Land for sale

*FOR SALE BY ONLINE AUCTION on 11th February 2026*
A unique opportunity to purchase 30 acres of arable land on the urban fringe close to Knutsford town centre, with future development potential (subject to planning). The land has been in arable rotation, currently in stubble following a wheat crop, bound predominantly by hedges. The successful purchaser is required to construct a fence to the west boundary, as marked A to B on the plan. The land can be accessed from Holmes Chapel Road via a private track (Sandy Lane). The land is circa 2 miles south of Knutsford town centre and close to the M6 and M56 motorways.

The Agricultural Land Classification details the land as Grade 2 & 3.

The land is located via WhatThreeWords- writing.outbursts.remake, heading South of Knutsford town centre on Toft Road which merges onto Holmes Chapel Road. The access to the land is off Sandy Lane (indictated by the Meller Speakman for sale board). At the end of Sandy Lane the land if found to the front and left hand side.

Method of Sale
The land is to be sold as a whole by online auction on Tuesday 11th February 2026.

Buyers Premium - upon the fall of the gavel, a buyers premium of 1.5% of the final sale price plus VAT is payable by the successful buyer.

Vendors Solicitor - Butcher & Barlow LLP 3, Royal Mews, Gadbrook Park, Northwich, CW9 7UD - ref George Flanders.

Completion - is to take place 20 working days after the date of sale or earlier by mutual agreement.

Viewing - the land may be inspected at any reasonable time of day during daylight hours. What3words location - writing.outbursts.remake

Wayleaves, Easements and Rights of Way
The land is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights including rights of way, whether public or private, support, drainage, water, telephone and electricity supplies and other rights and obligations, easements, quasi easements, restrictive covenants and all existing proposed wayleaves or masts, pylons, stays, cable drains and water, gas or other pipes, whether referred to in the sales particulars or not, and to the provisions of any Planning Scheme or county or local authorities without obligations on the part of the sellers or their agents to specify them.

Basic Payment Scheme (BPS)
No BPS entitlements are included in the sale.

Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ)
The land is located within the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ).

Local Planning Authority
The land is within the Unitary Authority area of Cheshire East Council.

Services
There are no services currently connected to the land.

Mineral and Sporting Rights
Mineral and sporting rights are to be included within the sale, so far as they are held by the vendor.

Town and Country Act
The Land, notwithstanding any description contained in these particulars, is sold subject to any development plan, tree preservation order, town planning scheme or agreement, resolution or notice.

Overage
The land is sold subject to a development clawback. In the event that planning permission is granted for any kind of use over agricultural and equestrian within the next 25 years then the sellers or their heirs will be entitled to 30% of the increase in value.

Money Laundering Legislation
Meller Speakman must comply with Anti Money Laundering legislation and must therefore obtain evidence of the identity and proof of address of potential purchasers. Prior to an offer being accepted all parties who are purchasing must provide the evidence.

Site plans and particulars
The sale plan is based on the ordnance survey sheet, prospective purchasers should check the contract documents. The purchasers shall raise no objection or query in respect of any variation between the physical boundaries and the ordnance survey sheet plan. The plans are strictly for identification purposes only.