GELLI GOCH Dolgellau, Gwynedd

32.76 Hectares / 80.94 Acres

Gelli Goch offers prospective purchasers a diverse range of crop and topographical features together with an

opportunity to produce sustainable income.

FREEHOLD FOR SALE BY PRIVATE TREATY

Guide Price £230,000

Suite 8, Rectory HouseThame Road, HaddenhamBuckinghamshire HP17 8DATel: 01844 291384Email: woods@johnclegg.co.uk

John Clegg & CoCHARTERED SURVEYORS & FORESTRY AGENTS

www.johnclegg.co.uk

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Dolgellau 9 miles

Porthmadog 16 miles

Bala 22 miles

Welshpool 46 miles

(all distances are approximate) DIRECTIONS From the A470 at Dolgellau proceed north towards Trawsfynydd. After approximately 6 miles and after passing through Coed y Brenin Forest turn left into a road called Gelli Goch. This is a dead-end road conspicuous by the very smart stone walls either side of the road and the house which is very close to the junction. Proceed along this road to the loading area reached just before the bridge, point A on the sale plan. The woods can easily be inspected from this point. OS 1:50,000 Map 124 Ref SH711290. Nearest post code LL41 4YD. VIEWING Viewing is possible without appointment at any time during daylight hours so long as prospective purchasers are in possession of a set of these sale particulars. For your own personal safety please be aware of hazards within the woodland when viewing. DESCRIPTION Gelli Goch is well situated within Snowdonia National Park’s southern edge and on the northern side of Natural Resources Wales’ famous Coed y Brenin Forest. This is a rare opportunity to purchase a combined commercial and conservation woodland that offers timber income as well as all of the non-timber benefits rarely found in a semi upland commercial woodland. Access is excellent with a surfaced county road servicing the three separate sections of the wood all of which have good road frontage and individual access points, shown ABC on the sale plan, that serve the system of internal rides. The current owner has also created a hard stone turnaround at point A, enabling timber transport vehicles to turn and load timber. In addition, the council-owned bridge over the river which allows vehicular access to compartment 2 has been strengthened and widened recently to allow access for large timber lorries. Add to this the long road frontage and equally long river frontage on the Afon Crawcwellt and Afon Eden where these two rivers meet and you have a compelling package for the discerning investor who might like to spend time enjoying his/her woodland.

Crops include a range of p.1987 Sitka spruce planted on a variety of soil types. There is also an area of replanted young native broadleaves situated on an old larch site cleared when the trees needed to be felled. Gelli Goch offers a variety of soil types such as deep peat on the flat ground and fertile mineral soils on more sloping ground. As such, the timber resource varies from excellent to less well stocked but now performing well. Variation, for many years a challenge for forest managers, will now pay off with a really huge number of possible management options available to a new owner. In an age of sustainability, the opportunity to fell and replant small areas at a time will be hugely valuable to a small to medium sized investor. Parts of the southern section of compartment 1 and the Afon Eden, where it runs through the property, lie within the Afon Eden – Cors Goch, Trawsfynydd Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI). Of particular note within the SSSI are floating water-plantain, freshwater pearl mussel, Atlantic salmon and otter together with two particular habitats, old sessile oak woods and active raised bog. A copy of the designation and plan can be downloaded from the Selling Agent’s website. Compartment 1 is understood to contain areas classified as Ancient Semi-Natural Woodland. Situated within the larger compartment 2 is an historic farm building with both gable ends intact for possible redevelopment subject to planning consent. This barn has only recently lost the last of its roof timbers and may offer a development opportunity to a new owner. There is also a footprint of another building in compartment 1 close to the river.

