MORMOND HILL FOREST
MORMOND HILL FOREST Strichen, Aberdeenshire 230.35 Hectares / 569.19 Acres
John Clegg & Co CHARTERED SURVEYORS & FORESTRY AGENTS
Keith
5
A9
7
A9
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A9
Kintore
A944
A96
Dyce
Aberdeen
80
Aboyne River Dee
Ballater
3
A9
Banchory
A9
57
A93
Strichen 6 miles
A90
ABERDEENSHIRE D A9
7
9
Braemar
A93
e
3 A9
A9 75
8
CAIRNGORMS The Cairngorm Mountains
Alford
44
A9
0
A9
Ellon
47
39
A982
Oldmeldrum
Inverurie
Don
Peterhead
A9
River
A9
A9 81
A94
47
A920
Tomintoul
Mintlaw A952
A9
96
Huntly
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Turriff
41 A9
A938
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Dufftown Grantown -on-Spey
Aberchirder
95
A95
9
A93
Rothes Charlestown of Aberlour
8 A9
y Spe
41
A940
A9
Forres
Fraserburgh
Banff
Portsoy
A98
R
rn
A96
Kinnaird Head
Cullen
7
Elgin
rty
Spey Bay 42 A9 Buckie
A9
Lossiemouth
A90
Stonehaven Fraserburgh 8 miles
Aberdeen 40 miles
(Distances are approximate)
Inverness 100 miles
MORMOND HILL FOREST 230.35 Hectares / 569.19 Acres
A productive commercial forest with maturing timber, excellent access and scope for development in an attractive part of rural Aberdeenshire. Excellent sporting potential with sporting rights included. FREEHOLD FOR SALE Lot 1 – Mormond Hill Forest 230.35 Hectares / 569.19 Acres Offers Over£875,000
Lot 2 – Mormond Hill Field SOLD 3.96 Hectares /9.78 Acres Offers Over £20,000
Lot 1 – Mormond Hill Forest – Offers Over £875,000 SOLE SELLING AGENTS John Clegg & Co, 2 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2AS Tel: 0131 229 8800 Fax: 0131 229 4827 Ref: Patrick Porteous
LOCATION Mormond Hill Forest is located in North Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The forest wraps around the free draining slopes of Mormond and Waughton Hills with stunning panoramic views. The area is well-known for its fertile soils, producing good quality, high yielding timber crops. It has the benefit of having local amenities nearby in the historical village of Strichen and is only 8 miles from Fraserburgh. Mormond Hill Forest offers an excellent opportunity to acquire a well-located commercial forest investment. The property is shown on the location and sale plans within these particulars and can be found on OS Sheet 1:50,000 Number 30, Grid Reference NJ 981 577. ACCESS From Aberdeen, travel north on the A90 towards Fraserbugh, keeping left at the junction on to the A952 at Toll of Birness. Continue north for a further 18 miles, connecting with the A90, before turning left on to the B9032 to Memsie. After approximately 2 miles, turn left onto an unclassified road, signposted Memsie Burial Cairn. Follow this public road to the access road junction, signposted Claystyles and Mormond Hill Telecommunication Facility. After approximately 1.5 miles, the forest entrance can be found at point A1, shown on the sale plan. There is a servitude right of access, for all purposes, granted over the private access road and strips of land retained by the Telecommunications Facility, on either side of the road, between points A1-A2-A3-A4. The existing access roads from this into the forest are located at points A2 and A3, which provide excellent access to virtually all parts of the forest. There are several small stone quarries within the forest, providing excellent stone for maintenance or quarrying on a larger scale. There are alternative rights of access, which could be developed at points A5, A6, A7 and, potentially along the strips of land located to the south of the property.
DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Lot Lot 11 –– Mormond Mormond Hill Hill Forest Forest 230.35 Hectares / 569.19 230.35 Hectares / 569.19Acres Acres The The forest forest was was established established between between 1961 1961 and and 1970 1970 with with predominantly predominantly Sitka Sitka spruce spruce and and Lodgepole Lodgepole pine, pine, either either planted planted as as aa pure pure crop crop or or as as aa self-thinning self-thinning mixture. mixture. Thinning, Thinning, as as well well as some felling, has taken place as the forest as some felling, has taken place as the forest is is now now reaching reaching maturity. maturity. Further Further areas areas could could be felled, felled,continuing continuingthe therestructuring restructuringof of the forest that that commenced commenced in in 2011. 2011.
