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Commercial property for sale

24 Church Street, Northborough, PE6 9BN

£1,200,000

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Longstaff Chartered Surveyors, Spalding
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LOCATION
**Detached House, Outbuildings and Commercial Buildings with Full planning consent for conversion, with additional yard and Paddock. Total area Approx 2.77 Acres (1.12 hectares).
- Substantial Grade II Listed 3 Bedroom Stone House (formerly 3 cottages and Butchers) with large front and rear garden
- Commercial buildings, Dovecote and yard with Planning Consents granted for conversion to 3 dwellings
- Additional rear paddock
- Within easy travelling distance of Market Deeping and Peterborough
- FOR SALE AS A WHOLE OR IN 2 LOTS**

This is an exceptional opportunity to acquire a Period property in a popular village close to Market Deeping.
The property is sited on Church Street, within the original part of Northborough village, and lies with ¾ mile of the Maxey Road roundabout with the A15, and the village has an excellent bus service to Market Deeping and Peterborough. It lies close to the Church and Primary School, and is within easy walking distance for other village shops/facilities and amenities, including Public House.


DESCRIPTION
The overall property comprises a Grade II Listed detached stone 3 bedroom House, (formerly 3 cottages) with large front and rear south facing gardens, together with outbuildings, Listed Dovecote, office and Commercial garage buildings (formerly Green´s Garage). Beyond the commercial buildings there is a grassed area, and another hedged grass paddock lies beyond these parts of the property.

Full Planning and Listed Building Consents have recently been granted by Peterborough City Council, for conversion of the outbuildings, Dovecote, office and Garage Workshop Building, full details of which are provided below.

ACCOMMODATION
The house is a substantial two storey detached stone house, together with a range of domestic garages and stores with private front and rear south facing gardens. The remainder of the property comprises a commercial motor car vehicle workshop with a range of buildings forming office, WC and part store. There is also a stone built two storey Dovecote on the site. There are areas of grassland adjoining the commercial activity and, in addition, there is a rear separate grass paddock. The whole property is served by a driveway from Church Street, which gives access to the main house and the commercial activity at the rear. There is no separate access to the rear paddock.

A plan of the whole site for identification purposes is attached showing Lots 1 and 2 outlined in red and blue respectively. The total area of the whole property is about 2.77 Acres.

The main house is of 18th Century construction with later adaptions, and is of stone with part Collyweston slate roof and part Bradstone slate roof and part blue slate roof. To the front of the main house is an area of lawn. The range of domestic garages and stores are of mixed brick, stone, pantile and concrete tile construction. The Dovecote is of stone and Collyweston slate construction, and the adjoining single storey range of buildings are of brick and pantile / concrete tile construction.

The workshop is an Atcost building, built in the mid 1960´s, and has a concrete frame with part brick walls, part corrugated sheet clad over, and has a single skin corrugated sheet roof with roof lights.

LOT 1 THE MAIN HOUSE
Ground Floor
CONSERVATORY: Upvc single glazed construction - 6.76m x 3.16m
BREAKFAST KITCHEN: 4.43m x 3.88m, well fitted with a range of units, tiled floor, and Worcester boiler
LOBBY to:
UTILITY ROOM: 1.46m x 2.24m with worktops and plumbing for washing machine. Tiled floor
SHOWER ROOM: 1.10m x 2.23m with Tiled floor, shower, Wc and wash hand basin in vanity unit (recently renovated)
LOBBY to:
DINING ROOM: 4.3m x 4.15m, inglenook
SITTING ROOM: 8.12m x 4.28m, French door to rear garden

Stairs to First Floor
LANDING AREA: 4.45m x 3.24m (currently used as home office)
PASSAGEWAY: Large Airing Cupboard
BATHROOM: 3.13m x 3.37m, Bath, vanity unit with wash hand basin, large shower and WC
BEDROOM 2: 4.53m x 2.88m
BEDROOM 1 (Off Landing): 4.6m x 3.99m, giving access to:
BEDROOM 3: 4.5m x 3.75m

To the rear of the main house is an area of private garden (south facing) and rear patio area. Parking for this part of the property in connection with the proposed conversion of the other buildings, will be on an open parking area to the rear of the dwelling.

On a gross external floor area basis, the main house extends to approximately 239m² (2,569 sq.ft.).

LOT 2 RANGE OF DOMESTIC GARAGES AND STORES, DOVECOTE, OFFICES AND GARAGE WORKSHOP
RANGE OF DOMESTIC OUTBUILDINGS INCLUDING GARAGES AND STORES.
Individually measuring 7.5m x 4.18m, 7.56m x 4.00m, 7.21m x 4.03m, 10.0m x 4.61m. On a gross internal floor area basis, these extend to approximately 135m² (1,446 sq.ft.).

WORKSHOP: 23m x 8.7m, external eaves of about 3.9m, sliding door at north end and on west side, together with 2 other roller shutter doors, concrete floor with pit, sodium lights, double glazed windows, and door off to compressor room. The building has a high level internal oil tank and exhaust extracting system ducting in-situ, and on a gross internal floor area basis extends to about 200m² (2,153 sq.ft.).

