Land

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Location
The land is situated in the desirable special landscape area of Grimscote, South Northamptonshire and is 4 miles north of Towcester. The land has the benefit of superb access off the A5, Banbury Lane, Litchborough Road and Mill Lane. The hamlet of Grimscote has good road links to the A5 and access to the M1 and M40 via the A43. The land is classified as grade 3 and comprises a mix of free draining loamy/clayey soil types (Banbury and Denchworth) capable of growing a range of crops. The enclosures are a mix of good sizes suitable for modern machinery.

Renewable Energy
Built in 2013, the 125kW Anaerobic Digestion plant offers an opportunity to continue the production of renewable energy for at least another 10 years under the current FiT scheme. The plant is fed by maize grown on the holding and requires between 150 – 200 acres of maize crop annually. The plant currently has a fixed annual contract with Drax/Opus to February 2024 with an electricity price of 12.181p per kWh and also generates income through Feed in Tariffs. The plant is fed from 3 Bock silage clamps with capacity of over 4,000t of maize silage. In addition, a 50kW roof mounted Photo Voltaic system is installed on unit 10.

Development Opportunitites
Obvious development opportunities exist in both John’s Barn and The Granary by way of either a full planning applicationor Class Q Permitted Development application given the buildings’ agricultural use as at March 2013.

BPS and CSS
Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements are claimed by the vendor in the 2023 scheme year. The purchaser will commit to an indemnity to protect the Vendor for any breaches in Cross Compliance and loss of income or costs associated with BPS/CSS during the scheme year. The land is within two Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier Schemes expiring on 31/12/2024 and 2025.

Sporting, Timber and Mineral Rights
The sporting, timber and mineral rights, so far as they are owned, are included within the freehold of the sale.

Rights of Way, Wayleaves & Easements
The property is sold subject to all rights of way, wayleaves and easements whether or not they are defined in this brochure.

Services
Lot 1 & 3 are connected to mains water. Lot 2 & 5 are fed from a spring connection in Lot 6.

Plans and Boundaries
The plans are based on Ordnance Survey data and provided for reference only. They are believed to be correct but accuracy is not guaranteed. The purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries and the extent of ownership. Neither the vendor nor the vendor's agents will be responsible for defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof.

Viewing Contact
Viewing of the commercial and residential properties are by appointment only. Interested parties may view the land at their leisure with a copy of the particulars.

Additional Property
Manor Farm forms part of the sale of Manor Farm Estate where residential properties are also available. Please contact the Agent for more information.

Overage
The vendor reserves the right to overage of 25% for 30 years for change of use to residential on the commercial buildings and a proportion of the land. A separate plan is available upon request.

Manor Farm Industrial Estate
Manor Farm Industrial Estate extends to 0.97 hectares (2.38 acres). The buildings were first erected as agricultural buildings to serve the main business of dairy farming in the 1960s. Since then, the complex has evolved and expanded to what it is today with approx. 3,638 sq. m. of building space let under business tenancy agreements. The change of use to commercial lets started in 1997 and the complex now has a current passing annual rent of £121,080. The buildings are let to a range of occupants ranging from vehicle bodywork and repairs to general storage uses. Yard space is also let for shipping containers as additional general storage. Some of the buildings are unoccupied at present providing an opportunity to further increase the rental income. Full copies of the leases are available on request. The industrial estate benefits from good road access off Manor Road. The access is predominantly used by the traffic for the site and farm traffic to support the AD plant (truncated)

Services
Most of the commercial buildings are connected to mains water and benefit from a three-phase electrical connection. The site benefits from a recent installation of a Gigaclear super-fast broadband connection with internal wireless secure distribution.