LOT 1 Species Sitka spruce Lodgepole pine Sitka/Lodgepole/Mixed conifer Hybrid larch Felled Open ground Quarry/Roads Ponds Total
Approximately Approximately 32.48 32.48 hectares hectares were were felled felled under under a felling licence, which which included included the the clearance clearance of of storm-damaged crops. 19.85 hectares hectares of of high stocking density Sitka spruce has already been re-established re-established by by natural natural regeneration; regeneration; prolific throughout the forest. This need for for replanting and associated costs forest. Thisreduces reducesthethe need replanting and associated but will require respacing/thinning to to allow costs but will require respacing/thinning allowa afinal final crop crop to develop. develop.
1961 1.37 12.37 25.90 1.71
1962 5.54 2.31 14.24 6.82
Planting Year 1966 1967 1969 3.10 2.94 10.27 15.81 19.80
1970 2012 Area (Ha) 7.40 19.85 40.20 7.40 48.16 15.40 75.34 8.53 12.63 12.63 35.89 35.89 6.44 6.44 3.16 3.16 41.35 28.91 13.37 18.75 19.80 30.20 77.97 230.35
Lot22––Mormond MormondHill HillField FieldSOLD SOLD Lot 3.96 Hectares /9.78 Acres 3.96 Hectares /9.78 Acres fertilefield fieldis is available separately to north the north the forest AAfertile available separately to the of theofforest with with potential for grazing livestock or cropping. Access is taken potential for grazing livestock or cropping. Access is taken off off private the private access from point alongthe theadjoining adjoining the access roadroad from point A1A1 or oralong stretchof ofroad. road. stretch Further information information isis available available from from the theSelling SellingAgents Agents Further uponrequest. request. upon SPORTINGRIGHTS RIGHTS SPORTING The sporting sportingrights rightsare areincluded includedand andprovide provideexcellent excellentsporting sporting The potential. potential. Roe Roe deer deer are are present present within within the the forest forestand andthere thereisis considerable considerable scope scope toto develop develop aa small smallgame gameshoot, shoot,which whichhas has been beenenjoyed enjoyedby byaalocal localsyndicate syndicateininthe thepast. past. Four Fourflight flightponds ponds have havealso alsobeen beencreated createdfor for duck duck flighting. flighting. Two Two wooden wooden huts huts are arelocated locatedin inthe thenorth northwest westof ofthe theforest forestand and provide provide good goodstorage storagefacilities, facilities,asaswell wellasashaving havingbeen beenused usedfor for shelter shelterduring duringsporting sportingactivities. activities.
203 Access for timber extraction is excellent and no further work for other timberthan extraction is excellent andexisting no further workofis isAccess required maintenance of the network required than maintenance of the existing network of roads roads andother tracks. and tracks. The forest gives way to open moorland at the top of both The forestand gives way toHills, openproviding moorland at the toppanoramic of both Mormond Waughton outstanding Mormond and Waughton Hills, the providing outstanding views over Aberdeenshire and towards North Sea. A stone panoramic Aberdeenshire towards the the North Sea. outline of aviews stag over was created in 1870,and which lies on eastern A stone outline of a stag was created in 1870, which lies on flank of Mormond Hill, which is a well-known local feature. the eastern flank of Mormond Hill, which is a well-known local feature.
