Shepton Mallet, Somerset, BA4

An opportunity to acquire an attractive single parcel of gently sloping pasture land situated on the outskirts of the ever popular Somerset market town of Shepton Mallett, with the land demanding exceptional views of the surrounding landscapes.

The land extends to approximately 7.18 acres (2.91ha) which comprises agricultural pasture land. The land benefits from direct road access onto Forum Lane to the east, as well as secure boundaries in the form of mature hedgerows, fencing and stone walls to part. The land is classified as Grade III in accordance with the DEFRA Land Classification.

The land is ideally suited to a range of agricultural, amenity, and equestrian uses, subject to obtaining the necessary statutory consents.

The property will be offered for sale via in room and online livestream auction on Wednesday 23rd July 2025 at 2pm at the Batch Country House, Lympsham, Weston-super-Mare BS24 0EX.



An opportunity to acquire an attractive single parcel of gently sloping pasture land situated on the outskirts of the ever popular Somerset market
town of Shepton Mallett, with the land demanding exceptional views of the
surrounding landscapes.

The land extends to approximately 7.18 acres (2.91ha) which comprises agricultural pasture land. The land benefits from direct road access onto Forum Lane to the east, as well as secure boundaries in the form of mature hedgerows, fencing and stone walls to part. The land is classified as Grade III in accordance with the DEFRA Land Classification.

The land is ideally suited to a range of agricultural, amenity, and equestrian uses, subject to obtaining the necessary statutory consents.

METHOD OF SALE
The property will be offered for sale via in room and online livestream auction on Wednesday 23rd July 2025 at 2pm at the Batch Country House,
Lympsham, Weston-super-Mare BS24 0EX.
It is possible the property may be sold prior to the auction date therefore it is advisable for interested parties to register their interest with the Agents and it is their responsibility to check with the Agents whether the property will still be offered on the auction date.

AUCTION PACK
The Auction Pack, containing the contract and special conditions of sale, should be obtained online or form the seller’s solicitor: Laura Maden of Chubb Bulleid, 7 Market Place, Wells, Somerset, BA5 2RJ..
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a=1110&c=gtn. These documents will not be read at the time of sale and all prospective purchasers will be deemed to have bid for the property in full knowledge of their contents and shall not raise any requisition or objection
whatsoever thereafter.

BUYER’S ADMINISTRATION FEE
The successful purchaser(s) will be liable to pay a Buyer’s Administration Fee based upon the eventual sale price to the selling Agents. See our Terms & Conditions for Livestream and In Room Auctions for further details.

BIDDER REGISTRATION
All potential bidders are required to register their details with Greenslade Taylor Hunt prior to the commencement of the auction by completing our
online bidder registration. Further details are available from the Agents upon
request.

CONSUMER PROTECTION REGULATIONS
While we endeavour to make our sales details accurate and reliable, if there is any point which is of particular interest to you please contact the office and we will be pleased to confirm the position for you, particularly if you are
contemplating travelling some distance to view the property.

GUIDE PRICE*
An indication of the seller’s current minimum price at auction. The guide price of range or guide prices is given to assist consumers in deciding whether or not to pursue a purchase. It is usual, but not always the case that a provisional
reserve range is agreed between the seller and the auctioneer at the start of marketing. As the reserve is not fixed at this stage and can be adjusted by the seller at any time up to the day of auction in the light of interest shown during
the marketing period, a guide price is issued. This guide price can be shown in the form of a minimum and maximum price range within which an acceptable sale price (reserve) would fall, or as a single price figure within 10% of which
the minimum acceptable price (reserve) would fall. A guide price is different to a reserve price (see separate definition). Both the guide price and the reserve price can be subject to change up to and including the day of the auction.

RESERVE PRICE
The seller’s minimum acceptable price at auction and the figure below which the auctioneer cannot sell. The reserve price is not disclosed and
remains confidential between the seller and the auctioneer. Both the guide price and the reserve price can be subject to change up to and
including the day of the auction.

SPORTING RIGHTS
We believe the sporting rights that might exist to be in hand.

MINERAL RIGHTS
We understand that the Freehold mines and minerals of the land is registered to a 3rd Party and therefore are not included in the sale,
(please refer to finder details within the Auction Pack).

TENURE AND POSSESSION
The property is sold as freehold with the benefit of full vacant possession. Completion will take place 6 weeks after the exchange of contracts.

LOTTING
It is anticipated that the property will be offered as lotted, but the Vendor reserves the right to sell the property as a whole or in lots privately or to amalgamate, withdraw, sub-divide, alter, add to or amend any lot or any part prior to the sale. No responsibility can be accepted for any expenses incurred by intending purchasers inspecting properties which have been sold, let or withdrawn.

