Land for sale

High Street, Dilton Marsh, Westbury BA13

An outstanding residential development site, about 7.6 acres (3.1 ha) with planning permission for up to 54 dwellings at the rear of 117 High Street, Dilton Marsh, Westbury, Wiltshire, BA13 4DP - for sale by informal tender. Best and Final bids are required by 12pm on Wednesday 25th June.
Outline planning permission

In an Appeal Decision dated 12th March 2025(Ref app/Y3940/W the Planning Inspectorate allowed outline planning permission for up to 54 dwellings including 30% affordable, and supporting infrastructure with all matters reserved for future consideration except for access. The appeal decision follows Wiltshire Council’s decision to refuse outline planning permission – Application Ref pl/2023/001880 refers. The site will be accessed via a new junction onto the High Street and an Illustrative Master Plan has been prepared identifying one way in which a residential layout together with the areas allocated for drainage attenuation, public open space and landscaping could be accommodated. A schedule of conditions is provided between pages 7-11 of the appeal
decision.
Community infrastructure levy

Community Infrastructure Levy (cil) will be payable to Wiltshire Council at a rate of £55/sqm - index linked from May 2015. Purely by way of a steer we have calculated that the cil payment (applicable to the market units only) is likely to be represented in the region of £303,500 and when added to the S106 contributions the “blended cost” per unit is assessed in the sum of circa £8600.

Situation

The popular village of Dilton Marsh enjoys a mixture of local amenities which include a well-regarded Primary School, a vehicle repair workshop, a small takeaway facility and a church. The White Horse Health Centre and a small convenience store are also within walking distance of the site. More comprehensive facilities including schooling for all age groups are available in the nearby towns of Westbury, Warminster and Frome.

The main A36 which is only a short distance to the west of the village provides excellent road links to the A303 to the south and the A361 and M4 to the north. Rail - Dilton Marsh has the convenience of its own train station which is on a direct line to Bath and enjoys ease of commuting to Bristol, as well as Salisbury and London. The railway station at Westbury (3 miles) operates on the main line providing frequent east to west services between London Paddington and Taunton and north to south services between Cardiff and Portsmouth. Bus - The village benefits from comprehensive local bus service providing access to the nearby towns and villages.

Property Information

Services - Mains services are understood to be generally available nearby. Prospective purchasers are required to make their own enquiries of the various Statutory Utility Providers

tenure and possession - The property is Freehold with vacant possession on Legal Completion.

VAT will be charged on the sale price of the property.

Information pack - A full information pack containing relevant reports, drawings and title information is available, . Please contact Strakers for access details.

For ease of reference the Data Room has been broken down into the following folders:
• Topographical Survey
• Land Registry Title Documents
• Searches (Dec 2021)
• Planning
o Application Documents
o Appeal Documents
o Site Representations (Local Plan & Neighbourhood Plan)
o Pre-application Documents
• S106 Agreement

rights and reservations -The Vendors wish to reserve the following rights and reservations over the site:

1) There will be an obligation on the purchaser of the site to provide a vehicular and pedestrian access from the new estate road into the rear of the vendors retained property at 117 High Street, Dilton Marsh - exact position to be agreed.
2) A ransom strip will be retained along the northern, eastern, parts of the southern and the western boundaries.
3) The purchaser will covenant to fence the legal boundary of the site along the south side of the site, on both sides of the proposed new site entrance and with the height and type of fence to be agreed.
4) There will be a covenant not to build on any land delivered as public open space.
5) There will be an obligation on the purchaser to provide an adoptable access together with services to the western boundary of the site.
6) The sale contract will make provision for a contingency additional amount payable for any additional units over the consented 54.

Section 106 Agreement

The buyer will purchase the land subject to a Section 106 Agreement and any bids will need to take into full account the obligations set out within the Agreement.
A copy of the Section 106 Agreement (based on 54 dwellings) signed on the 17thJanuary 2025) is provided in the data room but briefly it commits to the following:
• 30% Affordable
• Early Years Education: £105,132
• Lowland Meadow Monitoring: £10,694
• Public Right of Way Improvement: £6,000
• Sports Pitches: £12,744
• Waste & Recycling: £5,454
• Off-site Highway Improvements: £20,000 (Estimation)
• Monitoring Fee: £1,238.76
• Total S106 Contributions: Circa £161,262.76