Window of opportunity opens for developers
August 2024
Development land specialists Greenslade Taylor Hunt are marketing two sites of strategic land in South Somerset which have both been deemed suitable for housing.
The larger site at Queen Camel could provide up to 31 homes, while the other at Wiltown, Curry Rivel, could be suitable for seven properties.
Mark Chugg, Partner at GTH, said: “There is a window of opportunity to promote both sites through the emerging Somerset Local Plan, which will be produced by Somerset Council.”
There is also an opportunity for immediate planning applications to be prepared and submitted as the council has a shortfall in its five-year housing land supply.
Councils must be able to demonstrate a deliverable five-year housing supply, otherwise they must be minded to grant planning applications that they might previously have turned down. On this measure the former South Somerset District Council area, where both these sites are located falls short by around three years.
A pre-application enquiry to Somerset Council in February 2024 confirmed that the Queen Camel site is within a sustainable location, is acceptable in principle, subject to further access, layout, scale and design work.
A similarly positive response was received for the Wiltown site, which borders the development boundary of the village to the north and west.
The land off West Camel Road, Queen Camel, is on the market at offers in the region of £150,000, while the land at Wiltown, Curry Rivel, is guided at offers in the region of £100,000.
Both sites are offered on an unconditional basis. The deadline for the submission of offers is 12 noon on Friday, September 20, 2024.
For more information and to arrange viewings please contact Mark Chugg or James Nelson on 01823 334466 or email [email protected] or [email protected]
The larger site at Queen Camel could provide up to 31 homes, while the other at Wiltown, Curry Rivel, could be suitable for seven properties.
Mark Chugg, Partner at GTH, said: “There is a window of opportunity to promote both sites through the emerging Somerset Local Plan, which will be produced by Somerset Council.”
There is also an opportunity for immediate planning applications to be prepared and submitted as the council has a shortfall in its five-year housing land supply.
Councils must be able to demonstrate a deliverable five-year housing supply, otherwise they must be minded to grant planning applications that they might previously have turned down. On this measure the former South Somerset District Council area, where both these sites are located falls short by around three years.
A pre-application enquiry to Somerset Council in February 2024 confirmed that the Queen Camel site is within a sustainable location, is acceptable in principle, subject to further access, layout, scale and design work.
A similarly positive response was received for the Wiltown site, which borders the development boundary of the village to the north and west.
The land off West Camel Road, Queen Camel, is on the market at offers in the region of £150,000, while the land at Wiltown, Curry Rivel, is guided at offers in the region of £100,000.
Both sites are offered on an unconditional basis. The deadline for the submission of offers is 12 noon on Friday, September 20, 2024.
For more information and to arrange viewings please contact Mark Chugg or James Nelson on 01823 334466 or email [email protected] or [email protected]