Lot 2 Land at Black Mount, By Howgate, Midlothian, EH26

SITUATION
The Land at Black Mount is situated in a scenic and accessible rural location within Midlothian, close to the settlement of Howgate and 3.5 miles to the southeast of the popular town of Penicuik. The land benefits from direct access onto adjacent public roads and is only 7.5 miles south of the Edinburgh City Bypass, offering excellent transport links to both the north and south of the country. Penicuik provides a range of day-to-day amenities including a variety of retail and business services, and primary and secondary schools. The large retail and industrial park at Straiton, which is located about 7 miles to the north, offers a wide selection of services and major retailers including IKEA and Costco.
The nearby train station at Gorebridge, around 7 miles from the property, provides fast rail connections to Edinburgh and beyond. The City of Edinburgh offers a broader range of services, including financial centres, retail and business facilities, and regular mainline railway connections, international airport services are available from Edinburgh Airport.
This part of Midlothian is renowned for its high-quality mixed farming units, and the Land at Black Mount offers a mix of fertile soils capable of producing good yields across a variety of arable crops and areas of pasture and grazing land well suited to the rearing of livestock. The area is well served by a range of agricultural merchants and suppliers, with several agricultural contractors available to provide additional farming resources if required. The excellent road network provides easy access to a number of livestock markets located in Lanark, Stirling and St Boswells offering a choice of outlets for livestock purchases and sales.

DESCRIPTION
The Land at Black Mount offers a versatile block of mixed arable and livestock farmland extending to approximately 346.32 Ha (855.76 Acres) in total and is located within a highly accessible location within rural Midlothian. The land is split into four separate blocks by the B6372 and the minor public road which leads south from the A6094 and Rosslynlee Trout Fishery, and comprises a productive mix of arable, pasture and grazing ground with a number of areas of woodland providing shelter and amenity to the holding. The land benefits from direct access onto adjacent public roads, which link onto the A701 to the west or the A7 to the east. The land has been principally classified as Grade 4 and 5 by The James Hutton Institute with some smaller areas of Grade 3 and is of a varying aspect rising overall from 253m to 280m above sea level. The arable land has historically been farmed on a mixed arable operation, with cereals and temporary grass all grown as part of the rotation.

METHOD OF SALE
The Land at Black Mount is offered for sale as a whole or in 4 lots.

LOT 2: ABOUT 57.27 HA (142.66 ACRES)

The land within Lot 2 comprises a productive block of farmland which extends in total to about 57.27 Ha (142.66 Acres) and is located to the northeast of the B6372 and is bound to the east by the minor public road which leads to Rosslynlee Trout Fishery and the A6094. The land predominantly comprises a productive mix of arable and silage ground with smaller areas of pasture and broadleaved woodland. The land is generally of a southeasterly aspect and rises from 253m on the northeastern boundary to 273m above sea level at its highest point adjacent to public road. The land has been classified by The James Hutton Institute as a mix of grade 3.2, 4.1, and 4.2 and the enclosures are all laid out in a good size and well suited to use of modern machinery with direct access available from the B6372 public road. The grazing fields benefitting from access to natural source water supplies.

FORESTRY GRANT SCHEME / RE-STOCK PLANTING OBLIGATIONS / TIMBER RIGHTS

The sellers have entered a Forestry Grant Scheme (FGS) under the Woodland Improvement Grant (WIG), which was formally accepted on 10th January 2017, with works claimed for the 2016 planting season. The WIG covers about 1.16 Ha of enclosures 5 and 8 of Lot 1 and about 0.49 Ha of enclosure 26 of Lot 3. The purchaser(s) will be responsible upon occupation of the subjects of sale to fully comply with all ongoing management requirements to maintain the woodland as laid down under Forestry Grant Scheme Contract for the remainder of the scheme. For further details, please contact the selling agent.
The sale of Lot 1 and Lot 3 will be subject to replanting obligations in respect of about 8.44Ha of woodland which forms part of enclosures 5, 7, 8 and 26, which have been clear-felled in 2025. Please note all felled timber is excluded from the sale and will be retained by the seller. The purchaser(s) will be responsible upon occupation of the subjects of sale to fully comply with the existing re-stock obligations in respect of clear-felled areas of woodland and any subsequent ongoing management requirements to maintain the woodland as laid down under existing felling licences. For further details and a copy of the felling licences, please contact the selling agent. All remaining standing timber is included in the sale as so far as it is owned by the seller.

