Lighteach Road, Prees,

Auction Guide Price - £50,000 - £75,000.
Dove Barn is a great development opportunity on the edge of the village of Prees. Planning has been given under Class Q to convert into four residential dwellings. The total site is just under 2.8 acres and is being sold by Public Auction at 2pm on the 26th September 2025. The property is also suitable to be kept as agricultural.

Location - Dove Barn is located on Lighteach Road on the edge of the popular village of Prees which benefits from a village convenience store/post office, a newsagents, a recently built doctor's surgery, a hairdressers, excellent sporting and leisure facilities at the Prees Football and Recreation club, a church and a well respected primary school.

The larger towns of Whitchurch, Shrewsbury, Chester and Telford are within easy driving distance, and there is a local railway station approximately half a mile away and this gives access to Whitchurch and Crewe to the North and Shrewsbury to the south.

Brief Description - Halls are delighted to be instructed to sell Dove Barn by public auction at 2pm on the 26th September.

Dove Barn is a spacious 4,500ft2 barn that has recently been given Class Q Consent for conversion into 4 residential units. Class Q allows the conversion of Agricultural Buildings to dwelling houses subject to certain conditions and limitations.

Together with the building is a shared access point with the 4 neighbouring barns and a management company will be set up. The barn has land with it that measures just under 2.8 acres and adjoins farmland. The property also offers a useful existing barn that has been used for cattle and storage in the past and could be used for that again or other agricultural uses.

Planning - Application for prior approval under Part 3, Class Q of the Town & Country Planning (General Permitted Development) (England) Order 2015 for the change of use from agricultural to form 4No dwellings to include amenity space, parking and ancillary works. Application number - 25/02229/PMBPA. This was granted on the 5th August 2025.

Directions - From Whitchurch drive south on the A49 and after about 5 miles turn right signposted Prees and drive into the village. Turn right by the shop into Mill Street. Drive down Mill St which then becomes Station Road. Turn right just past the children's play area into Lighteach Road and follow the lane for about 1/2 of a mile and the development is on the left hand side.

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Tenure & Possession - We understand that the property is of freehold tenure and vacant possession will be given on completion of the purchase.

Local Authority - Shropshire - Shropshire Council, Shirehall, Abbey Foregate, Shrewsbury, SY2 6ND

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Method Of Sale - Dove Barn will be offered for sale by Public Auction on Friday 26th September 2025 at Halls Holdings House, Bowmen Way, Battlefield, Shrewsbury SY4 3DR at 2 pm. The Auctioneers, as agents for the vendors, reserve the right to alter, divide, amalgamate or withdraw any of the property for sale at any time. The Auctioneers, further, reserve the right to sell the property privately, prior to Auction without prior notice or explanation and no liability will be accepted to any intending purchaser in consequence of such a decision.

Contract & Special Conditions Of Sale (Legal Pack) - The land will be sold subject to the Special Conditions of Sale, which are not to be read at the time of sale, but can be requested from Halls, the Auctioneers or the Solicitors TBC prior to the date of the auction. The purchasers shall be deemed to purchase with full knowledge thereof, whether he/she has read the Special Conditions of Sale or not.

Guide Price & Reserve - Guides are provided as an indication of each seller's minimum expectation. They are not necessarily figures which a property will sell for and may change at any time prior to the auction. Each property will be offered subject to a RESERVE (a figure below which the Auctioneer cannot sell the property during the auction) which we expect will be set within the Guide Range or no more than 10% above a single figure Guide.

Viewing Arrangements - Strictly through the Agents: Halls, 8 Watergate Street, Whitchurch, SY13 1DW
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Services - We believe that mains water and electricity are on site and ready for connection. Drainage is to a shared sewage treatment plant.