For Sale by Private Treaty - A rare opportunity to convert two agricultural barns into two dwellings, each with a Proposed Build Footprint of 220m2.
Upper Bilham Farm Barns are located on the south eastern outskirts of Ashford in a rural yet accessible location. Ashford provides comprehensive amenities and facilities including national and international rail stations to London (37 minutes) and the Continent along with good national motorway links via the M20 at Junction 10 just 2 miles north. Dover with its Channel Port is 20 miles east.
Upper Bilham Farm Barns comprise a variety of structures which include the following:-
Grain Store - A steel portal frame building clad in corrugated fibre cement sheeting throughout with loading doors, grain panelling and concrete floor all under a corrugated fibre cement roof. Total footprint is approx. 298m2. This building forms part of the Prior Approval consent.
Middle Grain Store - A concrete portal frame structure adjoining the Grain Store with grain walling to the sides and rear under a corrugated fibre cement roof with roof lights, concrete floor and loading doors to the front. The total footprint is approx. 225m2. This building forms part of the Prior Approval consent.
Workshop and Machinery Store - A concrete portal frame structure attached to the Middle Grain Store with grain walling to one side and concrete block walling to the remainder with part concrete, part chalk floor with loading doors to the front and rear. This is used as a general purpose farm store and machinery workshop and has a total footprint of approx. 170m2. This building is to be removed from the site as part of the Prior Approval permission and is marked 'TBR' on the Boundary Plan within the sales particulars.
Pole Barn - To the rear of the grain store and enclosing the yard is a timber frame Pole Barn clad to the sides and rear in corrugated steel sheeting under a corrugated steel roof used for hay and machinery storage and also for lambing purposes. The total footprint is approx. 290m2. This building remains but does not form part of the Prior Approval consent.
Two yards surround the buildings, and these are predominantly of concrete construction and hard standing.
The entire area offered for sale is outlined on the Boundary Plan included within the sales particulars and extends to a total of approx. 0.89 acres. Additional land to the south, east and west may be available by separate negotiation if required.
Prior Approval has been granted for change of use from two agricultural barns and land within their curtilage to two dwelling houses under Planning Application Reference: - 18/00152/AS - Ashford Borough Council. A copy of the Decision Notice is available upon request from the selling agent's offices.
The site is connected to mains electricity and mains water, which is currently shared with the farmhouse. Please note: these services have not been checked or tested and separate meters will need to be installed by the buyer after completion.
Access to the farm buildings is over the track coloured brown on the Sale Plan included within the sales particulars. The right is for all times and for all purposes subject to a 50% proportion of maintenance costs.
The new highway to the east of the buildings is called Rutledge Avenue and is due to be opened in autumn 2018. Access will be available directly from this road when the Highway is commissioned. We have been informed this will be an adopted public highway.
The property is offered for sale by Private Treaty. The vendor will reserve the right to take the property to auction or formal tender at a later date if required.
Please see the Property Particulars for further information.