IACS
All the farmland is registered for IACS purposes.

NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONE (NVZ)
The Land at Black Mount is not included within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.

BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME ENTITLEMENTS (BPSE)
There are no Basic Payment Scheme Entitlements available with the Land at Black Mount.

LESS-FAVOURED AREA SUPPORT SCHEME (LFASS)
All of the land has been designated as being within a Less-Favoured Area.

LOCAL AUTHORITY
Midlothian Council, Midlothian House, 40-60 Buccleuch Street, Dalkeith, EH22 1DN

SCOTTISH GOVERNMENT RURAL PAYMENTS AND INSPECTIONS DIRECTORATE

GALASHIELS
Cotgreen Road, Tweedbank, Galashiels, TD1 3SG
Tel:
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INGOING VALUATION
The purchaser(s) of Land at Black Mount shall, in addition to the purchase price, be obliged to take over and pay for at a valuation to be agreed by a mutually appointed valuer(s) with respect to the following:

1. All cultivations and growing crops on a seeds, labour, lime, fertiliser, sprays and machinery basis with an increment representing the enhanced value of the establishment and age of such crops.

2. All feed stuffs, hay, straw, fodder, roots, silage and farmyard manure and other produce at market value.

3. All oils, fuel, fertilisers, sprays, chemicals, seeds, and sundries at cost.

Note: If the amount of the valuations has not been agreed on the date fixed for completion, then the purchaser shall pay to the seller such a sum as selling agents shall certify on account at the valuation pending agreement. Should the payment not be made within seven days then the interest will become payable on outstanding monies at 8% over Bank of Scotland borrowing rate.

VIEWING
Strictly by appointment with the Selling Agents.

POST CODE
EH26 8QQ

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HEALTH & SAFETY
The property is an agricultural holding, and appropriate caution should be exercised at all times during inspection particularly in reference to the farm buildings, farmland and water courses.

SOLICITORS
Turcan Connell, Princes Exchange, 1 Earl Grey Street, Edinburgh, EH3 9EE

DEPOSIT
A deposit of 10% of the purchase price shall be paid within seven days of completion of Missives. Deposit will be non-refundable in the event of the purchaser failing to complete for reasons not attributable to the Seller or their Agents.

MINERALS
The mineral rights are included in the sale insofar as they form part of the title. The property includes a number of historic quarries, and whilst there is evidence of past quarry and mining workings within the local vicinity including number of historic limestone quarries within the subject of sale, there are currently no active mining or quarrying operations within the holding.

SPORTING RIGHTS
In so far as these rights form part of the property title they are included within the sale.

POSSESSION AND ENTRY
Vacant possession and entry will be given on completion or such mutual time to be agreed by the Seller and the Purchaser(s), subject to the following;
The sale of the land within Lot 1 is subject to an existing grazing and cropping licence in favour of a local farmer in respect of fields 4, 6 and 12 which are due to expire on the 31st May 2026.
The sale of the land within Lot 2 is subject to an existing grazing and cropping licence in favour of a local farmer in respect of fields 16, 17 and 18 which are due to expire on the 31st May 2026

ANTI MONEY LAUNDERING (AML) REGULATIONS
Please note that under the 2017 AML regulations we are legally required to carry out money laundering checks against purchasers. Upon verbal acceptance of an offer, we require to identify the purchaser for Anti-Money Laundering purposes. Our service provider ‘First AML’ will contact the purchaser to gather the required identification documents. An information sheet is available from the selling agent on request. We are not able to enter a business relationship with a purchaser until they have been identified.
Failure to provide required identification may result in an offer not being considered.

THIRD PARTY RIGHTS AND SERVITUDES

Lot 2 - The proprietors of Mayfield Cottage benefit from all necessary rights to install a new septic tank within field 21. The proprietors of Mount Lothian Cottages 1 and 2 benefit from all necessary rights in relation to their septic tank located within filed 21.

The subjects are sold together with and subject to all existing rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others whether contained in the Title Deeds or otherwise, and purchasers will be deemed as satisfied themselves in respect thereof.