The site extends to 3.06 acres (1.24 ha) located to the west of the village of Burniston, as edged red on the Site Location Plan found in the ‘Documents and Downloads’ section. The opportunity comprises a field and includes no.38 Limestone Road and outbuildings. 38 Limestone Road is in disrepair and unoccupied. The landowners own an additional 1.63 acres (0.66 ha) to the north east of the subject site as edged blue on the Site Location Plan.
The site is bound by Residential dwellings to the east and west, Limestone Road (with residential dwellings beyond) to the south, and open fields to the north. The land offers open views northwards onto the North Yorkshire Moors.
Burniston is situated on the edge of the North Yorkshire Moors and close to Yorkshires’ east coast, approximately 5km north of Scarborough and 25 km south of Whitby. There are excellent transport links in close proximity to the village. Scarborough has a regular train service to York that in turn offers an excellent rail network both south to London and north to Newcastle and Scotland. There is also a station in nearby Filey. In addition airports nearby include Durham Tees Valley, Humberside, Newcastle, Leeds Bradford, Manchester International and Hull ferry terminal is 40 miles away.
Burniston benefits from a small range of local convenience retail facilities. A wide range of leisure, retail and recreational facilities are located in Whitby, Scarborough, Leeds and York.
Outline planning permission for residential development with approved access and drainage (TP ref: 18/00505/OL) was granted on Appeal on 8 January 2019. The site is an allocated site in the adopted Scarborough Local plan with an indicative capacity of 40 dwellings
A Sec. 106 Agreement has been signed as part of the planning permission. The Sec. 106 agreement requires the following Planning Gain items (all based on a 36 unit scheme):
A Unilateral Undertaking has also been entered in to requiring the construction of a Headwall on the land edged blue on the Site Location Plan to mitigate ‘ponding’. Furthermore the Unilateral Undertaking requires Ecological Enhancement Works. Both requirements are to be maintained by a Management Company for 10 years prior to them being offered to Scarborough Borough Council for adoption.
Full details relating the planning permission can be found in the ‘Documents and Downloads’ section.
A full suite of technical information is available in the ‘Documents and Downloads’ section including:
The land is held freehold under Title No. NYK295859. Whilst there is a Restrictive Covenant on the land, Counsel opinion (provided in the Title section) concludes it is not enforceable.
Vacant Possession will be provided in Legal completion
The land is registered for VAT and will be charged at the prevailing rate.
The land is offered For Sale via Private Treaty. Offers are invited on both a conditional on planning and unconditional basis. Offers are to be made in writing, and received at the Leeds office of the sole selling agents.
The land van be viewed from Limestone Road. Should interested parties wish to enter the site, please make an appointment with the selling agents.
For further information, please contact:
| Matthew Bagley Tel: 07912 952502 matthew@titchmarshandbagley.com |