Property Description

LOCATION

The land at Abbey Farm lies at the southern edge of the village of Flixton and has road frontage to both Abbey Road and Grange Road. Flixton offers a public house with restaurant and a small aircraft museum. The market town of Bungay is some 3 ½ miles to the east and the market town of Harleston some 5 miles to the west.
 
Lot 1 - 46.86ha (115.79 acres) - Agricultural Land shaded pink on the attached plans and edged red on the photographs. Note front cover part Lot 1.

The land which is contained within three good sized fields has access and road frontage to Abbey Road, comprises 46.23ha (114.23 acres) of arable land plus a further 0.23ha (0.57 acres) of a woodland belt and 0.40ha (0.99 acres) of scrub and hard standing.  Access to the largest field 28.17ha (69.61 acres) is via a 15m right of way off the concrete road leading to Abbey Farm Buildings at the northern end and at the southern end a hard track which runs  between Abbey Road and Grange Road.​ 

Lot 2 - 16.77ha (41.44 acres)  - Arable Land shaded blue on the attached plans and edged blue on the photographs.

Arable Land in two fields, 10.14ha (25.06 acres) and 6.63ha (16.38 acres) respectively, both with access off Grange Road. The larger field has direct access and frontage to Grange Road, the smaller field is via the hard track which runs between Grange Road and Abbey Road.

Note the boundaries shown on the photographs are indicative only.

BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME 

The land is registered on the Rural Land Register. No BPS entitlements are included with the sale. The vendor will make and retain the Basic Payment for 2023 and the purchaser will  be expected to indemnify the vendor against any breaches of cross compliance up to the 31st December 2023. The vendor will receive and retain any future Basic Payment run off payments on the land.

ENVIRONMENTAL STEWARDSHIP SCHEME 

The land is not entered into any environmental scheme.

CROSS COMPLIANCE

The vendor will be responsible for cross compliance up to the date of completion, the purchaser will take over the cross compliance obligations on completion and will indemnify the vendor for any non compliance which results in a penalty or deduction in the vendors payments under the Basic Payment Scheme.

HOLDOVER

Crop of sugar beet on Lot 2 to 31st December 2023

LAND CLASSIFICATION

The land is classified as Beccles 1 Series Clay Loamy Soil and Grade 3 on the Provisional Classification Map for the Eastern Region.

TENURE

Freehold.

NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONE 

The land is within the Nitrate Vulnerable Zone for England and Wales.

 
SPORTING RIGHTS, TIMBER AND MINERALS

All sporting rights, timber and minerals are included in the sale subject to the usual statutory limitations.


WAYLEAVES, EASEMENTS & RIGHTS OF WAY

The property is sold subject to and with the benefit of all wayleaves, easements, quasi-easements, rights of way, covenants and restrictions whether mentioned in these particulars or not.

SERVICES

None.

VAT

Should any sale of the property or any rights attached to it become a chargeable supply for the purposes of VAT such tax shall be payable by the purchaser if levied by Customs & Excise in addition to any monies to be paid during the course of the sale.

LOCAL AUTHORITY

East Suffolk Council :-

Riverside, 4 Canning Road, Lowestoft, NR33 0EQ.  Tel:  0333 016 2000


Suffolk County Council:-

Endeavour House, 8 Russell Road, Ipswich, IP1 2BX.  Tel: 08456 06607

DIRECTIONS

From Harleston take the A143 signposted Bungay/Great Yarmouth, turn right signposted Homersfield/Flixton on the B1062. Proceed into the village of Flixton, turn right into Church Road, signposted South Elmham villages, them for Lot 1 turn left into Abbey Road. For Lot 2 proceed along Grange Road for about 3/4 of a mile and the land will be on the right hand side. 

VIEWING

At any reasonable time during working hours with a copy of the sale particulars to hand.

HEALTH AND SAFETY 

Given the potential hazards around water, we would ask you to be as vigilant as possible when making an inspection for your own safety.

IMPORTANT NOTICE 

Durrants and their clients give notice that:-

No investigations have been made in respect of any matter concerning pollution of the land, air or water and the buyers are responsible for making their own enquires in this respect.

The measurements, distances and areas are given as approximate. These particulars and photographs are provided for guidance only and are not necessarily comprehensive.

These particulars do not form part of any offer or contract and must not be relied upon as statements or representations of fact. No warranties in relation to the property are given either by the agent or on behalf of their client or otherwise.

The boundaries are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. The purchaser will be deemed to have full knowledge of the boundaries and any error or mistake shall not annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof.