Rates Payable Rateable Value (2023)

Description

The property comprises a newly refurbished former Land Rover car dealership comprising showroom, sales offices, multiple workshops, parts storage and a separate office/parts building.
The property has extensive car parking and car display space including a large storage compound to the rear of the property for approx. 270 cars. It also provides a small off-road ‘test drive’ experience area. The showroom is of a modern construction with a steel portal frame structure and brick infill walls.
The main showroom building provided a newly refurbished showroom, offices and customer areas on the ground and first floor. The showroom is fitted out to high specification with solid concrete, tiled floor, glazed frontages, WCs, kitchen, internal meeting rooms and suspended acoustic tiled ceiling with LED lighting. The vehicle workshop has been extended and has been designed to represent Land Rover design standards with solid concrete floor and is accessed via seven overhead shutter doors.
To the rear there is a two storey detached former industrial building which has most recently used as parts storage, valet bays and offices with its own WCs, kitchen, and drivers mess areas.
To the rear of the site there is a detached vehicle workshop building and external wet valet area. This is accessed via two roller shutters doors and there is internally a single MOT bay.

Title

The site is held within two registered Titles Nos. K890330 & K828404

Planning

We understand that the site has a Sui Generis use subject to confirmation with the local planning authority (LPA).
The site is previously developed land, and the Dec 2024 National Planning Policy Framework allows an interpretation of Grey belt within Green Belt
areas. Alternative uses will require further engagement with the LPA.