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BOUNDARIES BOUNDARIES The forest perimeter adjoining the neighbouring agricultural land the neighbouring agricultural toThe the forest north perimeter and east isadjoining entirely stock-fenced; maintenance is land at to the north and east is entirely stock-fenced; maintenance is at mutual expense with the adjoining proprietors. The boundary to theidentified adjoiningby proprietors. The boundary to themutual south expense and westwith is also a stock fence. the south and west is also identified by a stock fence. MINERAL RIGHTS MINERAL RIGHTS Mineral rights are included except as reserved by Statute or in Mineral rights are included except as reserved by Statute or in terms of the Titles. terms of the Titles. WAYLEAVES & THIRD PARTY RIGHTS WAYLEAVES & access THIRD PARTY RIGHTS The principal forest road is owned by the Mormond Hill The principal forestFacility access to road is owned the Mormond Telecommunications a width of 20bymetres, measuredHill Facility to a width measured 10Telecommunications metres either side of the centre pointofof 20 themetres, existing road 10 metres either side of theascentre of sale the plan, existing road between points A1-A2-A3-A4, shownpoint on the which A1-A2-A3-A4, as shown on the has sale aplan, is between excludedpoints from the sale. Mormond Hill Cottage rightwhich of access over thefrom roadthe between points A1-A2. Maintenance theof is excluded sale. Mormond Hill Cottage has a of right single track roadbetween is maintained to user. access overtarred the road pointsaccording A1-A2. Maintenance of the single track tarred road is maintained according to user. There is a right of access into a neighbouring field between points A7-A8. forinto water, electricity and telephone There Wayleaves is a right ofexist access a neighbouring field betweenlines points toA7-A8. the Telecommunications Facility on Mormond Hill. Wayleaves exist for water, electricity and telephone lines to the Telecommunications Facility on Mormond Hill. The property will be sold with the benefit of, and subject to, all existing rights and The property willburdens be soldwith withthe theTitles. benefit of, and subject to, all existing rights and burdens with the Titles. WOODLAND GRANTS There are no grant schemes in place and no transfer of WOODLAND GRANTS obligations. The felled areasinthat unplanted, did not There are no grant schemes placeremain and no transfer of obligations. require a felling licence, as these were storm damaged The felled areas that remain unplanted, did not require a and felling replanting therefore A Felling wasisgranted licence, asis these were optional. storm damaged andLicence replanting therefore foroptional. thinningAand felling in March when of anand areafelling to Felling Licence was2011, granted forfelling thinning thein west of the forest subsequently took place. This area has March 2011, when felling of an area to the west of the forest naturally regenerated Sitka spruce, very highregenerated stocking subsequently took with place. This area with has anaturally density. For further information on current grants available for with Sitka spruce, with a very high stocking density. For further future management please visit the FCS and Scottish information on current grants available for future management Government websites: please visit the FCS and Scottish Government websites: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland • http://www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures • https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures AUTHORITIES AUTHORITIES Forestry ForestryCommission CommissionScotland Scotland Grampian Conservancy Grampian Conservancy Portsoy PortsoyRoad Road Huntly Huntly AB54 AB544SJ 4SJ Tel: Tel:01466 01466794542 794542
Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire Council Council Woodhill Woodhill House House Westburn Westburn Road Road Aberdeen Aberdeen AB16 AB16 5GB 5GB Tel: Tel: 08456 08456 081 081 207 207
VIEWING Viewing is possible at any time during daylight hours so long as potential purchasers are in possession of a set of these sale particulars. Please contact the Selling Agents in advance of your visit to arrange a viewing and to obtain the access gate combination code. For your own personal safety please be aware of potential hazards within the forest when viewing. OFFERS If you wish to make an offer on this property, or would like us to inform you of a closing date for offers, it is important that you notify us in writing of your interest. Offers in Scottish Legal Form, for the property in Lots or as a whole, are to be submitted to the Selling Agents. SOLE SELLING AGENTS John Clegg & Co, 2 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2AS; Tel: 0131 229 8800; Fax: 0131 229 4827. Ref:Patrick Porteous. SELLER’S SOLICITORS Wilsone & Duffus, 7 Golden Square, Aberdeen AB10 1EP; Tel: 01224 651 700. Ref: Graham Mountford. TAXATION At present, all revenue from timber sales is Income and Corporation Tax free. There is no Capital Gains Tax on growing timber, although there may be a liability on the land. Under the Inheritance Tax regime, 100% Business Property Relief should be available on commercial woodlands. VAT is charged on forestry work and timber sales, although its effect is neutral if managed as a business. Government grants are received tax free with the exception of farm woodland and subsidy payments.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
John Clegg & Co LLP, its members, employees and clients give notice that: 1. These particulars (revised in January 2016) and all statements, areas, measurements, plans, maps, aspects, distances or references to condition form no part of any offer or contract and are only intended to give a fair overall description of the property for guidance. John Clegg & Co LLP will not be responsible to purchasers, who should rely on their own enquiries into all such matters and seek professional advice prior to purchase. 2. Neither these particulars nor any subsequent communication by John Clegg & Co LLP will be binding on its clients, whether acted upon or not, unless incorporated within a written document signed by the sellers or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of section 3 of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995. 3. The sellers do not make or give, and neither John Clegg & Co LLP nor its members or employees nor any joint agent have any authority to make or give, any representation or warranty in relation to the property. 4. The property (which may be subject to rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others) will be sold as per the title deeds, which may differ from these particulars. Photographs may depict only parts of the property, which may not have remained the same as when photographed. 5. Where reference is made to grant schemes, planning permissions or potential uses, such information is given by John Clegg & Co LLP in good faith, but purchasers should rely on their own enquiries into those matters. 6. Prospective purchasers should be aware of the influence and effect the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 and the Wildlife and Natural Environmental (Scotland) Act 2011 along with any statutory designations, may have on the property, including rights of public access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. 7. The sellers will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any, offer and may at any time accept an offer or withdraw the property from the market. Neither the sellers nor John Clegg & Co LLP will be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties.
