Adisham, near Canterbury, Kent 123.42 Hectares / 304.96 Acres · 4b 3.1 2000/ 1935 Sweet chestnut...

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THE ILEDEN WOODS Adisham, near Canterbury, Kent

123.42 Hectares / 304.96 Acres

Lot 1: Oxenden Shaw 15.12 hectares / 37.35 acres

Guide Price £165,000

Lot 2: Woodlands Wood21.32 hectares / 52.68 acres


Lot 3: Pitt Wood 32.13 hectares / 79.39 acres

Guide Price £250,000 Lot 4: Well Wood

35.53 hectares / 87.79 acres Guide Price £280,000

Lot 5: Ileden Wood 18.67 hectares / 46.14 acres


FREEHOLD FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY AS A WHOLE OR IN FIVE LOTS

Suite 8, Rectory HouseThame Road, HaddenhamBuckinghamshire HP17 8DATel: 01844 291384 email: [email protected]

THE ILEDEN WOODS

THE ILEDEN WOODS

Canterbury 9 miles Ashford 21 miles Maidstone 34 miles London 68 miles (all distances are approximate)

DIRECTIONS From the end of the M2, junction 7 near Faversham, take the A2 west towards Canterbury. Follow this road for 10½ miles, past Canterbury and take the left turn to Kingston and Barham. At the junction at the end of the slip road turn left. Proceed across the crossroads after about half a mile Lots 1 and 2 are either side at the road after a further third of a mile shortly after a sharp right hand bend. To reach Lots 3 and 4 continue past Lots 1 and 2. After 350 yards, point C on the sale plan, continue straight on as the public road turns sharply left. The access to Lots 3 and 4 is shown with broken brown and broken blue lines marked CDE on the sale plan. There is parking on the track between lots 3 and 4. Lot 5 is reached from the southbound carriageway of the A2 over the route shown with a broken brown line and marked ML on the sale plan. This is signed Ileden Lane. OS 1:50,000 Map 179 Ref TR210555 (Lot 1). Postcode CT4 6PH. VIEWING Viewing is possible without appointment at any time during daylight hours so long as prospective purchasers are in possession of a set of these sale particulars. Please be aware of hazards within the woodland when viewing. MANAGEMENT The wood is currently managed by Silva Woodland Management Ltd, 20 Weald View Road, Tonbridge, Kent, TN9 2NG, telephone 01732 352895. Their Mr Rick Vallis will be pleased to discuss future management with prospective purchasers. TAXATION After two years ownership, commercially managed woods qualify for 100% relief from Inheritance Tax. Timber sales are free of all Income Tax and do not attract Capital Gains Tax. In certain circumstances it is possible to roll-over Capital Gains into the proportion of the purchase price attributable to the value of the land. SPORTING RIGHTS The sporting rights are owned and included in the sale. They are not let.

MINERAL RIGHTS These are owned and included in the sales with the exception of specified areas where they are reserved to former owners and except as reserved by statute. FENCING There are no known fencing liabilities. RIGHTS AND EASEMENTS The woodlands are sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights, including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water, gas and electricity supplies and any other easements. WAYLEAVES The woodlands are sold subject to all existing wayleaves and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the routes thereof. PLANS AND AREAS These are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. The purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to their accuracy and any error or mis-statement shall not annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof. TENURE AND POSSESSION Freehold. Vacant possession will be given on completion. METHOD OF SALE The Ileden Woods are offered for sale by Private Treaty as a whole or in five lots. Prospective purchasers should register their interest with the Selling Agents to whom offers should be submitted. Please contact our Haddenham office on 01844 291384. GENERAL DESCRIPTION The Ileden Woods are situated in gently undulating farmland to the south east of the historic cathedral city of Canterbury. The woods are easily accessed from the A2 via country lanes and good access tracks which link to rides within all the lots. There is ample room for stacking areas within the woods.

THE ILEDEN WOODS LOT 4: WELL WOOD 35.53 hectares / 87.79 acres

Immediately to the south of Pitt Wood, Lot 3, another strong area of commercial coppice albeit with a larger percentage of mixed coppice rather than pure sweet chestnut. Well Wood has a good over-storey of maturing oak in many coppice areas and also contains attractive areas of mid and late rotation mixed broadleaves including beech of good form, oak and sycamore.