There is a further range of other buildings opposite comprising the following:
OFFICE: 5.12m x 4.5m
PARTS STORE: 6.6m x 4.6m
WCs: 1.9m x 4.7m
On a gross internal floor area basis, these buildings extend to about 63m² (676 sq.ft.).

The STONE DOVECOTE measures (on the ground floor): 4.1m x 5.4m. First floor of similar dimensions. There is no staircase access to the first floor, but a ladder is in-situ. This whole building, on a gross internal floor area basis extends to about 43.5m² (468 sq.ft.).

The Commercial Buildings are situated on a site area comprising YARD AND SOME ADJOINING GRASSLAND, and immediately to the south of the commercial buildings on site is a further area of grass.

To the rear and south of this area is a further separate GRASS PADDOCK which extends to approximately 0.912 Acres.

BASIS OF OFFERING
The property is offered For Sale as a whole or in 2 LOTS, with the benefit of the granted Full Planning and Listed Building Consents. The sale of Lot 2 will not be agreed before the sale of Lot 1 has been agreed. Unconditional offers will be given preference.

VAT
The land has not been opted to tax at the present time and consequently no VAT is payable in addition to the sale price.

VIEWING
Viewing of the property is by prior appointment - please contact our Residential Development Land Department at R Longstaff & Co LLP on or email

NOTE
All parties entering onto the property do so entirely at their own risk and neither the Vendors nor their Agents will accept any liability for damage to persons or property as a result of being on the site. Great care should be taken at all times to avoid trip hazards and other areas of potential danger on site.

REGISTERED TITLE
The majority of the property is registered at Land Registry.

GUIDE PRICE
As a whole - £1,200,000 Freehold
Lot 1 - £600,000 Freehold
Lot 2 - £600,000 Freehold

AMENITIES
The property lies with ¾ mile of the Maxey Road roundabout with the A15, and the village has an excellent bus service to Market Deeping and Peterborough. It lies close to the Church and Primary School, and is within easy walking distance for other village shops/facilities and amenities, including Public House.

SERVICES
We are advised that mains electricity, water and drainage are connected to the house, and there is a separate electric supply to the outbuildings, garage workshop, and Offices/Dovecote. The rear part of the property is also served by a private drainage system located near to the Dovecote. The house is served by an Oil fired central heating system.

TERMS
The propety is offered for sale Freehold with vacant possession

The property is offered For Sale as a whole or in 2 LOTS, with the benefit of the granted Full Planning and Listed Building Consents. The sale of Lot 2 will not be agreed before the sale of Lot 1 has been agreed. Unconditional offers will be given preference.

OUTGOINGS
COUNCIL TAX Band G

NON DOMESTIC RATING ASSESSMENT (2023 List) £7,500

VAT
The property is not applicable for VAT

LEGAL COSTS
Each party to bear their own legal costs.

PLANNING
Full Planning Consent has been granted by the Peterborough City Council on 3rd October 2025 for the conversion of the Dovecote, offices, outbuildings and workshop into 3 no. dwellings under reference no. 25/00283/FUL, and a separate Listed Building Consent under was granted under reference no 25/00284/LBC . The consents have been granted subject to a number of conditions all of which are set out in the details of the Full planning consent which can be downloaded from Peterborough City Council planning department website, together with all plans/reports/surveys.


Copies can be requested by contacting our Residential Development Land department on or email: . Plans and the Full application/Listed Building Applications have been prepared by Neil Dowlman Architecture, to whom contact may be made for the purpose of discussing any element regarding the consent and the conditions which are attached - the contact is Caille Joyce on .

Interested parties should thoroughly investigate the planning history on the site and the requirements for additional information in terms of condition compliance all as set out in the consents.

OTHER
OVERAGE / UPLIFT PROVISION
If an alternative scheme is devised for the area of the property included in the recent planning applications site in excess of 3 units plus the existing house, then an overage/uplift clause provision will be invoked based on a 30 year term at 45% of the increase in value. Additionally if planning consent is granted on the rear grass area or rear paddock outside the planning application red line area, then an overage/uplift clause provision will be invoked based on a 30 year term at 35% of the increase in value.

The trigger for such an event would be the earlier of: -

a) The implementation of an alternative Planning Consent or one where the number of units onsite is increased (above 3 new builds and the existing house)
b) The sale of the land with the benefit of such consent/s having a greater number of units above 4 in total

VIEWING
By appointment only

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24 Church Street, Northborough, PE6 9BN

NEAREST STATIONS

Distances are straight line measurements from the centre of the postcode
  • Peterborough Station5.9 miles

About Longstaff Chartered Surveyors, Spalding

5 New Road, Spalding, PE11 1BS

Founded in 1770, R Longstaff & Co LLP is one of the oldest and most well-known firms of Estate Agents and Chartered Surveyors in South Lincolnshire. We pride ourselves on providing a quality service benefiting from traditional, professional values combined with a modern and dynamic approach. Our in-depth knowledge of the area ensures that we are at the forefront of the commercial property market.

We offer a comprehensive service from our offices located in Spalding and Bourne and we pride ourselves on our regional knowledge and provide an experienced and professional approach to all aspects of commercial property including:-

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