudley.gov.uk. Within the vicinity and neighbouring the development site, The eventual number of dwellings and mix of house types NHS Property Services Ltd also own land occupied by The and sizes will be determined by Reserved Matters Ridge Hill Centre LIFT building, Pens Meadow School (a Applications, up to the maximum number which will be special school for children and young adults with learning permitted (129 units). The subject application includes a difficulties), and a small development of assisted living Viability Assessment which reduces onsite Affordable bungalows. The illustrative masterplan shows how these Housing and financial contributions towards a Section 106 facilities and associated access would be retained. Agreement. We have provided further guidance and information around Section 106 allowances within the Description technical pack and the letter accompanying these particulars. The Ridge Hill site was originally developed in the late 1970’s Technical & Legal Pack as part of a wider scheme as the Mentally Handicapped Unit. A technical pack/dataroom link is available on request. Vehicular access to the site is currently from a priority Terms of Sale junction at Brierley Hill Road. This access junction and the Ridge Hill access road will be improved to accommodate the Details of the two stage tender process are outlined within proposed development. There is an agreement in place with the letter attached to these particulars. Dudley MBC in connection with this access to facilitate development of the site. The agreement is contained within Tenure the technical pack. The site is held freehold with vacant possession. The The site will be sold with the benefit of an outline planning property is sold subject to and/or with the benefits of any permission for residential development with all matters, rights of way, easements or restrictions that may exist, except for access, reserved for future determination. whether or not mentioned in these particulars. The development, shown on the illustrative masterplan and Method of Sale explained within the Design and Access Statement, would provide up to 129 residential units based on a density of 37 The site is held freehold. A title report is contained within the dwellings per hectare, including a mix of houses and technical pack. The freehold interest in the property is being apartments. The application includes demolition of the marketed by way of informal tender with offers on both a Keeling Centre and Shousters House, which are surplus to conditional and unconditional basis. Details on the form of NHS requirements. bid and the bid dates will be provided in the dataroom. The existing Ridge Hill Centre LIFT building, Pens Meadow Tender Date School (former Learning Disabilities Service Unit) and The tender process will be undertaken in two stages and residential accommodation for assisted living will remain. offers are invited in accordance with the letter attached to This application is submitted with a package of supporting these particulars. information to confirm site constraints and opportunities. A summary of these is provided within the technical pack. Asking Price Planning Offers (subject to securing an implementable planning permission) are invited for the freehold interest in the site. The site has been subject to an earlier outline planning application for residential development which achieved VAT resolution to grant at planning committee in 2011, subject to VAT will not be charged on the purchase price by the a Section 106 agreement. This application provided up to Vendor. 144 residential dwellings (providing a mix of 75 houses and 69 apartments). FOR SALE Residential Development Land Former Ridge Hill Hospital, Ridge Hill, Off Brierley Hill Road, Stourbridge DY8 5ST

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