A6 A7 A1 A5
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A2 Pond
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Excluded Ponds
MORMOND HILL FOREST STRICHEN ABERDEENSHIRE Sole Selling Agents
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John Clegg & Co Chartered Surveyors & Forestry Agents
2 Rutland Square Edinburgh EH1 2AS Tel 0131 229 8800 Fax 0131 229 4827 email: [email protected]
This plan is only for the guidance of intending purchasers. Although believed to be correct, its accuracy is not guaranteed and it does not form any part of any contract. Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Licence number 100020416
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John Clegg & Co CHARTERED SURVEYORS & FORESTRY AGENTS
Keith
5
A9
7
A9
ey Sp r
ve Ri
A9
Kintore
A944
A96
Dyce
Aberdeen
80
Aboyne River Dee
Ballater
3
A9
Banchory
A9
57
A93
Strichen 6 miles
A90
ABERDEENSHIRE D A9
7
9
Braemar
A93
e
3 A9
A9 75
8
CAIRNGORMS The Cairngorm Mountains
Alford
44
A9
0
A9
Ellon
47
39
A982
Oldmeldrum
Inverurie
Don
Peterhead
A9
River
A9
A9 81
A94
47
A920
Tomintoul
Mintlaw A952
A9
96
Huntly
A
e
0
MORMOND HILL FOREST
A952
/ àrr
Rathen A9 0
A95
Turriff
41 A9
A938
A
A920
Dufftown Grantown -on-Spey
Aberchirder
95
A95
9
A93
Rothes Charlestown of Aberlour
8 A9
y Spe
41
A940
A9
Forres
Fraserburgh
Banff
Portsoy
A98
R
rn
A96
Kinnaird Head
Cullen
7
Elgin
rty
Spey Bay 42 A9 Buckie
A9
Lossiemouth
A90
Stonehaven Fraserburgh 8 miles
Aberdeen 40 miles
(Distances are approximate)
Inverness 100 miles
MORMOND HILL FOREST 230.35 Hectares / 569.19 Acres
A productive commercial forest with maturing timber, excellent access and scope for development in an attractive part of rural Aberdeenshire. Excellent sporting potential with sporting rights included. FREEHOLD FOR SALE Lot 1 – Mormond Hill Forest 230.35 Hectares / 569.19 Acres Offers Over£875,000
Lot 2 – Mormond Hill Field SOLD 3.96 Hectares /9.78 Acres Offers Over £20,000
Lot 1 – Mormond Hill Forest – Offers Over £875,000 SOLE SELLING AGENTS John Clegg & Co, 2 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2AS Tel: 0131 229 8800 Fax: 0131 229 4827 Ref: Patrick Porteous
LOCATION Mormond Hill Forest is located in North Aberdeenshire, Scotland. The forest wraps around the free draining slopes of Mormond and Waughton Hills with stunning panoramic views. The area is well-known for its fertile soils, producing good quality, high yielding timber crops. It has the benefit of having local amenities nearby in the historical village of Strichen and is only 8 miles from Fraserburgh. Mormond Hill Forest offers an excellent opportunity to acquire a well-located commercial forest investment. The property is shown on the location and sale plans within these particulars and can be found on OS Sheet 1:50,000 Number 30, Grid Reference NJ 981 577. ACCESS From Aberdeen, travel north on the A90 towards Fraserbugh, keeping left at the junction on to the A952 at Toll of Birness. Continue north for a further 18 miles, connecting with the A90, before turning left on to the B9032 to Memsie. After approximately 2 miles, turn left onto an unclassified road, signposted Memsie Burial Cairn. Follow this public road to the access road junction, signposted Claystyles and Mormond Hill Telecommunication Facility. After approximately 1.5 miles, the forest entrance can be found at point A1, shown on the sale plan. There is a servitude right of access, for all purposes, granted over the private access road and strips of land retained by the Telecommunications Facility, on either side of the road, between points A1-A2-A3-A4. The existing access roads from this into the forest are located at points A2 and A3, which provide excellent access to virtually all parts of the forest. There are several small stone quarries within the forest, providing excellent stone for maintenance or quarrying on a larger scale. There are alternative rights of access, which could be developed at points A5, A6, A7 and, potentially along the strips of land located to the south of the property.
