On the instructions of HF Trust Limited

Rivendell Chudleigh, Exeter, Devon TQ13 0NE

FOR SALE A purpose built courtyard development of specialist care homes with potential for a wide range of alternative uses (stpp).

Rivendell has permission for C2 Use (Residential Institutions) but is considered to offer potential for a wide range of alternative uses (subject to the necessary consents being obtained).

Arranged around a landscaped garden with terrace and seating areas, the development comprises eight dwellings, a substantial core facility and other outbuildings

INTRODUCTION Rivendell comprises a purpose built courtyard development of specialist care homes for

Rivendell has permission for C2

people with learning disabilities, opened by HRH The Princess Royal in 1986.

Use – Residential Institutions – but is

Situated adjacent to a former farmhouse, cottage and traditional outbuilding, the development occupies a freehold site of c. 9.2 hectares (22.8 acres) including day / craft centre, extensive car parking and amenity land, located adjacent to the A38 on the outskirts of Chudleigh. Hft, winners of the Laing and Buisson Independent Healthcare Award 2011 for Supported Living, is a national charity established in 1962 to provide local support services for people with learning disabilities throughout England. Following a recent review of Government policy, which now encourages the relocation of people with learning disabilities from established registered care homes to supported living in the community, Rivendell is now surplus to Hft’s requirements and is to be sold. Proceeds from the sale will be used to fund the acquisition of alternative accommodation in the community for existing and future residents.

considered to offer potential for a wide range of alternative uses (subject to the necessary consents being obtained). Offers in the region of £1.5 million are invited for the freehold property. Offers will be considered on a conditional or non-conditional basis.

LOCATION Rivendell is situated close to Dartmoor, north of the market town of Chudleigh, adjacent to the A38, between the cathedral city of Exeter and Newton Abbot in Devon. Devon is the fourth largest county in England with a population of 1,141,600. Devon’s core industries include fishing, farming, mining and its renowned tourist trade. The County’s multiple tourist attractions include Dartmoor National Park, England’s only natural UNESCO World Heritage Site - the Dorset and East Devon Coast, The National Marine Aquarium and The South Hams. Rivendell’s location on the A38, which links with the M5 Motorway at J.31, makes the property highly accessible to the surrounding area, with an approximate journey time of 15 minutes to central Exeter.

DESCRIPTION OF THE PROPERTY Rivendell occupies a site of circa 9.2 hectares (22.8 acres) as shown outlined blue on the site plan below. The facilities comprise:

Farmhouse

Former Barn

The farmhouse, understood to be of stone construction, with rendered elevations under

A former barn of stone construction

a slate roof, is situated at the entrance to the property, linked to the adjacent Cottage

under a slate roof is positioned adjacent

by a single storey extension.

to the Farmhouse and Cottage. Currently

Currently arranged as accommodation for Hft residents, the farmhouse comprises: Ground Floor

Office

Hallway

Store rooms

Sitting room Kitchen Bedroom Bathroom

converted into an administration block, the accommodation comprises: Ground Floor Reception / office

First Floor

Staff kitchen

4 bedrooms

3 offices

2 bathrooms

Post room Store room

Office

Ladies & Gents WCs

A small area of amenity land lies to the front of the farmhouse, with parking (for approximately 8 cars) to the side. The farmhouse is approached by two access roads leading from the public highway.

First Floor 3 offices

Cottage The cottage is of stone construction under a slate roof, with a shared access off the public highway. The accommodation, which is current arranged as a holiday cottage, comprises: Ground Floor

First Floor

Sitting room

3 bedrooms

Kitchen

Bathroom

The Cottage is set in its own private garden, with a two bay car port and tarmac parking area.

Indicative site plan, for identification purposes only. Not to scale.

