Hamstreet Road, Ruckinge, Ashford, Kent, TN26

This is a nice size 4 bedroom home if you can meet the agricultural occupancy requirements - James Hickman, Rural Property

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A modern rural property situated in a highly convenient rural location between the villages of Hamstreet and Ruckinge and enjoying views across the Royal Military Canal towards Romney Marsh.

The four bedroom property is subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (see below) and sits in a good size garden.

Planning consent has recently been granted for a new double garage and entrance drive (Planning Reference PA/2023/1760)

NO CHAIN

Freehold – Council Tax Band E

Guide Price: £575,000


Situation

The property is situated in a convenient rural location adjoining the B2067 Hamstreet to Ruckinge Road with Hamstreet about 1 mile to the west. The fast growing town of Ashford with its three M20 connections and high speed train service is about 7.5 miles to the north. Tenterden is about 9 miles to the west and the historic Cinque Port Town of Rye about 13 miles to the south west.

The Dwelling

The house was originally built from about 2008 and is a modern, deceptively spacious dwelling providing four bedrooms and two bathrooms on two floors. On the ground floor there is a spacious kitchen/dining room, a good size sitting room with multi-fuel burner and a spacious south facing conservatory together with a ground floor main bedroom with an en-suite shower room. On the first floor there are three further bedrooms and a bathroom. There is underfloor heating across the whole of the ground floor. The CDA range Cooker, the CDA freezer and dishwasher will all remain at the property.

Planning

1) The house is subject to an Agricultural Occupancy Condition (planning consent ref 14/00933/AS). Planning Condition 3 of this planning consent stated that ‘’the occupancy of the dwelling shall be limited to a person solely or mainly working or last working in the locality and agriculture (as defined in Section 336 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990) or forestry or a widow or widower of such a person and to any resident dependents”.

Agriculture is defined in Section 336 of the Town & Country Planning Act 1990 as “Agriculture includes horticulture, fruit growing, seed growing, dairy farming, the breeding and keeping of livestock (including any creature for the production of food, wool, skins or fur or for the purpose of its use in the farming of land), the use of land as grazing land, meadow land, osier land, market gardens and nursery grounds, and the use of land for woodlands where that use is ancillary to the farming of land for other agricultural purposes, an agricultural” shall be construed accordingly.

Planning

1) Planning consent has recently be granted for a new double garage and entrance drive (Planning Reference PA/2023/1760)

2) All enquiries relating to any further planning matter should be referred to the planning department at Ashford Borough Council (ashford.gov.uk).

Gardens

There is a large garden which has been enclosed with new closeboard fencing. The garden is a blank canvas for the buyer to create the garden of their choice.

Services

Mains water and electricity, a Gabarron electric boiler serves the underfloor heating & radiators and hot water. Private drainage system, believed to be a cesspool.

Our Ref: FAL230113