Land at Hollins Road, Darwen, Lancashire, BB3 0BJ

Location

The site is located on Hollins Road, approximately 1.4km north-west of Darwen Town Centre, adjacent to Crown Paints Factory Complex. The site previously housed Hollins Paper Mill prior to its full demolition.

Junction 4 of the M65 Motorway is located 1km north of the site, providing convenient transport links to the National Motorway Network.

Description

The site extends to approximately 9.81 acres (3.97 hectares), providing for a Net Developable Area of approximately 7 acres. The site itself is, in its majority, regular in shape, vacant and has been cleared, having previously been occupied by a large paper mill (Hollins Paper Mill).

Vehicular access is provided via a former roadway via Hollins Road.

We are advised that the site is fully remediated and a validation report will be supplied once completed by E3P Environmental Consultancy. The site will be finished to a development platform, with a piling mat for parties to commence build on the site.

Following discussions with the Environmental Agent as part of the planning application, they have advised that the culvert should ideally be opened up in the future. Accordingly, no development should take place over the culvert area. Please see the main photograph showing the location of the culvert.

Services

No services are currently connected to the site. Interested parties are advised to make their own investigations into the availability and capacity of services potentially available to the site.

Sale Price

Offers in the Region of £2.3 million.

VAT

VAT is applicable and will be charged at the prevailing rate.

Use

The site is held Freehold under Title Number LAN243750. The Title Register is available upon request.

Anti-Money Laundering (AML)

In accordance with the Criminal Finances Act 2017 and the regulations set by HMRC and RICS, Turner Westwell Commercial Agents must perform AML due diligence for all clients, as well as for buyers and tenants involved in any transaction. This means we will need to gather personal, detailed financial and corporate information before we can finalise any transaction.


Planning

The site is allocated within the Local Plan's Policies Map as a Secondary Employment Area which states ''planning permission will be granted for development in Use Classes B1, B2 and B8 and for other uses with a clear requirement to locate in a commercial area''. This would include ''Use Class E'' floorspace, such as offices or light industrial uses. Interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries direct with the Local Planning Authority (Blackburn with Darwen Borough Council).

Legal Costs

Each party are to be responsible for their own legal costs involved in the transaction.

EPC

Not Applicable.

Viewings

The site can be viewed from the road side. Any parties who enter the site, do so at their own risk.