98a Towcester Street
Towester
Northamptonshire
NN12 6BT
A single parcel of arable land extending to 12.33 acres (4.99 hectares) or thereabouts situated on the outskirts of the village of Hartwell.
Chapel Farm is an attractive predominantly arable farm located between the Northamptonshire villages of Hartwell and Hanslope. The local market town of Northampton is approximately 9 miles to the northwest, with the city of Milton Keynes approximately 9.5 miles to the southeast, with both providing an extensive array of local and amenity services, together with extensive employment and education opportunities.
Junction 15 of the M1 is 5.5 miles to the north and Junction 14 is 9 miles to the south, together with the A509 and A5 providing excellent access to the Midlands Road Network.
Chapel Farm is a fully equipped, ring fenced predominantly arable farm comprising a traditional farmhouse, a separate detached 3-bedroom bungalow with a range of traditional and modern
farm buildings and a range of commercially occupied units all set within approximately 263 acres of arable and pasture. The farm stands in a private setting and is conveniently located close to Midland’s conurbations, motorway, and transport links.
The farm is being offered for sale as a whole or in up to 2 lots.
Lot 2 (shown edged blue) comprises one 12.33-acre (4.99 ha) field of arable land (Field No. SP7849 9924) which is situated to the east of Hanslope Road, with access achieved from the public highway. The land is identified as being Grade 3 on the Land Classification plans for England being lime-rich loamy and clayey soils with impeded drainage and high fertility suitable for pasture
The property will be sold freehold with various possession arrangements. The Farmland with vacant possession given upon completion.
The property is currently unregistered.
Please note field numbers quoted may not match the RPA field numbers and a plan is for identification purposes only.
The plan, area and description are believed to be correct in every way but no claim will be entertained by the vendor or the agents in respect of any error, omissions and misdescriptions.
The land is registered with the Rural Land Register and the fields can be transferred to the purchaser upon completion, from the vendor. The vendors will retain the historic element of previous Basic Payment Scheme claim.
The land is currently entered into a Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier which is due to end 31 December 2027, as well as a Sustainable Farming Incentive Agreement which began in January 2024.
The vendors will impose a development overage of 30% for a period of 45 years from the date of completion brought about through the grant of each and every non-agricultural or non-equestrian planning consent on the entirety of the agricultural land.
The provisions will become effective on the earlier of either the implementation of the planning consent or the disposal of the property to which the planning consent relates with the benefit of the consent.
For clarity agricultural and equestrian uses are exempt.
West Northamptonshire Council Tel. 0300 126 7000
Western Power Tel. 0800 096 3080
All rights are believed to be held with the freehold owner and will be included within the sale.
The property is offered for sale by private treaty and any interested party should submit their unconditional offers to the Agent’s Towcester Office.
The vendor reserves the right of holdover in respect of the growing crop if necessary or the appropriate ingoing valuation will be undertaken.
The vendor reserves the right to offer the property for sale in any other order than that described in these particulars, subdivide, amalgamate or withdraw the property from sale without prior notice.
Only those items specifically mentioned in the sales particulars are included within the sale or the items are specifically excluded.
Using the WhatThreeWords app the following will take you to the entrances of each lot:
Lot 2: ///crinckled.bunk.widest
Gareth Williams
HCR Hewitsons, Lancaster House, Nunn Mills Road, Northamptonshire, NN1 5GE
GWilliams@hcrlaw.com | 01604 463344
Viewing is strictly by appointment by contacting Tayla Cave at Howkins & Harrison on 01327 397979 or email tayla.cave@howkinsandharrison.co.uk or Archie Benson at Berrys on 01327 356140 or email archie.benson@berrys.uk.com. Please note this is a working arable farm therefore appropriate health and safety advice and bio-security measures must be taken.
We are required under due diligence, as set up under HMRC, to take a full identification (e.g. photo ID and recent utility bill as proof of address) of a potential purchaser prior to accepting an offer on a property.
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If you would like to discuss financing a purchase of agricultural land, please speak to our recommended AMC agent, Andrew Pinny who will be happy to discuss this with you and make an introduction to AMC on your behalf.
Although these particulars are thought to be materially correct their accuracy cannot be guaranteed and they do not form part of any contract.
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