Farmland

The RRA Committee are aware that all the land owned by Taylor Wimpey, which comprises the farmland off Mitchley Hill, farmland off Mitchley Avenue, Mitchley Wood, and woodlands off Dunmail Drive and woodland in Honister Heights, is all currently on the market for freehold sale, either as one or in separate lots.

This land is all greenbelt land and subject to current planning laws and is not available for development.

The committee will be monitoring this situation very carefully.

Update 17.9.09: The RRA has learnt from the agents, Savills, that this land was subject to 'best and final offers' on Friday 11 Sept 09 and that all 6 plots are currently under offer to a single unknown bidder.

Update as at 14 March 2010

The RRA has learnt that the sale to an unknown bidder has fallen through and all the land is again for sale, as one lot, via the Agents Savills. The RRA will continue to monitor the situation.

Barnard Marcus auction of farmland and woodland around Riddlesdown

Click here for their catalogue -
see items 16 to 21, 52, 61, 110,112

The prices of the lots sold at the auction on 26 May 2010 were as follows:

Lots 16 -21 Land Honister Hts

Lot 16 (A) - Honister Hts - Sold £10k

Lot 17 (B) - Sold £10k

Lot 18 (C) - withdrawn

Lot 19 (F) - Unsold - Reserve £15k - nearest bid £11.5k

Lot 20 (G) - Unsold - Reserve £15k - nearest bid £12.5K

Lot 21 (M) - Sold - £30K

Lot 52 - Land Mitchley Ave - Sold £95k

Lot 61 - Land/Woodland adj School - Sold £50k

Lot 110 - Woodland, Adj Mitchley Ave - Unsold - reserve £50k - nearest bid £48k

Lot 112 - Mitchley Hill land - Unsold - Reserve £30k - nearest bid £26k