STOCKING SCHEDULE Cpt. Area

(ha.) P Year/ Cut year

Principal Species

4a 1.9 2008/ 1935

Sweet chestnut coppice with oak standards

4b 3.1 2000/ 1935


4c 2.5 2000 Sweet chestnut coppice 4d 1.8 1993 Sweet chestnut coppice 4e 0.6 1993/

1935 Mixed broadleaf coppice with oak standards

4f 2.8 1995 Sweet chestnut, mixed broadleaf coppice

4g 1.5 2008 Sweet chestnut coppice 4h 0.4 1970 Norway spruce 4i 1.7 1998 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 4j 1.9 1998 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 4k 1.2 1995/


4l 0.3 1995 Mixed broadleaf coppice 4m 0.4 1985 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5a 2.5 1992 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5b 2.8 1990 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5c 0.7 1995 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5d 3.6 1970 Beech, Douglas fir 5e 1.9 2014 Corsican pine 5f 2.0 2000 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5g 0.8 - Open ground 5h 2.0 1935/

2015 Mixed broadleaf standards and coppice

Total 36.40 hectares

The stocking plan can be downloaded from the John Clegg & Co website – see The Ileden Wood’s listing on www.johnclegg.co.uk

RIGHTS OF WAY Well Wood is sold with the benefit of a right of way for all purposes over the route shown with a broken brown line marked CD on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user. The area to the south of the broken red line on the sale plan also has rights of way for forestry purposes over the routes shown with a broken brown line marked LM and over the route shown with a broken blue line marked KL on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user. Lot 4 is sold subject to rights of way for all purposes over the routes shown with broken blue lines marked D1E, GH and JK on the sale plan with maintenance according to user.

OFFERS AROUND £280,000 ARE INVITED FOR LOT 4

LOT 5: ILEDEN WOOD 18.67 hectares / 46.14 acres

A varied wood including a good stand of mid-rotation beech, ash, coppice, hornbeam coppice, sweet chestnut coppice and mixed coppice together with some small open areas. Ileden Wood enjoys good access from the A2 over good quality hard tracks along its north-western boundary.


(ha.)P Year/ Cut year

Principal Species

6ai 3.7 1995 Mixed broadleaf coppice6aii 0.4 2016 Mixed broadleaf coppice6b 1.8 2013 Mixed broadleaf coppice6c 0.6 - Open ground 6di 2.1 2005/1935 Sweet chestnut coppice6dii 0.4 2014 Sweet chestnut coppice6e 0.9 2000 Hornbeam coppice6f 0.8 - Open ground 6g 2.1 1970 Beech, Douglas fir6h 6.0 1985/1935 Ash coppice with oak standardsTotal 18.80 hectares


RIGHTS OF WAY Ileden Wood is sold with the benefit of a right of way for forestry purposes over the route shown with a broken brown line and marked LM on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user.

The wood is sold subject to a right of way for all purposes over the route shown with a broken blue line marked KL on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user.


IMPORTANT NOTICE John Clegg & Co for themselves and for the vendors of this property, whose agents they are, give notice that: (1) These particulars do not constitute nor constitute any part of an offer of a contract (2) All statements contained in these particulars as to the property are made without responsibility on the part of John Clegg & Co or the vendor. (3) None of the statements contained in these particulars as to this property are to be relied on as statements or representations of fact. (4) Any intending purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of the statements contained in these particulars. (5) The vendor does not make or give, and neither John Clegg & Co nor any person in their employment has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to this property. Particulars prepared September 2016. John Clegg & Co is a trading name of Strutt & Parker LLP, a limited liability partnership, registered in England and Wales with registered number OC334522. Its registered office is at 13 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London W1J 5LQ

THE ILEDEN WOODS The woods are strongly broadleaved in content with the Kent favourite, sweet chestnut, being the dominant species. During the 1970s Norway spruce, Corsican pine, Douglas fir and Japanese larch were planted. Most of these have now been clearfelled and restocked with mixed broadleaves. Throughout the areas of sweet chestnut coppice are maturing oak standards with some beech and ash. Within the woods are pure sweet chestnut coppice and more varied areas where the coppice is a mixture of sweet chestnut, ash, hornbeam and hazel. Also present are birch, willow and cherry. The coppice has been actively managed in recent years with produce going to the traditional fencing markets. There is growing demand from the biomass markets which is likely to be an increasingly demanding sector in the future. As well as providing timber sales income, the regular management input also provides nature benefits as it produces a diverse range of habitats which maintain and enhance the value of these areas for wildlife. The woodlands, with the exception of Lot 1, are situated within the Kent Downs Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB). The woodlands, with the exception of compartments 1d, 2g, 2m, 2n, 2g, 4g, 4m, 5g, 5h and 6f are classified as Ancient Semi Natural Woodland (ASNW). Ancient Woodland is a designation indicating these are old woodland sites dating back to at least 1600 AD. Prior to this date, planting of woodland was very uncommon which suggests if a wood was present in 1600 AD it is likely to have been there for some time previously and may be a remnant of the original wild wood which once covered most of Britain. Well Wood (with the exception of compartments 4a, 4c, 4f and 4g) and Ileden Wood are classified as Sites of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) by Natural England. These woods are ancient woodland deemed to be representative of east Kent plateau woodland on chalk. Within the Ileden Woods is an abundant ground flora, particularly where there is not dense shade from the canopy, which includes bluebells, wood anemone, yellow archangel, wood spurge and wild cherry. Within the SSSI are the nationally scarce Narrow-lipped Helleborine and Lady Orchid which in Britain is confined to Kent. The open sunnier parts of the woods are attractive to butterfly species which are likely to include Common Blue, Green Hairstreak and Brimstone. The woods provide suitable conditions for breeding birds such as green and great spotted woodpecker which prefer mature trees and standing dead wood habitat. Thick cover, as occurs at the thickest stage of the coppice cycle, attracts Treecreeper, Cuckoo, Hawfinch and Nightingale. Natural England noted the presence of dormouse being recorded in Well Wood.

