Plot for sale
Key information
Property description & features
- Tenure: Freehold
- Generous plot which extends to approx. 0.202 hectares (0.50 acres)
- Accessible rural location in a popular part of the Scottish Borders.
- Walking distance to the Town Centre and Schools
- Planning Ref: 21/01283/PPP
A well sized residential building plot with outline planning permission in an enviable location just outside the Borders town of Duns. This former greenskeeper yard offers the purchaser scope to build a fantastic home on the edge of the golf course.
SITUATION
Centred around an attractive market square, the former market town of Duns enjoys an excellent range of shopping facilities and local services. Educational opportunities are well catered for by a state of the art secondary school and newly refurbished primary school while the recently enhanced Volunteer Hall provides an excellent venue for many community activities. Local attractions include the newly extended and refurbished Jim Clark Motorsport Museum. Pleasant walks can be found in the tranquil surroundings of Duns Castle Nature Reserve and more energetic activities are well provided for with a fine 18 hole golf course more detail for which can be found on their website, swimming pool and tennis courts. There is an east coast mainline train station at the village of Reston (11 miles). More extensive shopping and recreational amenities can be found in the larger towns of Berwick-upon-Tweed (17 miles) and Kelso (16 miles).
PLANNING PERMISSION
Planning permission for the erection of a dwellinghouse has been granted subject to conditions. The planning reference is 21/01283/PPP. Copies of the planning permission and associated
documents can be obtained through the Scottish Borders Council website using the planning refence quoted within these particulars.
SECTION 69 AGREEMENT
The seller has already paid the developer contributions required for the section 69 agreement, further details can be found on the local authority planning portal.
SERVICES
The purchaser will be responsible for the cost of installation of all service infrastructure and thereafter all maintenance and repair costs. Power and water supplies are understood to be located close by whilst drainage will require installation of a new treatment plant with a building warrant issued 23/01469/ERE. Further details to be obtained from the Selling Agent.
PLANNING AUTHORITIES
Planning: Scottish Borders Council, Council Headquarters, Newtown St Boswells, TD6 0SA.
Roads: Scottish Borders Council Roads Department, Council Headquarters, Newtown St
Boswells, TD6 0SA.
Servicing: Scottish Environmental Protection Agency (SEPA), Burnbrae, Mossilee Road, Galashiels, TD1 1NF
VIEWINGS
Strictly by appointment with the selling agents.
RIGHTS AND RESPONSIBILIES
There will be several shared rights and responsibilities which will be agreed at the point of sale, but which may include:
* A share in the cost of maintenance of the access road on a user basis.
* Erection and maintenance of mutual boundary fences.
OFFERS
If you wish to make an offer for this property or would like us to inform you of a closing date for offers, it is important that you notify us in writing of your interest. Offers should be made in Scottish Legal form and addressed to the Selling Agents. The Seller shall not be bound to accept the highest or indeed any offer. The Selling Agents reserve the right to sell the property without setting a closing date and do not bind themselves to accept the highest of any offer.
THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND SERVITUDES
The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others, whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves in all respects thereof.
PARTICULARS AND MISREPRESENTATION
These particulars are produced for the guidance of prospective purchasers and although they are intended to give a fair description of the property they do not constitute or form any part of an offer or contract. Intending purchasers must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise. Any measurements or distances referred to should be considered as approximate. No responsibility can be accepted for any expenses incurred by intending purchasers in inspecting a property that has been sold or withdrawn. These particulars were produced in May 2024.
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