Arable Farm
Ref: AGR260039
Address: 145.94ha (360.62 Acres), At Glebe Lodge Farm, Gonerby Lane, Grantham, Lincolnshire, NG32 2DU
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THE LETTING & BACKGROUND
The opportunity to acquire an initial fixed-term 5-year Farm Business Tenancy comprising approximately 360.62 acres of productive arable farmland, with the best fields particularly well suited to the production of high-value root crops, alongside a wide variety of combinable crops.
SITUATION
The land is located to the west and northwest of Allington. Allington is 5.4 miles northwest of the market town of Grantham, 10 miles south of the town of Newark, and 28.2 miles south of the city of Lincoln.
TO LET BY INFORMAL TENDER
The land is offered to be let by Informal Tender. Tenders should be submitted on the attached Tender Form on or before the Tender Date in an envelope clearly marked “Allington Tender” in the top left-hand corner and either posted or delivered to the Agent’s Sleaford Office. Tenderer’s attention is drawn to the notes and guidance given at the bottom of the Tender Form.
Tender Date: Wednesday 15th July 2026 no later than noon.
THE TENDERED RENT
The tendered rents offered by the successful tenderer will become the annual rent and will be payable half yearly in advance. The first rent instalment will be payable upon entry and thereafter on 6th April and 11th October in each year of the tenancy agreement.
THE LAND
All the land is classified by the Former Ministry of Agriculture Fisheries and Food Land Classification Maps of England and Wales as being Grade III.
The soils are described by the Soil Survey of England and Wales as being part of the Blackwood Association of soils, as well as the Denchworth Association of soils. Blackwood being characterised as deep permeable sandy and coarse loamy soils. Groundwater controlled by ditches, capable of growing, Cereals; potatoes and sugar beet. While Denchworth is characterised as slowly permeable seasonally waterlogged clayey soils with similar fine loamy over clayey soils. Some fine loamy over clayey soils with only slight seasonal waterlogging and some slowly permeable calcareous clayey soils. Capable of growing Winter cereals and short term grassland in drier lowlands; dairying on permanent grassland in moist districts.
UNDER DRAINAGE SCHEME
Part of the farm benefits from a comprehensive underdrainage scheme, and copies of the land drainage maps are available from the letting agents. The tenant will be expected to maintain the drains and their outfalls.
TERMS OF TENANCY
The tenancy agreement will be in the standard form of the Lincolnshire Association of Agricultural Valuers in their pre-printed format for the letting of bare land. A copy of the draft Farm Business Tenancy agreements is available for inspection upon request at the letting agent’s office.
REPAIRS AND INSURANCE
The tenancy will be a full repairing and insuring agreement.
CURRICULUM VITAE.
When submitting your rental tender please also enclose a brief farming C.V of your business, to include your relevant farming experience, current land holding and interests, number of staff employed and an idea of your proposed cropping.
DRAINAGE RATES
Occupiers Drainage rates are payable to the Upper Witham Drainage Board, and it will be the successful tenant’s responsibility to pay the annual drainage rates from entry onto the land.
TENANTRIGHT
There will be no claim for any dilapidations or tenantright upon entry.
NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONE
The land is situated within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone.
POSSESSION
The new tenancy will commence on 11th October 2026, but early entry is available once the outgoing tenant has harvested his crop and vacated the land, also with the signing of a new tenancy agreement.
HOLDOVER
The outgoing tenant has the right of holdover for one month, with the incoming tenant being given the same right upon the end of the new tenancy.
COUNTRYSIDE STEWARDSHIP & SFI
Pond Field, Far Field, and Gonerby Lane are all in a Countryside Stewardship Mid-Tier scheme, specifically AB1, set to expire on 31st December 2027, which the incoming tenant will have to fufill.
Upon possession of the land, there will be no SFI commitments to the tenant.
BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME ENTITLEMENTS (BPS)
There are no BPS Entitlements with the land.
QUOTAS AND CONTRACTS
There are no other quotas, nor contracts included with the letting of the land.
SPORTING RIGHTS
The sporting rights are included with the letting
STAMP DUTY LAND TAX
Any SDLT liability arising from this tenancy will be the tenant’s obligation to pay.
PLANS, AREAS, SCHEDULES & BOUNDARIES
The areas and plans attached to these letting particulars have been produced in good faith. They are for
illustrative purposes only and their accuracy cannot be guaranteed. The successful tenderer shall be deemed
to have full knowledge of all boundaries and neither the landlords nor their agents will be responsible for
defining the boundaries or the ownership thereof.
COVENANTS, WAYLEAVES, EASEMENTS AND RIGHTS OF WAY
The land is let subject to and with the benefit of all existing rights including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water and electricity supplies and all other rights and obligations, easements, quasi-easements and all wayleaves whether referred to or not in these letting particulars.
ACCESS
Access to each field is shown on the map below in blue.
VIEWING DAYS
By Appointment only, the land may be viewed, on foot, during reasonable daylight hours with these letting particulars to hand.
ADDITIONAL INFORMATION AVAILABLE ON REQUEST
1) Copy of the RPA land parcel maps.
2) Copy of the draft LAAV tenancy Agreements.
3) Land Drainage Maps for some of the land.
RPA DIGITAL MAPS
The landlords’ agents hold copies of the RPA’s land parcel maps for the land and copies are available on request.