The Bobbing Apple, Sheppey Way, Bobbing, Sittingbourne, ME9 8RZ

Detached, principally single storey modern building it stands alongside a 62-bedroom Premier Inn at one end of a total site of 1.9 acres.

Sitting alongside the A249 dual carriageway, the road leads from Sheerness to the north (8 miles) to Maidstone in the south (11 miles), crossing the A2 between London and Canterbury. Sittingbourne is a busy town of 60,000 and Sheerness, on the Isle of Sheppey, remains an active commercial port, and there are a number of industries based in the region.

Lobby entrance into bar area, with booths and raised areas seating 40. Bar servery leading through to hot & cold food display. Main restaurant in three sections providing 230 covers. One area is for family dining with children’s play area.

Ancillary areas
Fully equipped commercial kitchens with ample stores, walk-in cold stores. Level cellars.

The trade fixtures and fittings are included in the purchase price. Certain items bearing corporate identity, brand name, third-party owned or on the excluded list (see “Terms of Disposal” document) may be removed from the property prior to, or shortly after, completion.

Boundary Plans
• Restaurant Only Disposal – The plans edged in blue are provided as a guide to Whitbread's property ownership. The boundary edged in red is the demise that will transfer as part of the freehold, long leasehold, or shorter leasehold transaction.
• Whole Site Disposal – the plans edged in red are a guide to the property’s boundary only. Please seek your own legal advice in respect to the ownership plan.
• Stacked Sites – where the restaurant sits directly below the hotel, the access from the Hotel reception will be closed off, with access directed through the main restaurant entrance.

Service Charge (excluding Whole Sites) The buyer will be expected to pay a service charge, to cover common areas and grounds maintenance and repairs on a proportional basis.

VAT - will be calculated if the property has living accommodation at 90% or 100% if not and will be added to the purchase price. If the transaction is deemed to be a Transfer of a Going Concern (TOGC), VAT will not be payable.

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Enclosed trade garden with seating for 40. Adjoining play area. Additional patio seating for 12.

Its location at a roadside service area, just outside Sittingbourne, The Bobbing Apple offers scope to further develop the existing use or transform in a multi-use venue such as QSR, retail and leisure.

The sale is subject to TUPE - Transfer of Undertaking (Protection of Employment), all staff will transfer with the business on completion. Anonymised schedules will be available in the data room for review by qualified parties only.

The premises currently trade 7-days a week, 6.30am to 11pm Monday to Friday, with 7am opening at the weekends.