WADDENHALL WOOD PETHAM, CANTERBURY, KENT CT4 5PR

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WADDENHALL WOOD PETHAM CANTERBURY KENT CT4 5PR

Ashford - 15 miles Faversham - 17 miles Dover - 22 miles Maidstone - 38 miles M20 - 9 miles M2 - 14 miles

A private woodland of varying character comprising mixed broadleaf coppice under standards.

Located in the Kent Downs Area

of Outstanding Natural Beauty

Semi-Natural Ancient Woodland

Future potential for inheritance tax relief

In all approximately 102 acres

FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY AS A WHOLE

GUIDE PRICE - £420,000

Viewing: By appointment via the sole agent BTF Partnership Clockhouse Barn Canterbury Road Challock Ashford Kent TN25 4BJ 01233 740077 rural@btfpartnership.co.uk

LOCATION Waddenhall Wood is situated in a rural location to the south east of the village of Petham in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. Ashford with its comprehensive range of facilities and amenities is approximately 15 miles to the south west and the city of Canterbury approximately six miles to the north east. Both Canterbury and Ashford provide excellent road and rail links to the continent and the rest of the country through the M20 and M2 motorways with the High Speed Rail Link at Ashford providing further access to London (37 minutes) and the continent. DIRECTIONS From the M2 Junction 7, take the A2 towards Canterbury. Then take the exit towards Bridge on to Town Hill. At the top of Town Hill go straight over Bridge High Street on to Bridge Road. At the end of Bridge Road take a left on to Faussett Hill. After almost a mile, turn right into Gogway Road. The entrance to the wood is on the right after approximately 600 yards. DESCRIPTION Waddenhall wood comprises a private block of woodland extending to approximately 102 acres situated in the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty. The woodland includes a combination of mixed broadleaf species predominately Sweet Chestnut, Hornbeam and Hazel coppice with an over storey of mature Oak, Sweet Chestnut and Beech standards. Situated in an area of Kent known as the East Kent Chalk Plateau this woodland and its soil types provide excellent growing conditions for mixed broadleaved species. The woodland is split into three “character areas” consisting of Chestnut and Hazel coppice, conservation type ancient woodland and a shallow valley with sporting potential running inside the eastern boundary.

The majority of the woodland is a mixture of coppice of varying ages with the more mature coppice situated on the perimeters. The age ranges from 7 years upwards whilst cutting in the middle of the wood has left younger coppice standing. Other species scattered throughout the wood include Wild Cherry, Sycamore, Ash, Silver Birch and Field Maple with the ground flora dominated by a combination of Wood Anemone, Bluebell and Dog’s Mercury.

The entirety of Waddenhall wood is designated as Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland and is within an established woodland management plan. The eastern portion comprises valley and banks, which give the wood significant shooting potential and a small shoot has been here for many years. The current woodland management plan runs from 2012 – 2032. The plan highlights that timber production should be the most important part of future management within the woodlands. The long term vision of the plan is to form a mosaic of uneven aged broadleaf compartments with ongoing coppice operations being undertaken on a sustainable basis. ACCESS There is an access track leading directly from Gogway Road northwards into the wood. There is a central ride network which provides machinery with access to timber compartments within the woodland.

METHOD OF SALE The property is offered freehold for sale by private treaty as a whole. The right is reserved to take the property to auction or tender at a later date. Vacant possession will be available upon completion subject to the shooting licence that expires in March 2018.

MANAGEMENT The woodland is currently managed in hand by the Vendors with consultation advice from Rick Vallis at Silva Woodland Management Ltd. Mr Vallis has been fully involved with the management at Waddenhall since 2012 and will be pleased to discuss future management options with prospective purchasers, especially in relation to the production of the woodland management plan.

SPORTING The woodland is let under the terms of a shoot licence that commenced on 1st April 2014 and is for a four year term with an annual licence fee of £650. This licence expires on 31st March 2018. A copy is available on request.

TAXATION

After two years of ownership, commercially managed woodlands qualify for 100% relief from Inheritance Tax. Timber sales are free from Capital Gains Tax and in certain circumstances, it is possible to roll-over Capital Gains into the proportion of the purchase price attributable to the value of the land. Consideration of the woodland for available grant schemes and maintaining the current woodland management plan will assist in achieving favorable tax statutes.

PLANS The plans provided are for identification purposes only and purchasers should satisfy themselves on the location of the boundaries prior to offering.

ACREAGES The acreages are for guidance purposes only and are given without responsibility. Any intending purchasers should not rely upon them as statements or representations of fact, but must satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the area in question.

