SEMI-DETACHED FORMER FARM COTTAGE WITH VIEWS OVER SURROUNDING COUNTRYSIDE, AND SUBJECT TO AN AGRICULTURAL OCCUPANCY CONDITION

SITUATION

2 Red House is situated off a country lane in a rural but nevertheless accessible location within the High Weald Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty and enjoys southerly views. It lies approximately midway between and about 1½ miles from the villages of Sedlescombe to the north, being on the B2244 Hawkhurst Road, and Westfield to the south east on the A28 Hastings to Ashford Road each having local amenities and pubs etc. The coastal resort of Hastings is about 4 miles to the south, whilst the historic town to Battle with mainline station is about 4½ miles to the west. Access to the A21 London/Hastings road is about 1½ miles to the north west which then links with the M25 at Sevenoaks about 32 miles to the north. Tunbridge Wells is approximately 25 miles to the north and London approximately 60 miles. The historic Cinque Port of Rye is about 11 miles to the north east and Tenterden about 15 miles.

DESCRIPTION

2 Red House, believed to date from the late 1800s/early 1900s, comprises a semi-detached property with brick and tile hung elevations under a tiled roof, with the majority of windows being double glazed. The property is approached by a shared driveway culminating in a parking area. Views to the south/south east look over farmland and the Wealden countryside. The garden is to the front, side and rear of the property. Within the grounds are a number of sheds/outbuildings of various constructions.

SERVICES

Mains water, electricity and private drainage.

OUTGOINGS

Rother District Council – Council Tax Band B (Currently £1,098.70 for 2007/2008).

TENURE

The property is Freehold and vacant possession will be granted upon completion.

TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING

The Section 106 Agreement dated 16th November 1993 states that occupation of the cottage shall be limited to a person ‘solely or mainly employed or last employed in the locality in agriculture as defined in Section 336 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 or in forestry or a dependant of such a person residing with him or her or a widow or widower of such a person’.

Section 336 defines agriculture as Horticulture, Fruit Growing, Seed Growing, Dairy Farming, the Breeding and Keeping of Livestock (including any creature kept 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, ozier 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.

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