An unusual plot of land at The Carrs will go up for auction next month with a guide price of £8,500.
The land, which is located on the south side of Bollin Hill, is listed on Rightmove and being promoted as an "excellent Space - Freehold for Events/Pop-Up in Centre of The Carrs Picnic area".
It is described as being an ideal plot for a possible commercial venture. However, it does not come with planning permission, so potential buyers would have to make their owns enquiries in respect of planning as well as any other consents or rights over the land.
This small plot, which is 0.005 acres and accessed via cliff Road, is available freehold and advertised as offering "an opportunity for a business to create a refreshment pit-stop as a pitch or permanent area serving visitors to The Carrs picnic area, Wilmslow."
The land is currently unused, is being sold by London based Asset Invest.
Fraser Karlsen, owner of the company, spent yesterday (Wednesday 21st February) in Wilmslow dropping flyers off at local restaurants in a bid to generate interest.
Speaking about why he is selling the land, he told me "Asset Invest own over 2,300 titles throughout the UK of which when our consultants/surveyors get onto the respective title/file we decide the best process of retain or sell.
"This parcel may benefit the area better from a host of possibilities. Such as your article in the summer, pop up something maybe?"
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The advert suggests that there is access from Cliff Road - only if you are on foot and walk through the car park and into the picnic area, so no good for any deliveries. It also implies that there is a designated parking place in the car park - surely not, I can't imagine that the council have approved that. There's no actual permission to put a coffee shop / refreshment stall there and no access to electricity or water, plus there is an established coffee stall by the playground. Not sure why anyone would pay upwards of £8k for a bit of grass that you can't do anything with!
Surely the Coffee place by the playground has some form of business approval to trade there?
Re the parking - the Rightmove ad states "... and parking in The Carrs designated"
All the practical issues (power, water, deliveries, licence to trade, trees) are for the potential buyers to assess and conclude on.
I am slightly concerned that it will add to littering in an already highly littered area.
It would also likely become a congregation point in the evening and we might get more antisocial behaviour - reference the fire that took place in this location:
https://www.wilmslow.co.uk/news/article/20402/fire-believed-to-have-been-started-deliberately-in-town-park
Could maybe useful as a bird hide or alternative.. could be any number of things.. Solar it's S/W facing so great for power/storing power no noise and sustainable...
It was the rest of Park that was donated by Henry Boddington as he passed away unfortunately prior to concluding the gift. His wife continued in his honour gifting (small fee £62.50) to Cheshire East. That is why The Carrs known as 'the lung' of Wilmslow even exists...
Shows actually some very philosophical thinking even back then... More of society could do with a leaf out of their book...
Provision of electricity, water and drainage wouldn't be challenging.
Of course, use of the site would clearly be a matter for the planning folks.
I'm sure the purchaser has got a plan and looking forwards to seeing what they do with it.