Land for sale

An exciting opportunity to acquire a well-located block of woodland. Lot 2 extends to 34.75 acres (14.06ha) or thereby of woodland with planning permission for 12 huts and oversail are comprising.

Situation
Topps Woodland is situated to the West of the town of Denny and just east of the small settlement of Carron Bridge. Topps Woodland is just 8 miles south west of Stirling and 20 miles
from Glasgow.

Access
The property is accessed from the B818 via a wooden gate to the northeast of the woodland and a mesh galvanised gate adjacent from the passing area south of New Carron Bridge.

What3words:
Access – wells.reckons.badminton
Middle of the woodland – crackling.downturn.whisker

Nearest Postcode:
FK6 5JF

Directions
Leave the M9 at the Bannockburn Interchange, taking the first exit onto the A872, at the roundabout take the 2nd exit onto Nethermains Road (A872), follow for 0.3 miles then turn right onto the B818. Topps Woodland is located 4 miles along this road on your left.

Description
Lot 2 at Topps Woodland extends in total to approximately 34.75 acres and benefits from direct access from the B818. The land is mainly Grade F3 with some higher elevated land classified as Grade F4 by the James Hutton Institute. Topps woodland is mixed but predominately broadleaves (50 – 80%). The site is well secured and in places benefits from wooden post and wire mesh fencing in a good condition.

Diversification Opportunity
Topps Woodland has great diversification potential due to the area south west of New Carron Bridge being granted planning permission in July 2023 for the change of use from woodland to recreational hut site, with 12 huts and associated access, track, car parking and paths under planning reference P/23/0108/FUL.

Prospective Purchasers should make their own investigations into any planning and building consents and seek relevant professional advice.

Clawback clause
The property is sold subject to a clawback clause. This will be for any uplift in value created by any non-agricultural, non-arboricultural or other use or agreement (excluding for existing planning permission P/23/0108/FUL and all current oversail/renewable agreements in place). This will be for a period of 10 years at 50% uplift from the date of sale and will be secured by way of standard security. Further information can be obtained from the Sellers Solicitor.

Sporting Rights
Any sporting rights are included in the sale in so far as they are owned.

Mineral Rights
To the extent they are included within the vendor’s title.

Local Authority
Falkirk Council
Callendar Business Park
Callendar Read
Falkirk
FL1 1XR
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Plans, Areas and Schedules
These are based on the Ordnance Survey and Title Deeds and are for reference only. They have been carefully checked and computed by the selling agents and the purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the description of the property and any error or misstatement shall not annul the sale nor entitle either party to compensation in respect thereof.

Solicitor
Sheonagh Richards
Anderson Strathern
58 Morrison Street
Edinburgh
EH3 8BP
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Viewing
By strict appointment with the Selling Agents: Davidson & Robertson Ltd. Telephone:[use Contact Agent Button] or via [use Contact Agent Button]
All viewings are to be arranged with the selling agents.

Health & Safety
Given the potential hazards of the Property we request that you take as much care as possible when making your inspection of the Property for your own personal safety.

Date of Entry
By mutual agreement.

Deposit
A deposit of 10% of the purchase price will be payable on conclusion of missives. This will be non-refundable in the event of the transaction failing to reach completion for reasons not attributable to the vendors or their agents.

Important Notes
The owner reserves the right to change the method of dealing with the property without any prior notification or change any closing date. Interested parties are therefore advised to register their interest with the agents, following an inspection and having carried out suitable due diligence with regards to the subjects. The owner and their agents reserve the right to exclude, withdraw or amalgamate any of the land shown at any time. The owner and their agents also reserve the right to generally amend these particulars. The agents also reserve the right to conclude negotiations by any other means at their discretion and a degree of flexibility is available to interested parties.

Closing dates
A closing date may be fixed. Prospective purchasers who have notified their interest through solicitors to the selling agents, in writing, will be advised of any closing date, unless the property has been sold previously. The seller is not bound to accept the highest or any offer, or to go to a closing date.

Offers
Formal offers, in the acceptable Scottish form should be submitted, along with the relevant money laundering paperwork in accordance with The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017, through a Scottish Solicitor, to the Selling Agent.

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.

There is a Servitude right in favour of Falkirk and Larbert Water Trustees and their successors to lay and maintaining pipes through part of the Property with right of access for the purposes of laying, inspecting, maintaining, and repairing pipes.

There is a Servitude right to Scottish Power and their successors to lay, inspect, maintain, repair, replace, remove, and renew electric cable and fibre optic cable within the Property to serve the Earlsburn Windfarm only.

The Property is subject to a lease between the Landlord, Alistair Steel and Jennifer Steel (as Trustees for the firm of Alistair Steel) as previous owners of Topps Woodland and the Tenant, Earlsburn Wind Energy Limited (SC254429). The lease continues until 5 March 2036 and only includes the passing area south of New Carron Bridge. We understand the annual rent is £1, exclusive of VAT.

Carbon Sequestration Rights
There are three contracts with the Central Scotland Forest Trust, Forest Carbon Ltd and The Green Insurance Company the obligations under which expire in 2109 and 2110. These obligations will pass to the purchaser for the remainder of the contract and any purchaser will be required to grant a Deed of Adherence for each contract. Copies of the contracts and form of Deed of Adherence are available from the selling agent on request.