Former farmhouse & traditional stone barn with planning consent for conversion to 3 dwellings

Chapel Croft comprises the footprint of a former farmhouse and a traditional stone-built barn under a blue slate roof set in a total of 0.88 acres and benefits from Planning Consent under Application 3/2020/0732 for the construction and conversion of a total of three new dwellings.

Located off Slaidburn Road, approximately 4 miles from the busy market town of Clitheroe, and positioned to the south of the picturesque village of Newton in Bowland, Chapel Croft is ideally located in the idyllic rural Forest of Bowland AONB benefiting from expansive rural views whilst also being easily accessible.

Chapel Croft provides a unique and rare opportunity to acquire a significant rural development opportunity located in the heart of the Forest of Bowland AONB.

Planning Consent – 3/2020/0732 – Replacement dwelling and conversion of barn to two dwellings

Planning consent 3/2020/0732, granted on the 14th January 2021, provides permission for the building of one new detached dwelling and the conversion of the existing barn into two semi detached dwellings briefly comprising the following;

New Dwelling – 4 bedroom detached property comprising entrance hallway, living room, home office, large open plan kitchen/dining room, utility room and boot room with w/c on the ground floor. Master bedroom with ensuite bathroom and dressing room, double bedroom with ensuite, three further double bedrooms, family bathroom and snug all located on the first floor. Three bay attached garage with access from ground floor boot room.

Barn Dwelling One – 2 bedroom semi-detached property comprising boot room/ entrance hallway, w/c, open plan living/kitchen/dining room on the ground floor. Two large double bedrooms with individual ensuites on the first floor.

Barn Dwelling Two – 3 bedroom semi-detached property comprising large entrance hallway, kitchen, open plan living/dining room, wc and double bedroom with ensuite on the ground floor. Two further large double bedrooms with ensuites on the first floor.

Externally all properties will benefit from private gardens and parking areas.

Planning conditions 9 (programme of archaeological work) and 14 (full engineering, drainage and constructional details) have been discharged dated 14th April 2021 under application no. 3/2021/0283 and a material start to the works have been made.

Viewing can be arranged by appointment through the joint Selling agents.

Price offers in the region of £640,000 will be seriously considered.

General Remarks

Services - It is understood that the property benefits from an existing mains electricity supply. It will be the responsibility of the purchaser to install a new private borehole within the red line boundary of the property.

It will be the responsibility of the purchaser to install a new sewage treatment plant compliant with the Environment Agency’s General binding Regulations. No existing services have been tested by the selling agents and potential purchasers should make their own investigations into the presence of and condition of any services prior to completion.

Title and Tenure - The property is offered for slae freehold with the benefit of vacant possession.

Planning – The property benefits from Planning Consent under Planning Application 3/2020/0732. Application Date: 25th September 2020. Decision Date: 14th January 2021. All Planning Documentation can be viewed on Ribble Valley Borough Council’s website.

Local Authority – Ribble Valley Borough Council, Council Offices, Church Walk, Clitheroe, Lancashire, BB7 2RA.

Viewing – Strictly by prior appointment with selling agents only.

Method of Sale – The property is offered for sale by Private Treaty

Lotting – The property is offered in a single lot with access to the public highway. The vendor reserves the right to amend, withdraw, amalgamate or change the lotting of the property as required.

Founded in 1972 John Pallister, Chartered Surveyors in Clitheroe, are Property Professionals, working across the North West countryside. From convenient offices with parking in Clitheroe, our expertise encompasses almost any problem or issue arising from the ownership or occupation of property. We are a family firm following directly in the traditions and practice of Matthew Pallister, who in the 1930′s was a well known Auctioneer and Valuer. He later founded the Skipton partnership Pallister & Clement and our practice follows that lineage. Today JOHN PALLISTER is supported by his son RICHARD and daughter CATHERINE, providing a team of Property Professionals with a depth of qualification and experience. The team is further enhanced with the assistance of Dawn Patterson, who has 15 years experience in house sales and lettings. We offer a number of specialist property services including: Surveys Valuations Management Compulsory Purchase Arbitration Landlord and Tenant Lettings Cost Planning Telecoms Planning Appeals Pipelines Whilst up to date in training and equipment, all the staff at JOHN PALLISTER strive to preserve standards of practice that have often ceased to be available to clients. Our clients are dealt with in person, issues are fully explained, phone calls are returned and clients’ interests are responsibly followed through. Total honesty can be relied upon and our clients’ concerns become our duty. Our support staff are all appropriately trained and experienced in property matters, most having worked at JOHN PALLISTER for many years. Indeed our practice secretary Mrs. Jean McGruer has almost 30 years of service.

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