LOT 1: OXENDEN SHAW 15.12 hectares / 37.35 acres The most varied of the five lots due to a stronger conifer element with maturing Norway spruce and Japanese larch. This is an attractive mixed woodland on a level site with a good system of internal rides. It enjoys long road frontage and has the benefit of a stoned access and stacking area. The striking water tower erected by Margate Corporation in 1903 is in separate ownership and not included in the sale.



Principal Species

1a 4.3 1970 Japanese larch 1b 1.5 1970 Norway spruce 1c 4.2 2014/15 Sweet chestnut, mixed broadleaf

coppice 1d 1.4 1965 Mixed broadleaf coppice1e 0.4 2014 Mixed broadleaves1f 1.1 1998 Sweet chestnut, mixed broadleaf

coppice 1g 1.8 1998 Sweet chestnut, mixed broadleaf

coppice 1h 0.3 2008 Sweet chestnut coppiceTotal 15.00 hectares

The stocking plan can be downloaded from the Selling Agent’s website – see The Ileden Wood’s listing on www.johnclegg.co.uk


THE ILEDEN WOODS LOT 2: WOODLANDS WOOD 21.32 hectares / 52.68 acres Situated on the opposite side of the road to Oxenden Shaw with two entrances, this principally broadleaved wood enjoys similar good access. Within the good ride system is a particularly impressive wide central ride where coppice has recently been cut. Conifers have been removed in recent years and restocked with mixed broadleaves including beech, oak, ash, lime, birch, field maple and hazel.



Principal Species

2a 2.0 1998 1935

Sweet chestnut coppice and oak standards

2b 0.2 1970 Beech 2c 1.2 1990 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 2d 0.6 1995 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 2e 1.0 1990 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 2f 1.5 2008 Mixed broadleaf young

plantation 2g 1.3 1995 Sweet chestnut coppice 2h 1.3 1995 Sweet chestnut coppice 2i 1.5 2000 Sweet chestnut coppice 2j 1.8 2014 Norway spruce 2k 0.7 1990 Mixed broadleaf coppice 2l 1.2 1998 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 2m 1.8 1990 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 2n 1.0 2014 Mixed broadleaves 2o 0.3 1990 Sweet chestnut coppice 2p 1.5 2000 Sweet chestnut coppice 2q 2.4 2008 Mixed broadleaf young

plantation Total 21.30 hectares



LOT 3: PITT WOOD 32.13 hectares / 79.39 acres A strongly commercial sweet chestnut coppice woodland which will produce a steady supply of biomass to feed an individual’s own heating requirements or to sell into the growing business market. Whilst the commerciality of this coppice woodland is obvious, management has aimed to encourage nature conservation as evidenced by the creation of wide rides alongside tracks. There is easy vehicular access through Pitt Wood.



Principal Species

3a 2.1 2002 Sweet chestnut coppice3b 4.6 1997 Sweet chestnut coppice3c 2.2 1990 Sweet chestnut coppice3d 0.9 1935 Mixed broadleaf coppice and oak

standards 3e 1.0 1990 Sweet chestnut coppice3f 0.3 1995 Sweet chestnut coppice3g 2.3 1997 Sweet chestnut coppice3h 1.6 2000 Sweet chestnut coppice3i 1.6 2008 Sweet chestnut coppice3j 1.6 1995 Sweet chestnut coppice3k 1.8 2000 Sweet chestnut coppice3l 2.4 1997 Sweet chestnut coppice3m 2.1 2014/15 Sweet chestnut coppice3n 0.7 2008 Sweet chestnut coppice3o 1.8 1997 Sweet chestnut coppice3p 2.6 1995 Sweet chestnut coppice3q 2.5 2008 Mixed broadleaf young plantation.Total 32.10 hectares