Purpose Built Residents’ Accommodation The courtyard of purpose built residents accommodation was constructed in 1985 / 1986. We are advised that the units are of blockwork construction, with rendered / pebbledash elevation under slate roofs. Arranged around a landscaped garden with terrace and seating areas, the development comprises six dwellings and a substantial core facility. The units comprise:

House 2

House 4

House 6

House 7

Ground Floor

Ground Floor

Ground Floor

Ground Floor

Entrance hallway

Entrance hallway

Kitchen

Hallway

Kitchen / dining room

Lounge

Bedroom

Office

Conservatory

Kitchen / dining room

Bathroom

Lounge

Office

2 Bedrooms

WC

Dining room

Bedroom

Bathroom

(above arranged as a

Conservatory

WC

self contained flat)

Kitchen

3 bedrooms

First Floor

Kitchen / dining room

First Floor

Office

4 bedrooms

Lounge

Bedsit with en-suite

Bathroom

Bathroom

Bed sit

bathroom & WC

WC

WC

Bathroom

Bedroom with en-suite

House 3

House 5

Ground Floor

Ground Floor

Bathroom

Entrance hallway

Kitchen / lounge

WC

Lounge

Bedroom

Bed sit

Kitchen / dining room

Bathroom

Bathroom

2 Bedrooms

WC

Bathroom

(above arranged as a

First Floor

First Floor

self contained flat)

4 bedrooms

First Floor

Bathroom

Kitchen / lounge

WC

2 Bedrooms Bathroom WC

First Floor 4 bedrooms

shower & WC 3 bedrooms Bathroom WC

Core Facility Building

Craft Building and Day Centre

The core facility building is the hub / focal point for residents.

Positioned a short walk from the central

The accommodation comprises:

residential complex, lie two single storey

Entrance Hall Meeting room

buildings, formerly used as day / craft centres for residents. These comprise:

Multi purpose hall / function room on 3 levels

Craft Building

Kitchen

Entrance hall

Fridge room

Ladies & Gents WCs

3 Store rooms

Craft room

Laundry

Computer room

Ladies & Gents WCs

Store room

Boiler room The residents’ accommodation is served by tarmac roadways with two access points onto the public highway, with extensive parking areas.

Day Centre Entrance hall Office

All of the residential accommodation at Rivendell is furnished. All furniture, furnishings,

2 meeting rooms

fixtures, fittings and equipment (excluding residents’ personal possessions) will be

Lobby

included in the sale.

Meeting / games room 2 WCs Wet room

Craft Area

Amenity Land

A range of timber framed / clad

The land around the central facilities

buildings, comprising a mix of purpose

and outlying structures comprises a

built structures, storage sheds and a

mixture of informal gardens, an orchard,

former greenhouse, are located on the

maintained grassland (including a former

boundary of the western boundary

temporary site for caravans and informal

of the property. Currently used for a

football pitches) pasture land (formerly

mixture of educational purposes and

licensed to a local farmer for grazing)

storage of equipment / tools, this

and wood / scrub land. The amenity land

area offers a range of potential future

provides a fine setting for the residential

uses, or possibly a site / footprint for

components of Rivendell.

redevelopment.

TOWN & COUNTRY PLANNING Rivendell falls under the Teignbridge Local Plan, which was adopted in 1996 and is currently being reviewed. The property is located in Open Countryside and in an Area of Great Landscape Value.

Policy HD1 and supporting paragraph 10.20 encourages tourism development and the development of the district as ‘one suitable for family holiday enjoyment’. Obligingly, paragraph

‘Saved’ Local Plan policies relevant to the development of Rivendell are ENV1, ENV3,

10.20 encourages ‘the conversion of

ENV7, H7, E3, E6, CS1, R3, HD1 and HD6.

suitable existing buildings to holiday

Policy ENV7 stipulates the criteria for the re-use and conversion of buildings in the

accommodation’ as this ‘could contribute

countryside. Residential, employment, community, craft/ light industrial, tourism and recreational uses are all allowed depending on circumstances, although residential use is discouraged in the supporting paragraph 2.13. The Council’s preference is for employment uses that diversify the rural economy and new enterprises that create jobs.

to the diversification from agriculture and be particularly appropriate where provision of new buildings might be intrusive in the landscape’.

Policy HD6 allows for conversion of

Teignbridge District Council granted

suitably sized houses and other buildings

planning consent for the change of

to hotels, guest houses and other forms

use of Rivendell (area outlined red on

of holiday accommodation, within

the indicative site plan) to Use Class C2

certain criteria.

(residential institutions) on 05.07.11.

These policies / paragraphs appear to

The definition of Class C2 Residential

lend support to potential alternative use

Institutions is:

as holiday accommodation for families and / or outdoor activity centres.