FENCING AND BOUNDARIES The purchaser must satisfy themselves on the location of all boundaries which are indicated on the Land Registry Title Plans available.

WAYLEAVES The woodland is sold subject to all existing wayleaves and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the routes thereof. VIEWING Viewing may be carried out during daylight hours with particulars in hand strictly by prior appointment. No vehicles must be taken on site and access must be made on foot. Please shut all gates behind you.

PHOTOGRAPHS The photographs included in these sales particulars were taken in March and April 2017.

Comp. No Area (Acre

s) Species Designation Treatment

Age (years)

21a 5.9 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice) AONB / ASNW Fell during plan period 12

21b 5.4 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice) AONB / ASNW None 8

21c 3.2 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice) Mixed Broadleaf AONB / ASNW None 5

21d

4

2.9

12.3 (30.3)

Mixed Broadleaf AONB / ASNW

AONB / PAWS

Allow to grow as logwood

1965 – 2003

15

12 to 50 21e 2.7 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice)

AONB / ASNW

Fell during plan period 12

21f

7

4.9

7.6(18.7)

Sweet Chestnut (Coppice)

AONB / ASNW

AONB / PAWS

Fell during plan period

1955 – 2002

20

15 to 60 21g 1.2 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice)

AONB / ASNW None 1

21h 4.9 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice) AONB / ASNW None 3

22a 6.9 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice) AONB / ASNW None 8

22b 1.4 Sweet Chestnut (Mature Coppice) AONB / ASNW Fell during plan period 20

22c 6.4 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice) AONB / ASNW Fell towards end plan period 10

22d 1.7 Sweet Chestnut (Mature Coppice) AONB / ASNW Fell during plan period 20

22e 2.7 Sweet Chestnut (Coppice) AONB / ASNW Fell towards end plan period 10

22f 2.9 Mixed Broadleaf AONB / ASNW Allow to grow as log wood 15

22g 4.2 Sweet Chestnut (Young Coppice) AONB / ASNW None 3

22h 4.2 Oak and Hornbeam (Coppice/Standards) AONB / ASNW None 15

23a 4.2 Mixed Broadleaf (Thinned and Coppiced) AONB / ASNW None 1

23b 8.2 Mixed Broadleaf (Maturing crop) AONB / ASNW Allow to mature as logwood 15

23c 7.9 Mixed Broadleaf (Mature Coppice/Standards AONB / ASNW Fell coppice under storey 40

24a 4.7 Mixed Broadleaf (Thinned & Coppiced) AONB / ASNW Thin later in period 2

24b 10.4 Mixed Broadleaf (Post Storm Regeneration) AONB / ASNW Thin coppice as firewood 20

TOTAL 96.9

Please Note: These details have been taken from the Woodland Management Plan which began in 2012 and various treatments will have been actioned within the woodland. The areas mentioned above also excludes any rides and tracks throughout the woodland

COMPARTMENT NOTES

PLEASE READ IN CONJUNCTION WITH THE BOUNDARY & COMPARTMENT PLAN OVERLEAF

BOUNDARY & COMPARTMENT PLAN

RIGHTS & EASEMENTS The land is 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, quasi easements and restrictive covenants and all existing and proposed wayleaves, masts, pylons, stays, cables, drains and water, gas and other pipes. There are no designated public rights of way on the site and a recently submitted Section 31 (6) Highways Deposit will provide further protection for the privacy of the wood. AGENTS NOTES We wish to inform prospective purchasers that we have prepared these sales particulars as a general guide, and that none of the statements contained within these particulars relating to this property should be relied upon as statements of fact. All measurements are given as a guide, and no liability can be accepted for any errors arising therefrom. GUIDE PRICE: £420,000

LOCATION PLAN

BTF and any Joint agents for themselves and for the Vendors of the property whose Agents they are, give notice that (i) These particulars are produced in good faith, are set out as a general guide only and do not constitute any part of a contract (ii) No person in the employment of or agent of or consultant to BTF has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatsoever in relation to this property (iii) Measurements, areas and distances are approximate, Floor Plans and photographs are for guidance purposes only and dimensions shapes and precise locations may differ (iv) It must not be assumed that the property has all the required planning or building regulation consents. A list of the Directors of BTF is available for inspection at each BTF Office.

Clockhouse Barn, Canterbury Road Challock, Ashford, Kent TN25 4BJ

Tel: 01233 740077 Fax: 01233 740088

Email: rural@btfpartnership.co.uk www.btfpartnership.co.uk