LOT 2 - Residential Development Land, Church Street, Northborough

LOT 2 - RANGE OF DOMESTIC GARAGES AND STORES, DOVECOTE, OFFICES AND GARAGE WORKSHOP  

RESIDENTIAL DEVELOPMENT LAND WITH PLANNING CONSENT 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.

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.

The land 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 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. 

TERMS The property 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. 

VAT The property is not applicable for VAT 

LEGAL COSTS Each party to bear their own legal costs. 

VIEWING  

By appointment only  

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. 

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