The stocking plan can be downloaded from the John Clegg & Co website – see The Ileden Wood’s listing on www.johnclegg.co.uk RIGHTS OF WAY Pitt Wood is sold with the benefit of a right of way for all purposes over the routes shown with a broken brown line marked CD and a broken blue line marked D1D2 on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user. The majority of the northern section of Pitt Wood has a right of way for all normal forestry operations and timber extraction over the land shown stippled on the sale plan causing as little damage and inconvenience as possible. The woodland owner is responsible for making good any damage and paying compensation for any damage to crops, stock, fences and gates.

OFFERS AROUND £250,000 ARE INVITED

FOR LOT 3

THE ILEDEN WOODS LOT 4: WELL WOOD 35.53 hectares / 87.79 acres

Immediately to the south of Pitt Wood, Lot 3, another strong area of commercial coppice albeit with a larger percentage of mixed coppice rather than pure sweet chestnut. Well Wood has a good over-storey of maturing oak in many coppice areas and also contains attractive areas of mid and late rotation mixed broadleaves including beech of good form, oak and sycamore.



Principal Species

4a 1.9 2008/ 1935


4b 3.1 2000/ 1935


4c 2.5 2000 Sweet chestnut coppice 4d 1.8 1993 Sweet chestnut coppice 4e 0.6 1993/


4f 2.8 1995 Sweet chestnut, mixed broadleaf coppice

4g 1.5 2008 Sweet chestnut coppice 4h 0.4 1970 Norway spruce 4i 1.7 1998 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 4j 1.9 1998 Sweet chestnut, mixed

broadleaf coppice 4k 1.2 1995/


4l 0.3 1995 Mixed broadleaf coppice 4m 0.4 1985 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5a 2.5 1992 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5b 2.8 1990 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5c 0.7 1995 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5d 3.6 1970 Beech, Douglas fir 5e 1.9 2014 Corsican pine 5f 2.0 2000 Mixed broadleaf coppice 5g 0.8 - Open ground 5h 2.0 1935/

2015 Mixed broadleaf standards and coppice

Total 36.40 hectares


RIGHTS OF WAY Well Wood is sold with the benefit of a right of way for all purposes over the route shown with a broken brown line marked CD on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user. The area to the south of the broken red line on the sale plan also has rights of way for forestry purposes over the routes shown with a broken brown line marked LM and over the route shown with a broken blue line marked KL on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user. Lot 4 is sold subject to rights of way for all purposes over the routes shown with broken blue lines marked D1E, GH and JK on the sale plan with maintenance according to user.


LOT 5: ILEDEN WOOD 18.67 hectares / 46.14 acres

A varied wood including a good stand of mid-rotation beech, ash, coppice, hornbeam coppice, sweet chestnut coppice and mixed coppice together with some small open areas. Ileden Wood enjoys good access from the A2 over good quality hard tracks along its north-western boundary.



Principal Species

6ai 3.7 1995 Mixed broadleaf coppice6aii 0.4 2016 Mixed broadleaf coppice6b 1.8 2013 Mixed broadleaf coppice6c 0.6 - Open ground 6di 2.1 2005/1935 Sweet chestnut coppice6dii 0.4 2014 Sweet chestnut coppice6e 0.9 2000 Hornbeam coppice6f 0.8 - Open ground 6g 2.1 1970 Beech, Douglas fir6h 6.0 1985/1935 Ash coppice with oak standardsTotal 18.80 hectares


RIGHTS OF WAY Ileden Wood is sold with the benefit of a right of way for forestry purposes over the route shown with a broken brown line and marked LM on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user.

The wood is sold subject to a right of way for all purposes over the route shown with a broken blue line marked KL on the sale plan. Maintenance is according to user.


IMPORTANT NOTICE John Clegg & Co for themselves and for the vendors of this property, whose agents they are, give notice that: (1) These particulars do not constitute nor constitute any part of an offer of a contract (2) All statements contained in these particulars as to the property are made without responsibility on the part of John Clegg & Co or the vendor. (3) None of the statements contained in these particulars as to this property are to be relied on as statements or representations of fact. (4) Any intending purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of the statements contained in these particulars. (5) The vendor does not make or give, and neither John Clegg & Co nor any person in their employment has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to this property. Particulars prepared September 2016. John Clegg & Co is a trading name of Strutt & Parker LLP, a limited liability partnership, registered in England and Wales with registered number OC334522. Its registered office is at 13 Hill Street, Berkeley Square, London W1J 5LQ

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