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STOCKING SCHEDULE Cpt. Area

(ha.) P. Year Principal Species

1a 2.65 1987 Sitka spruce 1c 7.53 1900 Mixed broadleaves 1d 1.49 1987 Mixed broadleaves 1e 1.71 1987 Sitka spruce; mixed broadleaves;

unplanted 1p,x,z 0.48 - Unplanted, water 2a 7.73 1987 Sitka spruce 2b 1.15 1987 European larch 2c 2.01 1900 Mixed broadleaves 2d 2.15 1987 Mixed broadleaves 2e 1.67 1987 Sitka spruce; mixed broadleaves 2f 0.61 1987 Sitka spruce; mixed broadleaves 2p 0.16 - Water 2y 2.85 1987 Sitka spruce; mixed broadleaves,

unplanted 2z 0.41 - Unplanted Total 32.60 hectares

A stocking plan is available to download from the Selling Agent’s website www.johnclegg.co.uk MANAGEMENT The wood is currently managed by Tilhill Forestry, Pale Estate Office, Llandderfel, Bala, Gwynedd LL23 7PS, telephone 01678 522340. Their Mr Simon Graham will be pleased to discuss future management with prospective purchasers. TAXATION After two years ownership, commercially managed woods qualify for 100% relief from Inheritance Tax. Timber sales are free of all Income Tax and do not attract Capital Gains Tax. In certain circumstances it is possible to roll-over Capital Gains into the proportion of the purchase price attributable to the value of the land. SPORTING RIGHTS The sporting rights are owned and included in the sale. They are let on an annual basis to a local Shoot. The rent is paid annually in advance and will not be apportioned on completion. The fishing rights on the Afon Eden are owned and included in the sale. They are let to a local fishing club on an annual basis. MINERAL RIGHTS These are excluded from the sale having been reserved out of the title prior to the vendor’s family acquisition. FENCING There are no known fencing liabilities. RIGHTS AND EASEMENTS The woodland is sold subject to and with the benefit of all rights, including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water, gas and electricity supplies and any other easements.

WAYLEAVES The woodland is sold subject to all existing wayleaves and purchasers will be deemed to have satisfied themselves as to the routes thereof. PLANS AND AREAS These are based on the Ordnance Survey and are for reference only. The purchaser shall be deemed to have satisfied himself as to their accuracy and any error or mis-statement shall not annul the sale or entitle any party to compensation in respect thereof. TENURE AND POSSESSION Freehold. Vacant possession will be given on completion subject to the mineral reservation. METHOD OF SALE Gelli Goch is offered for sale by Private Treaty. Prospective purchasers should register their interest with the Selling Agents to whom offers should be submitted. Please contact our Haddenham office on 01844 291384. Anti Money Laundering Compliance (AML) The Money Laundering, Terrorist Financing and Transfer of Funds (Information on the Payer) Regulations 2017 came into force on 26 June 2017. This requires us to undertake due diligence on property purchasers. Once an offer has been accepted, the prospective purchaser(s) will need to provide, as a minimum, proof of identity and residence and proof of source of funds for the purchase, before the transaction can proceed. Further information can be obtained from the following link:

https://www.gov.uk/guidance/money-laundering-regulations-your-responsibilities

OFFERS AROUND £230,000 ARE INVITED

IMPORTANT NOTICE John Clegg & Co for themselves and for the vendors of this property, whose agents they are, give notice that: (1) These particulars do not constitute nor constitute any part of an offer of a contract (2) All statements contained in these particulars as to the property are made without responsibility on the part of John Clegg & Co or the vendor. (3) None of the statements contained in these particulars as to this property are to be relied on as statements or representations of fact. (4) Any intending purchaser must satisfy himself by inspection or otherwise as to the correctness of each of the statements contained in these particulars. (5) No warranty is given for the health of the trees within the property for sale. (6) The vendor does not make or give, and neither John Clegg & Co nor any person in their employment has any authority to make or give any representation or warranty in relation to this property. Particulars prepared November 2018. Photoraphs August 2018.

John Clegg & CoCHARTERED SURVEYORS & FORESTRY AGENTS

Scotland: 0131 229 8800 England: 01844 291384 Wales: 01600 730735John Clegg & Co is the forestry division of Strutt & Parker, a trading style of BNP Paribas Real Estate Advisory & Property Management UK Ltd,

a private limited company registered in England and Wales with registered number 4176965 and with registered office address at 5 Aldermanbury Square, London EC2V 7BP

Suite 8, Rectory House

www.johnclegg.co.uk

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Haddenham, BucksNot ToScale

Thame Road

HP17 8DA

This plan is only for the guidance of intending purchasers. Although believed tobe correct, its accuracy is not guaranteed and does not form part of any contract.

Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of the Controller ofHer Majesty's Stationary Office, Crown Copyright. All rights reserved.

Licence No. 100023148

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