DESCRIPTION DESCRIPTION Lot Lot 11 –– Mormond Mormond Hill Hill Forest Forest 230.35 Hectares / 569.19 230.35 Hectares / 569.19Acres Acres The The forest forest was was established established between between 1961 1961 and and 1970 1970 with with predominantly predominantly Sitka Sitka spruce spruce and and Lodgepole Lodgepole pine, pine, either either planted planted as as aa pure pure crop crop or or as as aa self-thinning self-thinning mixture. mixture. Thinning, Thinning, as as well well as some felling, has taken place as the forest as some felling, has taken place as the forest is is now now reaching reaching maturity. maturity. Further Further areas areas could could be felled, felled,continuing continuingthe therestructuring restructuringof of the forest that that commenced commenced in in 2011. 2011.
LOT 1 Species Sitka spruce Lodgepole pine Sitka/Lodgepole/Mixed conifer Hybrid larch Felled Open ground Quarry/Roads Ponds Total
Approximately Approximately 32.48 32.48 hectares hectares were were felled felled under under a felling licence, which which included included the the clearance clearance of of storm-damaged crops. 19.85 hectares hectares of of high stocking density Sitka spruce has already been re-established re-established by by natural natural regeneration; regeneration; prolific throughout the forest. This need for for replanting and associated costs forest. Thisreduces reducesthethe need replanting and associated but will require respacing/thinning to to allow costs but will require respacing/thinning allowa afinal final crop crop to develop. develop.
1961 1.37 12.37 25.90 1.71
1962 5.54 2.31 14.24 6.82
Planting Year 1966 1967 1969 3.10 2.94 10.27 15.81 19.80
1970 2012 Area (Ha) 7.40 19.85 40.20 7.40 48.16 15.40 75.34 8.53 12.63 12.63 35.89 35.89 6.44 6.44 3.16 3.16 41.35 28.91 13.37 18.75 19.80 30.20 77.97 230.35
Lot22––Mormond MormondHill HillField FieldSOLD SOLD Lot 3.96 Hectares /9.78 Acres 3.96 Hectares /9.78 Acres fertilefield fieldis is available separately to north the north the forest AAfertile available separately to the of theofforest with with potential for grazing livestock or cropping. Access is taken potential for grazing livestock or cropping. Access is taken off off private the private access from point alongthe theadjoining adjoining the access roadroad from point A1A1 or oralong stretchof ofroad. road. stretch Further information information isis available available from from the theSelling SellingAgents Agents Further uponrequest. request. upon SPORTINGRIGHTS RIGHTS SPORTING The sporting sportingrights rightsare areincluded includedand andprovide provideexcellent excellentsporting sporting The potential. potential. Roe Roe deer deer are are present present within within the the forest forestand andthere thereisis considerable considerable scope scope toto develop develop aa small smallgame gameshoot, shoot,which whichhas has been beenenjoyed enjoyedby byaalocal localsyndicate syndicateininthe thepast. past. Four Fourflight flightponds ponds have havealso alsobeen beencreated createdfor for duck duck flighting. flighting. Two Two wooden wooden huts huts are arelocated locatedin inthe thenorth northwest westof ofthe theforest forestand and provide provide good goodstorage storagefacilities, facilities,asaswell wellasashaving havingbeen beenused usedfor for shelter shelterduring duringsporting sportingactivities. activities.
