Farcet Farms, Cambridgeshire Farcet Farms Yaxley Fen, Peterborough, Cambridgeshire PE7 3HY An outstanding farm with grade 1 land capable of growing root crops, field vegetables and cereals Peterborough 4 miles, Huntingdon 21 miles, A1(M) J16 4 miles Mainly grade 1 land over three farms | Irrigation licences for about 224,258m3 of water Refrigerated stores for 1,400t onions | Insulated storage for 500t onions | 1,650t grain storage A two bedroom dwelling and planning consent for a further dwelling | Two solar PV schemes About 1,265.26 acres (512.06 ha) in total For sale as a whole or in up to three lots Lot 1 – Yaxley Fen Farm About 481.88 acres (194.58 ha) Grade 1 land | Four sets of farm buildings 350 Tonne grain store | Two bedroom dwelling and planning application for a further dwelling Summer abstraction licence | Solar PV Lot 2 – Holme Road Farm About 521.45 acres (211.06 ha) Grade 1 and 3 land | 70,000m3 irrigation reservoir with ring main Lot 3 – Black Bush Farm About 262.93 acres (106.42 ha) Grade 1 and 2 land | Refrigerated stores for 1,400 tonnes onions | Further storage for 500 tonnes onions with drying floor | 1,300 tonne grain store | 50,000m3 irrigation reservoir with ring main | Solar PV 500000 600000 East Region 1:250 000 Series Agricultural Land Classification This map represents a generalised pattern of land classification grades and any enlargement of the scale of the map would be misleading. This map does not show subdivisions of Grade 3 which are normally mapped by more detailed survey work. 1:250 000 at A0 Further information Details of the system of grading can be found in: Agricultural Land Classification of England and Wales: revised guidelines and criteria for grading the quality of agricultural land. www.defra.gov.uk For further information about the availability of Agricultural Land Classification data, including more detailed local surveys, please contact the Natural England Enquiry Service on 0845 600 3078 or e-mail [email protected] Location There are train services from Peterborough The soils are classified as Grade 1, 2 and 3 by There are four sets of buildings at Yaxley Fen The Farcet Farms are situated in north to London (Kings Cross) in 51 minutes. DEFRA and are capable of growing a variety of crops Farm for general purpose and grain storage. Cambridgeshire, about four miles to the south Air travel is available from Stansted Airport or including root crops, field vegetables and cereals. There is also a farm office in the centre of the of Peterborough between the villages of Yaxley, Connington Airfield. The farm has supported leeks and carrots in the past farm, at Slotes Farmyard. Holme and Pondersbridge. Peterborough but these are not part of the current rotation. All of the provides local commercial, retail and Farcet Farms land is under drained with well-maintained ditches. There are two irrigation reservoirs with ring educational facilities. The Farcet Farms is an outstanding commercial mains at Holme Road Farm and Black Bush farm currently growing onions, sugar beet and The main stores are at Black Bush Farm where Farm with winter abstraction licences. There 0 The property lies in an accessible location, cereal crops. Potatoes have previously been there is a refrigerated store for up to 1,400 is also a summer abstraction licence for 0 0 just four miles from junction 16 of the included in the rotation until a change of farming tonnes of onions, an insulated store with a 106,058m3. 0 0 A1(M) motorway. policy by the vendors. drying floor for a further 500 tonnes of onions 0 0 and a grain store for 1,300 tonnes. 0 0 0 3 3 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 2 2 Grade Description 1 Excellent 2 Very Good 3 Good to Moderate 4 Poor 1:250,000 at A0 5 Very Poor 0 5 10 20 30 40 50 Kilometers Non-Agricultural Land 0 5 10 20 30 40 50 Other land primarily in non-agricultural use Miles Land predominantly in urban use 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1 Map produced by SWRGIU 05/08/2010 Map Reference 10-111h Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of HMSO. © Crown copyright and database right 2010. All rights reserved. Ordnance Survey Licence number 100022021. © Natural England 2010, reproduced with the permission of Natural England, http://www.naturalengland.org.uk/copyright/ www.naturalengland.org.uk 500000 600000 Lot 1 – Yaxley Fen Farm – Metal frame with sheet roof and side cladding Coxalls Farmyard Two grain stores (46m x 10.85m) – Timber About 480.88 acres (194.58 ha) shaded pink on General purpose