• Smallholding on a country lane +
• 3 bedroom bungalow +
• Garden and Paddocks +
• Easy access to road and rail links +

A very appealing agricultural smallholding in a convenient location - James Hickman, Rural Property & Land

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A rural smallholding pleasantly situated on a quiet country lane between Densole & Acrise. The property comprises a detached 3 bedroom bungalow which is subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (AOC) (see ‘Planning’ below) and sits back from the lane in its gardens with paddocks to three sides.

About 1.70 acres

Freehold - Council Tax Band D

Guide Price: £400,000 to £425,000

No Chain

The property is located in a rural location on a country lane with very little passing traffic. There is easy access to the A260 giving access to the A2/M2 and Canterbury to the north or to the A20/M20, Hawkinge, Folkestone & Dover to the south. To the west, via country lanes is the Elham Valley with Elham and Lyminge within easy reach. At Hawkinge you will find a popular Primary School, Lidl supermarket and Tesco Express, all approximately 4 minutes drive away. Trains are available at the 2 Folkestone Stations including the high speed service to London St Pancras.

The Dwelling

The bungalow is understood to have been built for the seller in approximately 1980. A condition of the planning consent was an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (see below). The bungalow appears to have been built to a good standard but now requires some simple updating.

Agricultural Occupancy

1. Planning consent was granted in August 1977 by Shepway District Council under planning reference SH/77/400 and is subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition.

Planning Condition iv) of this planning consent stated that: ‘’ The occupation of the dwelling shall be limited to persons employed locally in agriculture as defined in Section 290 (1) of the Town & Country Planning Act, 1971, or in forestry and any dependent of such person residing with him (but including a widow or widower of such a person).’’

Agriculture is generally defined in the Town & Country Planning as “Agriculture includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, the breeding and keeping of livestock (including any creature for the production of food, wool, skins or fur or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land), the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds, and the use of land for woodlands where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes, and agricultural” shall be construed accordingly.