Use for the provision of residential accommodation and care to people in

Outline planning permission to change

need of care (other than a use within

the use of the former farm to the

class C3 (dwelling houses)).

current use as a home for adults with learning disabilities was granted in

Use as a hospital or nursing home.

October 1982. The permission was

Use as a residential school, college or

subject to the specific condition that the

training centre.

property shall only be used as a home for

Further information on Teignbridge

the mentally disabled.

Local Plan and the policies that apply to Rivendell can be found at www.teignbridge.gov.uk

THE EXISTING BUSINESS

SERVICES

Rivendell currently trades as a specialist care home, offering care without nursing.

We are advised that the following

The latest Care Quality Commission Review of Compliance confirms that the safety and suitability of the premises are compliant for their current use. For the reasons stated above, the business is currently being wound down and it is anticipated that it will be closed by December 2011 (subject to the re-housing of residents being achieved within this timescale). Further information on the operation of the business will be made available to those who make an accompanied inspection of the property & sign an NDA

services are connected to the property: Mains water, electricity & gas Calor Gas bulk tanks Private sewage treatment system

RATEABLE VALUE / COUNCIL TAX Teignbridge District Council confirms that the Council Tax charge for the various residential properties at Rivendell (which include a 50% multiple discount) are:

ENERGY PERFORMANCE CERTIFICATES Copies of the Energy Performance Certificates for the premises are available

Farmhouse

Band C

£687.92

House 2

Band C

£687.92

further information memorandum

House 3

Band C

£687.92

referred to below.

House 4

Band C

£687.92

House 5

Band C

£687.92

House 5 (Flat B)

Band A

£360.41

House 6

Band C

£687.92

House 7

Band C

£687.92

The cottage is assessed as a self-catering holiday unit subject to a non-domestic Rateable Value of £1,900.00 (£822.70 payable).

to interested parties as part of the

STAFF The existing staff will not transfer to the Purchaser on the sale of the property.

TENURE We are advised that Rivendell is Freehold. It is anticipated that vacant possession of the property will be available to the Purchaser at completion of the sale.

BASIS OF DISPOSAL Offers in the region of £1.5 million are invited for Rivendell. Offers conditional on the grant of planning consent will be considered, albeit that it is the vendor’s preference to sell the property on an unconditional basis (possibly with an overage clause).

FURTHER INFORMATION & VIEWING To obtain further information on Rivendell, or to arrange an accompanied inspection of Rivendell, please contact: Andrew Bagnell

Ben Allen

Stags

GVA Humberts Leisure

01392 680 058

020 7911 2360

[email protected]

[email protected]

Please note that informal / unaccompanied inspections of the property are not permissible. A further information memorandum has been prepared for the property and is available to those who have inspected the property and signed an NDA.

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Sidmouth

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Newton Abbot

Torquay A38

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Plymouth

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DIRECTIONS The property is TQ13 0NE. NB when travelling to Rivendell follow signs for Chudleigh from the A38 and approach Rivendell from Chudleigh town centre (some sat navs try to access Rivendell directly from the A38, which is not possible).

GVA Humberts Leisure is a trading name of GVA Grimley Limited. Conditions under which particulars are issued by GVA Grimley Limited for themselves, for any joint agents and for the vendors or lessors of this property whose agents they are, are:

Andrew Bagnell 01392 680 058 [email protected]

GVA Humberts Leisure

(i) the particulars are set out as a general outline only for the guidance of intending purchases or lessors and do not constitute, nor constitute part of, an offer or contract. (ii) all descriptions, dimensions, references to condition and necessary permission for use and occupation, and other details, are given in good faith and are believed to be correct but any intending purchasers or tenants should not rely on them as statements or representations of fact but satisfy themselves by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of them. (iii) no person in the employment of GVA Grimley Limited or any joint agents has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property. (iv) all rentals and prices are quoted exclusive of VAT Reproduced by courtesy of the Controller of HMSO Crown Copyright reserved. Licence No 774359. If applicable, with consent of Chas E Goad, Cartographers, Old Hatfield, Geographers A-Z Map Co Ltd and/or The Automobile Association. For identification purposes only.

Ben Allen 020 7911 2360 [email protected]

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