Description
Sandilands has been in the same family for many years. It has been run with a very interesting diversified income, including a butchery, a farm shop, café and office.
Description
Summary
Sandilands Farm is a picturesque mainly arable farm with a
range of attractive traditional and more modern buildings.
The farm has been in the same family for many years and is
set peacefully within just over 102 acres.
The farm buildings would benefit from some modernisation
and all the buildings are in their original state. The farmland
is a mixture of arable and pasture with a small amount of
mature woodland. All the land at Sandilands Farm is in
hand and will be sold with vacant possession.
Sandilands Farm is in a fantastic location with excellent
communication links, the farm would lend itself to tourism,
commercial development, traditional farming as well as
equestrian uses, subject to gaining permission to do so.
Location
Sandilands Farm is close to the commuting towns of
Petersfield and Liphook which provide excellent road and
rail links to London in the heart of the South Downs National
Park. The popular town of Midhurst is 6.7 miles away and
offers an array of amenities including restaurants, pubs and
an extensive range of shops.
Sandilands Farms has an established equestrian use and
would lend itself to further equestrian development, subject
to gaining the necessary consents. Especially when the
proximity to Goodwood Racecourse and Cowdray Park
Polo is considered.
The Farm Buildings
The farm buildings are a mixture of brick built and steel
framed building and could do with some modernisation.
The buildings have been the heart of the diversified income streams, which have included; a farm shop,
a café, a butchery as well as Sandilands Equestrian
center. In terms of residential accommodation there is a
1 bed bedroom apartment.
The current owners were successful in gaining planning
permission to convert the farm building into 5 luxury
holiday lets (SDNP/13/05627/FUL), this permission
has since lapsed but subject to gaining the necessary
permission a new owner may be able to re-establish the
permission.
The Land
The land at Sandilands is as the name implies sandy
in nature. According to Defras magic mac map
application the soil is classified as 10, freely draining,
slightly acid sandy soils. The majority of the farm is
grade 3 with sections of grade 4 at the northern end of
the farm and around the woodland and lake.
The northern field has been let to a local farmer who has
successfully been cultivating potatoes, but the land is
capable of producing good yields of other cash crops.
The area is certainly well known for growing Pumpkins
and Asparagus to name a few.
The vendors have enjoyed a family shoot at Sandilands
farm with mixed bags of mainly pheasants and duck
around the woodland and the lake.
Fishing
The lake was installed by the vendors a number of
years ago and has been used by angling clubs as
well as for Duck flighting. The River Rother also runs
through the middle of the farm and along the northern
boundary, while the river is not stocked the vendors
and their guests have been known to catch trout and
other species.
Abstraction License
Sandilands Farm also benefits from an abstraction
license (no 10/41/434201) the details of which can be
supplied upon request.
Overage
There is a historic overage at Sandilands Farm.
The vendors have sought counsels advise from
Enterprise Chambers and it is their opinion that it
in unlikely to be enforceable.
More details can be found from the agent.
Acreage: 102 Acres