building (7.85m x 31m) – Metal General purpose building (27.5m x 8.75m) – frame with sheet roof, block walls, side cladding the plan frame with sheet roof and side cladding Timber and metal frame with sheet roof and and wooden drying floor with fan house to rear. metal side cladding These have not been used for grain storage Yaxley Fen Farm is in a single block with a Diesel store (6.2m x 6.3m) – Metal portal frame in recent years, but have a total capacity for network of internal tracks. Day to day access is with metal sheet roof, block walls and timber Grain store (12.25m x 18.5m) – Metal portal about 500 tonnes. from Yaxley Village under a railway bridge, but side cladding frame with sheet roof and side cladding with seasonal large machinery can gain access via a capacity for about 350 tonnes General purpose building (24.5 x 10m) – Metal track owned by Cambridgeshire District Council Cattle Farmyard and timber frame dutch barn and lean to with over which there is a licence agreement. Livestock building (22.8m x 63.5m) – Timber General purpose building (23.1m x 14m) – Metal metal sheet roof, block walls and side cladding frame with sheet roof and vented ridge with portal frame with sheet roof and side cladding There is a two bedroom cottage at Elm timber walls and Yorkshire boarding Grain bins – Ten redundant metal bins with a Farmyard and planning application submitted for Elm Farmyard total capacity of about 500 tonnes a new agricultural dwelling at Dortson Farmyard. General purpose building (13.75m x 5.65m) General purpose building (14m x 14m) – Metal – Pole barn with metal sheet roof and side portal frame with sheet roof and side cladding Dorston Farmyard There is a 48kW solar photovoltaic installation cladding General purpose building (16m x 9m) – Timber at Slotes Farm which was commissioned General purpose building (23m x 5m) – Timber and metal frame with half block walls, metal on 26/07/12 with a FiT Rate of 34.50p General purpose building (36.5m x 7.3m ) – frame lean to with sheet roof sheet roof and side cladding which produces an income of £15,658 per Metal and timber frame dutch barn with sheet annum in addition to the saving on electricity roof and side cladding Derelict brick building (9m x 13.75m) consumption. Elm Farm Cottage The cottage is a single storey property located at the entrance to Elm Farmyard. The property is of brick with render construction under a tile roof and comprises a porch, kitchen, sitting room and two bedrooms. Externally there is a garden with a hedge surround and two small outbuildings. The cottage is occupied by a farm worker. There are four farmyards with excellent access via internal tracks comprising: Slotes Farmyard General purpose building and chemical store (23.3m x 9.7m) – Timber frame with sheet roof and side cladding General purpose building (34.7m x 11m) – Nissen hut with sheet roof and wooden drying floor Workshop (24.2m x 11.75m) – Metal and timber frame dutch barn and lean to with metal sheet roof and side cladding Office and general purpose building (20m x 26m) The Farmland The land is classified as Grade 1 by DEFRA with soils from the Turbary Moor and Altcar 2 series which are deep peat soils suitable for sugar beet, potatoes, field vegetables and cereals. There is a summer licence to abstract 106,058m3 of water from designated drains (see general remarks for detail of the license). Cropping History - Hectares Yaxley Fen Farm 2007 2008 2009 2010 2011 2012 2013 2014 2015 2016 Onions 37.14 28.11 16.78 - 26.11 49.93 30.89 18.30 32.11 14.00 Sugar Beet - 37.72 6.00 76.93 32.24 18.30 32.11 14.00 32.24 44.88 Potatoes 40.35 16.27 - 31.14 6.00 25.22 32.24 - - - Carrots - - 19.53 16.27 - - - - - - Wheat 61.16 6.00 110.10 64.35 124.34 95.24 93.45 95.24 93.45 95.24 OSR - - - - - - - 61.15 30.89 34.57 Peas 26.68 28.00 - - - - - - - - Set aside 6.58 - - - - - - - - - Grass 16.78 72.59 36.28 - - - - - - - TOTAL 188.69 188.69 188.69 188.69 188.69 188.69 188.69 188.69 188.69 188.69 Lot 2 – Holme Road Farm The Farmland About 521.45 acres (211.06 ha) shaded green The land is classified as Grade 1 and 3 by on the plan DEFRA with soils from the Turbary Moor and Altcar 2 series which are deep peat soils suitable Holme Road Farm forms the western block of for sugar beet, potatoes, field vegetables and land and leads up towards the edge of the fen. cereals. On the western side of the farm there There is excellent access from the Holme Road are some clay soils (Hanslope series) suitable for which runs through the middle of the farm from winter cereals.