CONDITIONS OF SALE
If you are the successful Buyer you will - from the moment the Auctioneer's gavel falls - become legally bound by the Conditions of Sale in relation to that Lot. Further details are available from the Agent. It will be assumed that you have read and considered the Conditions of Sale and any other relevant documents for the Lot(s) you are interested in before the day of the Auction, that you have shown them to your professional advisors and taken their professional advice before bidding.

All buyers will be deemed to fully understand what they may be liable for if successful in purchasing. This should also include Stamp Duty Land Tax, Land Registry fees and VAT which may become payable on completion. If a potential purchaser is in any doubt they should seek advice from their own professional advisors.

SALES PRIOR
It is possible that the land may be withdrawn/sold prior to the auction date. It is advisable for interested parties to register their interest with
the agents and it is their responsibility to check with the selling agent whether the land is being offered or if it has been withdrawn.

STATUTORY DESIGNATIONS
We are not aware of any statutory designations on the land.

WAYLEAVES, EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY
The land is sold and so far as required by the Vendors will be conveyed subsect to all easements quasi-easements, privileges and advantages (whether way of water, drainage, light or laying and maintaining water and other pipes or mains of any nature whatsoever) for the benefit of any other property as the owner, tenants or occupiers thereof now or have been accustomed to use, enjoy or exercise. The property is sold subject to all easements and wayleaves of telegraphic and telephone poles and stays and wires, and electric pylons, pipes (whether poles and cables, water, gas, and other referred to in these Particulars or not) at
present erected on and passing over or under the property, and subject to the Agreements offering the same (if any) and to the Town and Country Planning Scheme, or County, Local Authority and any other statutory body affecting the same.

SERVICES & OUTGOINGS
The land does not benefit from any main services or natural watering.

Please refer to ‘Agent’s Note’ which details the opportunity for an eventual purchaser to obtain a mains water connection to the land..

HEALTH AND SAFETY
Our Health and Safety policy requires that all interested parties undertaking viewings, if accompanied by a member of GTH staff, must
wear their own Personal Protective Equipment (PPE). If interested parties do not adhere to our policy and view the property unaccompanied (or without PPE) then they do so at their own risk, and we/the seller cannot be held liable for any personal injury or claim for compensation.

ENVIRONMENTAL LAND MANAGEMENT SCHEMES
The land is not subject to any environmental land management schemes to include the Sustainable Farming Incentive, Countryside Stewardship
Mid-Tier etc.

DEVELOPMENT CLAWBACK
The sale will not be subject to development clawback provisions and therefore will be sold free of this encumbrance, which will mean that
any benefit of any subsequent change of use and/or planning permission will be retained by the purchaser without the need to pay any uplift to the predecessors in title.

TOWN AND COUNTRY PLANNING
The land, notwithstanding any description contained in these particulars is sold subject to any Development Plan, Tree Preservation Order, Town Planning Schedule, Resolution or Notice which may be or which may come to be in force, and also subject to any statutory provision of byelaws without any obligation on the part of the Vendors to specify them and the Purchaser shall be deemed to have full knowledge of and to satisfy themselves about the provisions of any such matter affecting the property.

All interested parties should be aware that to the north-east of the land a 2nd access off Forum Lane has been constructed, without the relevant planning consents having been obtained.

SPECIAL CONDITIONS
Within one month of completion the seller will be required to erect a fence comprising wooden posts, sheep netting and two strands of wire, between the points A and B, (as shown on the attached plan). Thereafter the purchaser will become responsible for the maintaining, repairing and replacing of the fence line.

Within one month of completion the seller will be required to reinstate an existing gateway within the northern boundary (as marked ‘X’ on the Site
Plan), to be replaced with wooden posts and two strands of wire. Thereafter the purchaser will become responsible for the maintaining, repairing and replacing of the fence line.

The Purchaser will be required to make a contribution of £500 plus VAT towards the vendors incurred professional costs.

DIRECTIONS
From the town of Shepton Mallet proceed north-west along ‘Commercial Road’ / ’A371’ for approximately 0.4 miles and then to right onto ’Forum Lane’. Proceed north along Forum Lane for approximately 0.4 miles and the
land can be found on your left hand side, marked with a GTH For Sale by Auction signage board.

AGENT’S NOTE
Situated within the southern boundary of the land is a pre-cast concrete water trough, which formerly benefitted from a neighbouring water connection. The seller has held communications with the Water Board to obtain an independent
connection, with the land to be sold free of any mains water connection.

There is a historic covenant placed upon the Property restricting building upon the same, but Buyers will need to satisfy themselves as to the enforceability of the covenant. Contained within a Conveyance dated 4th July 2001 the previous
owner reserved a Right of Entry for a period of 80 years to inspect, repair or renew a water pipe, (please refer to the Legal Pack for further detail).