Land at Woodnesborough Road Sandwich CT13 0BA Land at Woodnesborough Road, Sandwich, , CT13 0BA Residential development site with an estimated capacity of 120 dwellings

Situation The land is situated on the southwest side of the town of Sandwich with frontage to Woodnesborough Road. The site adjoins existing residential development, Sandwich Town Council allotments and open agricultural land. Sandwich Junior School lies immediately to the east of the property.

The historic Cinque Port town of Sandwich is designated as a Rural Service Centre within the District Council Core Strategy (Adopted 2010) and has a good range of facilities including shops, public houses, doctor’s surgeries, primary and secondary schools. Planning consent has recently been granted for 2 new supermarkets in the area.

Regular high speed rail services to London St Pancras take about 90 minutes. Road access to the town is good and has been much improved recently with the opening up of the East Kent Access road connecting the A299 Thanet Way and the A256 Bypass.

Description The land extends to approximately 5.13 hectares and comprises areas of grass and trees surrounded by high hedges with the balance being farmed arable land. It is bisected by Black Lane which is a Public Byway (Byway open to all traffic). The land south of Black Lane has the benefit of a right of way with or without vehicles leading to St Bart’s Road.

Dover District Council has zoned the land for residential development under Policy LA16 of the Land Allocations Local Plan (Adopted 2015). This allocates the site for residential development with an estimated capacity of 120 dwellings, subject to the following policy requirements:- i. Development proposals are sensitive to the adjacent rural landscape and reflect the spatial and rural characteristics of adjacent landforms and development; ii. there is a comprehensive approach to development of the whole site; iii. a mitigation strategy to address any impact on the Thanet Coast and Sandwich Bay Ramsar and SPA sites and Sandwich Bay SAC site is developed. The strategy should consider a range of measures and initiatives; iv the Byway (ES10), which crosses the site, should be retained and enhanced as part of any development except where access to the eastern part of the site is required to cross it. The bridleway (ES8) is retained and enhanced. v. development should provide a connection to the sewerage system at the nearest point of adequate capacity and ensure future access to the existing water supply infrastructure for maintenance and upsizing purposes; vi. intermittent landscaping, providing glimpses of development behind, is provided along the south western and south eastern boundaries in order to provide a suitable transition to the countryside; vii. existing boundary hedgerows and vegetation are retained; viii.the design and layout of the proposed development addresses the relationship of Black Lane and the allotments; and ix. vehicular access to the site is from Woodnesborough Road with an emergency access from St Bart's Road.

Dover District Council state “The overall size of the site and its location on the edge of the countryside provide the opportunity to offer a range of dwellings that would improve the housing offer in Sandwich. These could range from lower density, larger family homes to higher density, smaller units. The starting point for any proposal would be the mix identified in the SHMA.” (Land Allocations Local Plan (adopted 2015) para 3.222.)

Guide Price £4,000,000 Offers are to be submitted for the whole of the property as shown edged yellow for identification purposes on the attached plan, together with access rights with or without vehicles over the land coloured blue as confirmed in the title. Tenure and Possession The land is for sale freehold with vacant possession.

Rights of Way, Wayleaves and Easements The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all existing covenants, wayleaves, easements and rights of way whether public or private, specifically mentioned or not.

The UKPN substation located adjacent to Black Lane does not form part of the property to be sold but the sale is subject to any existing cable rights and other wayleaves.

Southern Water advise that a water main crosses the site.

The buyer will be required to provide and maintain vehicular rights of access to the rear of The Ridgeway edged red on the plan and to the land edged green in such positions and dimensions to be agreed and until such accesses are adopted by KCC Highways.

Local Authority Dover District Council. 01304 821199. www.dover.gov.uk

Method of Sale The land is offered for sale by private treaty with the right reserved by the sellers to take the property to auction or tender at a later date.

Offers are invited on either an unconditional or a subject to planning basis.

Viewing Strictly by appointment with the joint agents. G W Finn and Sons - 1 King Street, Sandwich CT13 9BY. Telephone 01304 612147 or if you are unsure about any details of this property, please speak to Nicholas Rooke (email: [email protected]) or Julian Sampson (email [email protected]) who have seen the property prior to your visit. Elgars - 41 High St, Wingham, Canterbury CT3 1AB. Telephone 01227 720557. Contact Martin Allen (email: [email protected]).

Agent’s Note 1. The Agent has not checked the legal documents to verify the freehold/leasehold status of the property. The buyer is advised to obtain verification from their Solicitor or Surveyor. 2. The particulars of this property were produced in October 2015. 3. The property is within two separate ownerships and will be sold on a joint basis. The sale will comprise a separate contract for each part with the purchase price being split on a 50/50 basis between the sellers. 4. The vendors will reserve all necessary rights for the passage of any existing services through the land being sold. 5. It should be noted that not all the land identified within or required as part of Policy LA16 is included with the property to be sold. The sale comprises all of the land in Title TT37462 and part of K815243. Dover District Council estimate the total area under Policy LA16 to be 5.2ha. 6. Any plans are for identification purposes only and reproduced under OS Licence ES025698. The land will be sold in accordance with the registered titles

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Sandwich 01304 612147 www.gwfinn.co.uk

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