5 bedroom detached house for sale

This is a great opportunity to create a small grass farm or smallholding in a popular location - James Hickman, Rural Property & Land

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A potential small farm or rural smallholding situated in a convenient location between the popular villages of Bethersden and Smarden within easy reach of Tenterden, Ashford & the M20 and Headcorn Station.

The 5 bedroom farmhouse, which is subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (see below) is offered with a choice of two land options.

Freehold – Council Tax Band E

Guide Price: £725,000 with about 14.40 acres

An additional parcel of land with a pond which extends to about 4.30 acres, coloured blue on the sale plan, is available by separate negotiation if required.



The property is situated in a rural location on the Bethersden to Smarden Road not far from the A28 which links Ashford with Tenterden. There is easy access to Ashford, the M20 and the International Passenger Station which provides 38-minute HS1 services to London St. Pancras.

The Farmhouse

The 5 bedroom house was built in about 1961 and provides accommodation on 2 floors with 3 bedrooms and a family bathroom on the first floor and two further bedrooms (one en-suite) on the ground floor along with 3 reception rooms and a kitchen.

Planning

1) The house is subject to an older style Agricultural Occupancy Condition (planning consent ref WE/9/60/178) granted by the Rural District of West Ashford on 14th September 1960.

Planning Condition 4 of this planning consent states that ‘’the occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to persons employed or last employed, locally in agriculture as defined in Section 119 (1) of the Town and Country Planning Act, 1947, or in forestry, and the dependants of such persons.

2) Agriculture is defined in Section 119 (1) of the Town & Country Planning Act 1947 as:

“Agriculture’’ includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, the breeding and keeping of livestock (including any creature for the production of food, wool, skins or fur or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land), the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds, and the use of land for woodlands where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes, and ‘’agricultural” shall be construed accordingly

Gardens

There are lawned gardens to the front and rear of the house with some shrubs and trees and a single vegetable border. There is a detached garage just behind the house.

Land

The land is offered with the option of buying either the whole field (about 18.70 acres - red & blue on plan) or just the main part of the field (about 14.40 acres - the red only area on plan). The field comprises a single parcel of pastureland in one field which lies directly behind the farmhouse.

Scheme

The land is currently in a three year Sustainable Farming Initiative ending on 30th
November 2026. Further information is available from Hobbs Parker.

Fencing

1) The trackway to the farm buildings along the eastern edge of the field is excluded from the sale. The buyer of the property will be required to erect a boundary fence alongside the length of the trackway.

2) If the buyer chooses to buy the property without the blue area of land then they will be responsible for erecting a 2nd fence along the boundary of the red and blue land.
Plan/Acreage/Boundaries

The plan on these sales particulars and the acreage quoted are based on the latest Ordnance Survey plans & are strictly for identification and guidance only. Interested parties are reminded that the property is sold in accordance with the owners Land Registry Title plan/s and must satisfy themselves as to the property boundaries and the quantity of land being purchased.

Plans on this brochure are published for illustrative purposes only and although they are believed to be correct their accuracy cannot be guaranteed.

Services/Additional Information

Mains water and electricity, an oil boiler serves radiators and hot water. Private septic tank (which may not comply with EA Regulations).
Broadband - The sellers use BT Broadband
Mobile Phone Signal - The sellers use O2.
Flood risk - Low

Viewings

All viewings are strictly by appointment with Hobbs Parker Estate Agents. Please contact either our Ashford[use Contact Agent Button]) or Tenterden[use Contact Agent Button]) offices.

Our Ref: FAL240181