Land at Firs Hill Marshes, Sandbanks Lane, Graveney

A ring-fenced block of grass marshland suited to livestock, wildfowling and conservation uses adjacent to the Faversham Creek and near to the Swale Estuary.

Graveney 1.5 miles
Faversham 4.6 miles
London 56 miles.

For sale as a whole.

Firs Hill Marsh lies in between the village of Graveney and the historic market town of Faversham, close to the north Kent coast and adjacent to Faversham Creek. This area of land forms part of the low-lying marshland sitting to the north and south of the Swale Estuary. Graveney has a Village Hall, church, and a primary school, with nearby Faversham offering a much wider range of amenities and services including a mainline train station with regular services to London St Pancras.

The land is predominantly level pasture interspersed with drainage channels bordered to the west by the embankment to the Faversham Creek. The land is bordered on the northern and southern boundaries by large drainage channels and to the east by a railway line.

Access is via Sandbanks Lane, a publicly adopted road into the northwestern-most corner of the land.

Method of Sale
For sale by private treaty. The sellers reserve the right
to take the land to informal tender, formal tender or
auction should they so wish.

Tenure
For sale by private treaty. The sellers reserve the right
to take the land to informal tender, formal tender or
auction should they so wish.

Services
There are no services connected to the land.

Wayleaves, easements and right of way
The property is being sold subject to and with the benefit
of all rights including rights of way, whether public or
private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity
supplies and other rights and obligations, easements and
quasi-easements and restrictive covenants and all existing
and proposed wayleaves for masts, pylons, stays, cables,
drains, water and gas and other pipes whether referred to
in these particulars or not.

A right of way is retained for the adjacent landowner to
clear ditches that adjoin their property. A right of way is
retained over the first part of the track for the owner of
The Saltings adjacent to Faversham Creek. The
Environment Agency also have a right of way along the toe
of the embankment to reach the sluice located in the
western corner of the land.

The land is crossed by the Saxon Shoreway being a public
footpath (reference ZR484) and there is also a permissive
cycle path that runs along the embankment and a short
distance along the southern boundary to the north of the
water treatment works.

Basic Payment Scheme
The entitlements to the Basic Payment will be included
in the sale if the sale completes prior to the submission
deadline in 2023. If the sale has not been completed by
this point, then the vendor will submit a claim and will
retain the payment for the 2023 year in its entirety and
the purchaser will be obliged to adhere to all cross?compliance until the end of the claim year.

Countryside Stewardship Scheme
Firs Hill Marsh is entered into a Higher Tier Countryside
Stewardship scheme which will expire on 31st December
2026. The purchaser will be deemed to have full
knowledge of the scheme and will take it on and comply
with the scheme from completion if necessary. The
vendor will retain any payments relating to the scheme
for the 2023 claim year. Further details are available
from the vendor's agent.

Designations and Planning
The land falls outside any settlement confines, with the
embankment and small paddock at the western end of
the land being comprised within the Swale SSSI, the
Swale Ramsar site and the Swale Special Protection
Area. The land also sits within flood zones 2 and 3.

Drainage Rates
Rates are charged by the Medway Internal Drainage
Board on an annual basis.

Sporting, timber and mineral rights
All sporting timber and mineral rights are included in the
freehold sale, in so far as they are owned.

Local Authority
Swale Borough Council, Swale House, East Street,
Sittingbourne, Kent, ME10 3HT - 01795 417850

VAT
Any guide price quoted or discussed is exclusive of VAT.
In the event that a sale of the property, or any part of
it, or any right attached to it, becomes a chargeable
supply for the purposes of VAT, such tax will be payable
in addition.

Health & Safety
Given the potential hazards of an area that is grazed
with livestock, we ask you to be as vigilant as possible
when making your inspection for your own personal
safety.

Overage
The land will be sold subject to an overage agreement
across the whole of the land reserving 25% of the uplift
in value for any non-agricultural use for a term of 25
years from completion.

Boundaries, Plans, Areas, Schedules & Disputes
The boundaries are based on the Ordnance Survey and
are for reference only. The purchaser(s) 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. Should any dispute
arise as to boundaries or any points arise on the general
remarks and stipulations, particulars, schedules, plan or
the interpretation of any of them, such questions shall
be referred to the selling agent whose decision acting as
expert shall be final.

The boundaries on these plans are indicative only and
the land will be sold in accordance with the registered
title, subject to any minor amendments required. Plans
are reproduced from the Ordnance Survey under Licence
No. 100059532.

Anti-Money Laundering
In accordance with the Money Laundering Regulations
2017, prior to acceptance of an offer, the purchaser(s)
will be required to provide proof of funds, identity, and
address prior to the instruction of solicitors.

Viewings
Strictly by confirmed appointment with Mark
Chandler - m.chandler@finns.co.uk - 01304 626093