Property

FORMER GUNNS TRANSPORT YARD
BRONZE AGE WAY
BELVEDERE
KENT
DA17 6BU

Former Transport Yard with Detached 2 storey Offices and
fitted Vehicle Workshop, Fuel Tank and Wash Down facility with
short term income of £66,000pa

FOR SALE FREEHOLD or TO LET as a whole or in parts
6,848 Sq Ft (636 Sq M) on 4.35 Acres (1.76HA)

  

Description

The property comprises a former transport yard with 2 storey office building, vehicle workshop with fuel tank and wash down facility with part of the office with 20 spaces and a small area of yard let off on short term lettings.

Main Yard - comprises a level mainly set out to concrete surfaced and fenced yard.

Ancillary Yard - comprises a basically level yard with hard core cover leading down to the railway line and could be operated separated from the main yard. This was acquired more recently from LB of Bexley and planning for open storage is being sought.

Office and Yard - comprise a 2 storey purpose built office with ground floor comprises reception together with welfare area, male and female WCs together with one office and a stores, accessed via a roller shutter door. The first floor office can be accessed via internal or external stairs to the side to create a self-contained office floor. The office has the main office together with 2 further offices, a reception accessed via the external stairs and a kitchen. The offices are fitted out to Cat 2 lighting; Cat 5 cabling, gas central heating and laminate flooring.

Workshop - comprise single storey workshop with 4 roller shutter loading doors with ancillary container/portacabin stores. There are 2 inspection pits of 1.0m by 6.98m and 1.0m by 8.9m. The roller shutter doors are 4.7m high and 3.8m wide and are manually operated. There is sodium lighting. There is compressed air together with oil distributed via pipes & there are external oil tanks for waste & gear box oil.
There is a jet wash/steam clean bay with 3 petrol interceptors. There is a bunded tank in the centre with a 47,000 litre capacity which is flood lit & a CCTV system.
 

Location

Belvedere is located in the north of the London Borough of Bexley approximately 5 miles west of Junction 1A M25. Access from Junction 1A is via dual carriageway A206.
The property is located in Belvedere fronting the west side of the main dual carriageway A2016 Bronze Age Way, accessed via the slip road to B213, virtually opposite Crabtree Manorway North.

Travelling north - Take the turning after the A206 directed the B213 to Abbey Wood & Belvedere. Travel up the slip road and cross over the B213 down to the slip road back onto Bronze Age Way & the site is immediately on the left hand side.

Travelling south - Should you pass the site travel to the next roundabout & turn round & take the slip road again signposted the B213 & go over the bridge over Bronze Age Way and take the first right down the slip road onto the A2016 Bronze Age Way & the site is immediately on your left hand side.

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Photos:
External Elevation: Office
External Elevation: Workshop
View of Office, Yard and Oil Tank
Wash Down facility
Undeveloped part of site
Typical Office
 

Accommodation

We have measured the property on a Gross Internal Area basis in accordance with the Royal Institute of Chartered Surveyors Code of Measuring Practice as follows:

Features

  Located 5 miles east of junction 1A M25 via dual carriage way
  Established warehousing location fronting Bronze Age Way
  Planning Consent for 24 hour Operation.
  Fully functional transport yard with offices, fitted vehicle workshops
  Development potential on all or part
  Short term income of £66,000pa inclusive
  Fenced & gated yard with majority set out to concrete
  Potential to enhance through letting off or developing parts
  Main yard 3.6 acres with 0.75 acres undeveloped area totalling 4.35 acres
  FOR SALE FREEHOLD or TO LET
 

Services

All services including gas and three phase electricity.
 

Planning

The property is zoned within the main Belvedere Employment Area (policy TS6) & further development under classes B1 B2 B8 & plant hire would be acceptable. The main property has consent for a transport yard (ref 98/02368) which has been amended to remove onerous conditions (11/00326/FUL) & (11/00327/FUL). In addition consent has been granted for the undeveloped 0.75acre land for open storage (11/00325/FUL).
 

Rating

The Rateable Value for 2010/11 is £80,500 with Rates Payable of £36,466.50 for the whole property. L B Bexley on 0208 303 7777.
 

Tenure

Freehold. Two titles- main SGL533669 and undeveloped land- SGL697055
 

Tenancies

The property is mainly vacant (including the workshops, first floor offices, almost all the concrete yard, all of the hardcore area) with part let as follows on 2 inclusive leases which are outside the Act generating £66,000 per annum.

Abbey Foodtanks Ltd - 3 year lease at £55,000pa including rates with breaks at expiry of years 1 & 2 for 20 parking spaces to side of the offices together with ground floor office, welfare area and toilet facilities.

Robinsons - Proposed 3 year lease at £11,000pa including rates for an area of 70ft by 75ft with breaks at years 1 & 2 which is yet to be signed.

This produces a total of £66,000 per annum inclusive.
 

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