Wych Brook Woodlands, Oldcastle, Malpas, Cheshire, SY14

Property Details: - Type: Land - Bedrooms: 0 - Bathrooms: 0

Agent: Savills - Shropshire Phone: 01954 594813

A substantial block of carefully stewarded farmland in South Cheshire.<br/><br/> <b>Description</b><br/><br/><b> Lot 2 - Wych Brook Woodlands </b><br/><br/>Lot 2 comprises some 54.47 acres of woodland and pasture running along the Wych Brook. The woodland itself is mature and mixed, containing a good number of native species. Within the Eastern part of the woodland is a Scheduled Ancient Monument, called Castle Hill, a motte and ditch system. Within the Western part of the woodland is a SSSI, known as the Well Rough and Long Plantation SSSI.<br/><br/>Included within the lot is a area of hard standing and a general purpose steel framed building (measuring approximately 28m x 10m). This provides a useful area for storage from which to manage the woodland, as well as providing parking and access for machinery. The vendor shall require the purchaser to enter into a deed of overage in respect of the building and yard, being the area edged red on the plan attached, full details are available from the selling agents. <br/><br/><b> General Remarks </b><br/><br/>The property is offered for sale by private treaty, as a whole or in lots.<br/><br/>The majority of the land is within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone (NVZ). The woodland within Lot 2 contains a Scheduled Ancient Monument (SAM), and is partially within a SSSI (Well Rough and Long Plantation SSSI).<br/><br/>The land has been used for claiming BPS, and part is entered into a Countryside Stewardship Scheme, details of which are available from the agents.<br/><br/><b> Viewings </b><br/><br/>All viewings must be accompanied by and arranged through the joint selling agents.<br/><br/><b>Location</b><br/><br/>Whitchurch 8 miles<br/>Chester 16 miles<br/>Crewe 23 miles<br/><br/>(Distances are approximate<br/><br/><br/> <br/> <br/>Acreage: 54 Acres <br/><br/><b>Additional Info</b><br/><br/>The Vendor is to enter into a Deed of Overage with the purchaser in respect of the marked building which forms part of Lot 2, this shall be 30% of the uplift in the market value of<br/>the property on achieving any planning permission for non-agricultural development, in force for 30 years from the date of sale.<br/><br/>Local Authority: Cheshire West and Chester<br/><br/>Photographs: May 2024<br/><br/>Particulars: May 2025