Land for sale

For Sale by Public Auction on Wednesday 9th October 2024 at 7pm Lifton Strawberry Fields, Lifton, Devon PL16 0DH (unless sold prior).
Situated in a spectacular and instantly recognisable location, the land boasts extraordinary uninterrupted views across Plymouth Sound, towards Drakes Island and the Breakwater.

For sale for the first time in over 20 years, the land is to be sold with no overage provision and offers excellent potential for its use.

Steeped in local history, parts of the land have had multiple different uses over the past 150 years, having been utilised during the English Civil War as well as being a former golf course and Strawberry fields.

More recently the land has been used for grazing but it offers tremendous versatility an potential, situated above the picturesque Jennycliff Bay.

Offering beautiful far reaching sea views, the land has a wealth of possibilities for its use, subject to obtaining any necessary planning permissions that may be required.

Situation
Approximately 33.2 acres of land being a mix of sloping pasture and mature woodland.

This lot has been used most recently for grazing sheep and cows and has road access from the adjoining Military Road.

The land enjoys a large area of private woodland that is a haven for wildlife and offers vast array of mature trees, a tree protection order is in place within the woodland.

A former riding trail is also located within the woodland, there is great potential for this to be reinstated.

A substantial water main lies under the southwest corner of the land, for which the current owners have previously received permission to connect into.

The land is bordered by Staddon Heights Golf club and a selection of residential properties.

Directions
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Tenure
Freehold with vacant possession upon completion

Viewings
Please contact the Kivells Liskeard Office to arrange a viewing.
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Auction Venue & Date
Lifton Strawberry Fields, Lifton, Devon PL16 0DH on Wednesday 9th October 2024 at 7pm (unless sold prior).

Local Authority
Plymouth City Council, Plymouth PL1 3BJ

Easements, Wayleaves, Rights of Way
The property is offered for sale, subject to and with the benefit of all matters contained in or referred to in the Property and Charges Register of the registered title together with all public or private rights of way, wayleaves, easements and other rights of way, which cross the property.

Boundaries
Any purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither vendor nor the vendor’s agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof.

Should any dispute arise as to the boundaries or any points on the particulars or plans or the interpretation of them, the question shall be referred to the vendor’s agent whose decision acting as experts shall be final.

Location and Land Plans
Not to scale and for identification purposes only.

Registration
Please note ALL BIDDERS, including Kivells existing clients, will need to register with Kivells on the night of the auction in order to comply with The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 (the "Regulations") – as of 26th June 2017.

Bidders will be required to provide one form of government issued photographic identity and a utility bill addressed to them at their home address, dated within 3 months of the date of the auction. Failure to do this, may prejudice your ability to bid on the night.

Online Bidding
Online bidding registration will be available 10 days before each auction and all bidders must register at least 48 hours prior to the auction. For further information, please visit or contact your local Kivells office.

Buyer's Administration Fee
All successful buyers at Kivells’ Property Auctions should note that on exchange of contracts, a Buyer's Administration Fee of £2,000 plus VAT (Total: £2,400 inc VAT) is payable to Kivells on the night of the auction. This fee can be paid by either bank transfer, personal cheque or debit card.

Please note if the lot is sold prior to auction, or afterwards, these fee’s remain payable.

There are no discounts for multiple lots purchased and you must consider this when bidding/offering prior.

Solicitor
Ms Michelle May at Earl & Crocker Solicitors, 40 Fore Street, Callington, PL17 7AQ. [use Contact Agent Button].

Auction Payment
A 10% deposit will be required to be paid by the successful bidder upon the fall of gavel and at this point the contract is legally binding. The deposit has to be paid to Kivells as auctioneers and can only be paid in the form of a cheque or bank transfer.

ALL bidders must only bid if they can make this payment.

Cheques must be drawn on a bank or branch of a bank in the United Kingdom, any other cheques may be rejected and it will the responsibility of the purchaser to ensure they have the correct method of payment available at each auction.

Plan of the Land
The plan is based on ordnance survey extracts, and the areas are not guaranteed. Purchasers must satisfy themselves as to their accuracy.

Guide Prices
Guide prices given are indications within 10% upwards or downwards of where the reserve price may be set at the time of going to print. Please note they are not an indication of the anticipated sale price or a valuation.

The reserve price is the minimum price at which the property can be sold, both the guide price and reserve price may be subject to change up to and including the day of the auction.

Please note that all prices listed, whether prior to or post auction, are subject to contract.

The Auctioneers and sellers accept no responsibility for any loss, cost or damage that a buyer may incur as a result of relying on any guide price. It is the buyer's responsibility to decide how much they should bid for any lot. Please check with us for regular updates as guide prices are subject to change prior to the auction.

The guide price does not include the buyer's fee charged by the auctioneer or VAT which may apply to the sale or other amounts the seller may charge.

The seller's Special Conditions of Sale will state whether there are other seller's charges and whether the seller has elected to charge VAT on the sale price.