Land and Bunker at Broadwater Down, Tunbridge Wells, Kent | Property for sale | Savills
7,000 sq ft(650.32 sq m)
Offers invited

Land and Bunker at Broadwater DownTunbridge Wells, Kent

  • Under offer
  • Lead agent
  • Freehold
Investment
7,000 sq ft (650.32 sq m)

Key features

  • 1.90 hectares (4.69 acres) of mixed broadleaf & conifer woodland within an AONB
  • Two underground war time bunkers extending to around 7,000 square feet
  • Urban fringe location with convenient access to surrounding towns and villages
  • Future development opportunities*, subject to planning consent
  • Unconditional offers invited

Freehold land investment opportunity for sale with potential for future redevelopment (STPP)

About this property

  • Set within an Area of Outstanding Natural Beauty (AONB), the land extends to approximately 1.90 hectares (4.69 acres) of woodland, containing a mixture of mainly hardwood species, including standards, coppice, and naturally regenerating young oak. The land also contains a subterranean network of bunkers and passages, some 60 feet below ground, built between 1940 and 1941 and occupied by members of the Royal Corps of Signals. Three access points are recorded which are triangularly orientated to each other throughout the property and appear to comprise brick with single openings. All three accesses are permanently closed to prevent trespass.

Local information

  • The property is located on the southern edge of Tunbridge Wells approximately 1.4 miles south-west of the town centre, 2.7 miles east of Groombridge and 2.25 miles north-west of the village of Bells Yew Green.
  • The land is bounded by Broadwater Down to the north, residential development on Strawberry Close to the west and Hargate Close to the east, to the south is Hargate Forest.

Additional information

  • The site is being marketed by way of private treaty
  • *There will be a covenant on the land restricting use to commercial and woodland. Purchasers are advised to make their own planning enquiries in this regard.
  • The site is located within the Wealden local planning authority. There is no planning history of applications, and the site is not situated within a conservation area.
  • The site has been submitted for SHELAA on three separate occasions in response to the Council’s Call for Sites Process, but has not been allocated.
  • A tree preservation order exists over approximately half of the site, meaning the land is subject to controls on the management / removal of trees from the LPA. A copy of the preservation order can be provided upon request.
  • The area is identified as Deciduous Woodland in the national forest inventory 2020.