203 Access for timber extraction is excellent and no further work for other timberthan extraction is excellent andexisting no further workofis isAccess required maintenance of the network required than maintenance of the existing network of roads roads andother tracks. and tracks. The forest gives way to open moorland at the top of both The forestand gives way toHills, openproviding moorland at the toppanoramic of both Mormond Waughton outstanding Mormond and Waughton Hills, the providing outstanding views over Aberdeenshire and towards North Sea. A stone panoramic Aberdeenshire towards the the North Sea. outline of aviews stag over was created in 1870,and which lies on eastern A stone outline of a stag was created in 1870, which lies on flank of Mormond Hill, which is a well-known local feature. the eastern flank of Mormond Hill, which is a well-known local feature.
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BOUNDARIES BOUNDARIES The forest perimeter adjoining the neighbouring agricultural land the neighbouring agricultural toThe the forest north perimeter and east isadjoining entirely stock-fenced; maintenance is land at to the north and east is entirely stock-fenced; maintenance is at mutual expense with the adjoining proprietors. The boundary to theidentified adjoiningby proprietors. The boundary to themutual south expense and westwith is also a stock fence. the south and west is also identified by a stock fence. MINERAL RIGHTS MINERAL RIGHTS Mineral rights are included except as reserved by Statute or in Mineral rights are included except as reserved by Statute or in terms of the Titles. terms of the Titles. WAYLEAVES & THIRD PARTY RIGHTS WAYLEAVES & access THIRD PARTY RIGHTS The principal forest road is owned by the Mormond Hill The principal forestFacility access to road is owned the Mormond Telecommunications a width of 20bymetres, measuredHill Facility to a width measured 10Telecommunications metres either side of the centre pointofof 20 themetres, existing road 10 metres either side of theascentre of sale the plan, existing road between points A1-A2-A3-A4, shownpoint on the which A1-A2-A3-A4, as shown on the has sale aplan, is between excludedpoints from the sale. Mormond Hill Cottage rightwhich of access over thefrom roadthe between points A1-A2. Maintenance theof is excluded sale. Mormond Hill Cottage has a of right single track roadbetween is maintained to user. access overtarred the road pointsaccording A1-A2. Maintenance of the single track tarred road is maintained according to user. There is a right of access into a neighbouring field between points A7-A8. forinto water, electricity and telephone There Wayleaves is a right ofexist access a neighbouring field betweenlines points toA7-A8. the Telecommunications Facility on Mormond Hill. Wayleaves exist for water, electricity and telephone lines to the Telecommunications Facility on Mormond Hill. The property will be sold with the benefit of, and subject to, all existing rights and The property willburdens be soldwith withthe theTitles. benefit of, and subject to, all existing rights and burdens with the Titles. WOODLAND GRANTS There are no grant schemes in place and no transfer of WOODLAND GRANTS obligations. The felled areasinthat unplanted, did not There are no grant schemes placeremain and no transfer of obligations. require a felling licence, as these were storm damaged The felled areas that remain unplanted, did not require a and felling replanting therefore A Felling wasisgranted licence, asis these were optional. storm damaged andLicence replanting therefore foroptional. thinningAand felling in March when of anand areafelling to Felling Licence was2011, granted forfelling thinning thein west of the forest subsequently took place. This area has March 2011, when felling of an area to the west of the forest naturally regenerated Sitka spruce, very highregenerated stocking subsequently took with place. This area with has anaturally density. For further information on current grants available for with Sitka spruce, with a very high stocking density. For further future management please visit the FCS and Scottish information on current grants available for future management Government websites: please visit the FCS and Scottish Government websites: http://www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland • http://www.forestry.gov.uk/scotland https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures • https://www.ruralpayments.org/publicsite/futures AUTHORITIES AUTHORITIES Forestry ForestryCommission CommissionScotland Scotland Grampian Conservancy Grampian Conservancy Portsoy PortsoyRoad Road Huntly Huntly AB54 AB544SJ 4SJ Tel: Tel:01466 01466794542 794542
