House and land with potential available

Detached house with 3 bedrooms [approx. 119.4m² (1285 ft²)], garage and garden in rural location together with grass paddock [2.234 ha ( 5.52 Acres)] and separate access to main road. Offering a buyer the opportunity to improve and extend to create an attractive rural property with pony paddock, livestock grazing, other amenity or business use.

Location

The property is well located for access to Cambridge and commuting to London from Royston station.

The Beeches is situated off the B1042 at Croydon 6 miles south of Royston as shown on the sale plan.

Description

Brick under tile roof with attached single garage.

The property has not been occupied recently and requires updating and improvement with the obvious potential to extend to the side and rear as required (subject to planning), whether limited extension using Permitted Development Rights or via a full planning application.

The paddock land comprises permanent pasture in two parcels to the side and rear of the house with a small pond.

Access to the house is via a shared right of way over the drive from the B1042 as coloured brown on the sale plan which would be owned by the house. The paddock has its own independent gated access to the B1042 or from the drive.

The garden comprises lawns and mature trees, shrubs and planted flower beds and borders.

Services

The property has a mains water supply, mains electricity, electric wall heaters and drainage via a private Klargester system.

Uplift Clause

The property will be sold subject to an overage payment for 30% of the net development value for any use at the property other than agricultural or equestrian or extension to the single residential unit, for a period of 25 years from the date of completion, payable on disposal with the benefit of planning or implementation of planning.

EPC

Efficiency rating: F

Planning

Planning reference 24/03472/FUL granted permission for change of use of agricultural dwelling to residential dwelling in May 2025 so lifting the original restriction.

The property was originally constructed subject to planning permission ref. SC/67/176 with a planning condition 4. that states the occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to persons employed locally in agriculture as defined in Section 221 of the Town and Country Planning Act 1962, or in forestry and the dependents of such persons.

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