Seven Meadows Farm, Ruardean Gloucestershire

Seven Meadows Farm, Ruardean, Gloucestershire, GL19 9XF

Mixed Farming Sold (STC) - Ruardean Gloucestershire

A superb opportunity to acquire a 25.1 acre smallholding in a delightful village edge setting. The property has the benefit of a traditional stone barn with planning consent for residential conversion, along with an additional modern agricultural building. The property is for sale either as a whole or in two lots, each having independent access if required.

UPDATE: Please note that best and final offers must be received via email by midday on Tuesday 8th September 2020.

Lot 1 – Traditional stone barn with planning consent for conversion to a two bedroom dwelling, separate steel portal frame agricultural building with paddocks and all set in approximately 2.6 acres.

Lot 2 – 22.5 acres of well fenced pasture across five paddocks and with independent access.

 

Location

The property is located on the eastern outskirts of the village of Ruardean in the Forest of Dean. The Gloucestershire village is only a mile or so from the Herefordshire border and the Wye Valley Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty.

Amenities in the village include a post office and store, primary school, doctor’s surgery, garage, church, farm shop,  public house and the site of a ruined medieval castle.

More extensive amenities and facilities can easily be found in Cinderford (3.5 miles), Ross-on-Wye (7 miles) Monmouth (10 miles) and Gloucester (15 miles). There are also good connections to the road network with the A40 being just 4.4 miles to the west giving access to Newport and South Wales and to the north, the M50 and M5.

 

Lot 1 – Guide Price £200,000

Lot 1 amounts to approximately 2.6 acres and includes a  traditional barn with planning consent for conversion to a two bedroom residence.

The planning consent was secured in February 2020 (planning reference P1213/19/FUL) for a change of use and conversion to a single residential dwelling. Floorplans for the proposed development are shown overleaf. A copy of the decision notice is available upon request or can be found via the Forest of Dean District Council’s online planning portal.

The proposed accommodation includes an entrance hall; open plan living, dining and kitchen area; utility room; downstairs shower room and two en suite double bedrooms. The proposed net internal floor area extends to approximately 144.8sq.m  (1,558sq.ft).

A more modern steel portal frame agricultural building, of approximately 270sq.m in area (2,905sq.ft), sits behind the traditional barns. This multi purpose building has a variety of potential uses, subject to gaining any of the necessary consents. The buildings sit within a generous curtilage containing a stone yard, paddock and a pond. In addition, there is a further paddock of approximately 1.4 acres included within this lot.

 

Lot 2 – Guide Price £175,000

Lot 2 is comprised of 22.5 acres of pasture spread over 5 paddocks. The land is in good heart and has been well looked after over the years with good quality fencing and a very useful internal access track. The land is in good sized paddocks and has outstanding views towards the Wye Walley and the Brecon Beacons.

Access to this lot is either available through Lot 1 if they are sold together, or via a separate right of way from Varnister Lane to the west (coloured blue on the plan).

A footpath runs through Lot 2 and follows the route of the internal access track before heading towards Cockshoot Wood to the north.

Services

There is mains water and electricity to the buildings with mains fed water troughs in each field. If sold separately, Lot 2 will be sold with a right to use the existing water supply that runs through Lot 1.

 

Method of Sale

The property will initially be available for sale by private treaty. The vendor reserves the right to sell the property by any alternative method and may ask for best and final offers to draw matters to a conclusion.

 

Local Authority

Forest of Dean District Council

Tel: 01594 810000

www.fdean.gov.uk

 

Basic Payment Scheme & Environmental Schemes

The land has been claimed on for the 2020 Basic Payment Scheme and these payments will be retained by the vendor. Entitlements, if required, will be transferred to the purchaser, subject to a charge of £200 to cover administrative expenses. The land is not subject to any environmental schemes.

 

Viewings

Viewings for Lot 1 should be strictly by appointment with the selling agents. Viewings for Lot 2 alone can be made on foot at any reasonable daylight hour by following the route of the public footpath. Please contact the selling agents prior to register your interest. All visitors are expected to follow the Countryside Code and abide by current Government social distancing guidelines.

 

Rights of Way, Wayleaves & Easements

The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of rights, including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity and other rights and obligations, easements, and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves, masts, pylons, stays, stables, drains, water, gas and other pipes whether referred to in the particulars of sale or not and to the provisions of any planning scheme of County or Local Authority. One footpath runs through the property as identified above.

 

Directions

The closest postcode to the main entrance is GL17 9XF.

From Cinderford, head north on the A4151 before turning right onto the A4136. At the lights, take the next left onto Morse Road. Proceed along Morse Road for approximately 1.5 miles when you will enter a 30 mile per hour speed restriction area. The main entrance to Lot 1 is immediately on the right.

From Ross-on-Wye, head south on the B4234 for approximately 5 miles before bearing left at the sign to Ruardean and Cinderford. Proceed on this road for 2 miles towards and almost through Ruardean. Just as you are beginning to leave the village, the property can be found on the left hand side.

The secondary access is off Varnister Lane to the north west, please refer to the plan for further details.