Aberdeenshire Aberdeenshire Council Council Woodhill Woodhill House House Westburn Westburn Road Road Aberdeen Aberdeen AB16 AB16 5GB 5GB Tel: Tel: 08456 08456 081 081 207 207
VIEWING Viewing is possible at any time during daylight hours so long as potential purchasers are in possession of a set of these sale particulars. Please contact the Selling Agents in advance of your visit to arrange a viewing and to obtain the access gate combination code. For your own personal safety please be aware of potential hazards within the forest when viewing. OFFERS If you wish to make an offer on this property, or would like us to inform you of a closing date for offers, it is important that you notify us in writing of your interest. Offers in Scottish Legal Form, for the property in Lots or as a whole, are to be submitted to the Selling Agents. SOLE SELLING AGENTS John Clegg & Co, 2 Rutland Square, Edinburgh EH1 2AS; Tel: 0131 229 8800; Fax: 0131 229 4827. Ref:Patrick Porteous. SELLER’S SOLICITORS Wilsone & Duffus, 7 Golden Square, Aberdeen AB10 1EP; Tel: 01224 651 700. Ref: Graham Mountford. TAXATION At present, all revenue from timber sales is Income and Corporation Tax free. There is no Capital Gains Tax on growing timber, although there may be a liability on the land. Under the Inheritance Tax regime, 100% Business Property Relief should be available on commercial woodlands. VAT is charged on forestry work and timber sales, although its effect is neutral if managed as a business. Government grants are received tax free with the exception of farm woodland and subsidy payments.
IMPORTANT NOTICE
John Clegg & Co LLP, its members, employees and clients give notice that: 1. These particulars (revised in January 2016) and all statements, areas, measurements, plans, maps, aspects, distances or references to condition form no part of any offer or contract and are only intended to give a fair overall description of the property for guidance. John Clegg & Co LLP will not be responsible to purchasers, who should rely on their own enquiries into all such matters and seek professional advice prior to purchase. 2. Neither these particulars nor any subsequent communication by John Clegg & Co LLP will be binding on its clients, whether acted upon or not, unless incorporated within a written document signed by the sellers or on their behalf, satisfying the requirements of section 3 of the Requirements of Writing (Scotland) Act 1995. 3. The sellers do not make or give, and neither John Clegg & Co LLP nor its members or employees nor any joint agent have any authority to make or give, any representation or warranty in relation to the property. 4. The property (which may be subject to rights of way, servitudes, wayleaves and others) will be sold as per the title deeds, which may differ from these particulars. Photographs may depict only parts of the property, which may not have remained the same as when photographed. 5. Where reference is made to grant schemes, planning permissions or potential uses, such information is given by John Clegg & Co LLP in good faith, but purchasers should rely on their own enquiries into those matters. 6. Prospective purchasers should be aware of the influence and effect the Wildlife and Countryside Act 1981, Nature Conservation (Scotland) Act 2004 and the Wildlife and Natural Environmental (Scotland) Act 2011 along with any statutory designations, may have on the property, including rights of public access under the Land Reform (Scotland) Act 2003. 7. The sellers will not be obliged to accept the highest, or indeed any, offer and may at any time accept an offer or withdraw the property from the market. Neither the sellers nor John Clegg & Co LLP will be responsible for any costs incurred by interested parties.
A6 A7 A1 A5
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Excluded Ponds
MORMOND HILL FOREST STRICHEN ABERDEENSHIRE Sole Selling Agents
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John Clegg & Co Chartered Surveyors & Forestry Agents
2 Rutland Square Edinburgh EH1 2AS Tel 0131 229 8800 Fax 0131 229 4827 email: [email protected]
This plan is only for the guidance of intending purchasers. Although believed to be correct, its accuracy is not guaranteed and it does not form any part of any contract. Reproduced by permission of Ordnance Survey on behalf of The Controller of Her Majesty’s Stationery Office Crown copyright. All rights reserved. Licence number 100020416
England: 01844 291 384
John Clegg & Co Scotland: 0131 229 8800
Wales: 01600 730 735
John Clegg & Co LLP is a limited liability partnership registered in Scotland (No. SO302718) whose registered office is at 2 Rutland Square, Edinburgh, EH1 2AS
