Histons Hill, Codsall

We have been instructed by our client, Staffordshire County Council, to invite unconditional or "subject to planning" offers for this excellent development site.

The Property is an irregular shape and is generally level, extending to approximately 1.93 acre (0.78 ha), as edged red on the site plan. Our client most recently used the Property as an adult education centre which has been demolished. There is small single-storey former library building at the front of the Property (floor area unknown) which could be reused for other purposes.

The Property is allocated for residential development in the adopted South Staffordshire local plan, specifically the Site Allocations Document (SAD) dated September 2018 under site reference no. 228. We recommend that interested parties review this document as it contains a section on "Planning Requirements" which bidders should take into account.

30% affordable housing will be required, of which 50% should be rented, 25% shared equity and 25% First Homes. Please also note that the local authority has a housing mix policy which will dictate the permitted mix of house types for both private and affordable housing. See pages 125 - 128 of the South Staffordshire Housing Market Assessment Update dated October 2022.

No formal guide price has been set due to the variety of different uses and configurations to which the Property could be put. VAT will not be charged on the sale.

An informal tender date of Thursday 15th February at midday has been set for offers to be submitted. Both unconditional and "subject to planning" offers will be considered on their merits.
If you wish to make an offer, then please clearly state all assumptions and conditionality within your offer. If your offer is "subject to planning" then a layout plan of your proposed development should be supplied with your offer.

A Phase 2 site investigation and extract from the Site Allocations Document can be sent on request. The exterior of the Property can be viewed from Histons Hill and we will arrange specific viewing days for those who wish to walk over the Property.