East Mount woodland - Sold

Woodland in the London suburbs of Surrey. East Mount woodland, located at the end of The Mount has mature ash and sycamore running alongside the bridleway and along the eastern side. To the south and west the wood is much younger the trees having grown in and colonised openground. It might be possible to make conservation glades in this area.

Woodmansterne translates roughly as, high wood pond, it is high here a plateaux on the North Downs and historically all would have been wooded and no doubt there were ponds. This is greenbelt so the surroundings are protected; it is in Reigate and Banstead District.

Boundaries: 

• from the bollard along the edge of the bridleway as far as the single post, 
• the backs of the houses
• two metres from the fence on the far side of the public footpath as far as the single post.
• excluded by the entrance,  is an area measuring 20 metres x 45 metres, as shown on the plan.

Access:  a right of way is given for forestry purposes with the track maintenance according to use made from The Mount along the track as far as the single post.

Overage:  as the woodland is in close proximity to residential properties in the event of planning permission being given for residential development the vendor will be due 50% of the uplift in value for a period of 10 years.

“The transfer to the buyer shall contain a covenant in the following terms: ‘the Transferee(s) and their successors in title the owners and occupiers for the time being of the property hereby covenant for the benefit of the Transferor’s Retained Land to forever maintain the property as woodland and open parkland and not to develop the Property or build any structures upon the Property whatsoever. For the avoidance of doubt this covenant shall not prevent the Transferee from erecting one appropriate timber clad building for use as a wet weather workman’s shelter and toolshed together with one open sided structure for the storage of timber or firewood upon the Property"

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