0 Bedrooms Land for sale in Near St Andrews, Fife KY16 | £ 150,000

Property Description

Beautiful rural site, ideal for a log house development with possible option of more land to the east and south of the reservoir.
Offers over £150,000 subject to the purchaser securing planning consent.
St Andrews 4m, Dundee 17m, Perth 35m, Edinburgh 47m

Description

Around 3.70 acres (1.5ha) of land 14m back from the high water mark for sale along the north bank of the Cameron Reservoir. Right of access along the north of the land. An ideal location for a log house development. Cameron Reservoir is one of the largest bodies of open water in Fife, approx. 2.5 miles around the loch, stocked with Brown and Rainbow Trout. The site is well known for its wildlife and a lovely walk circles the entire reservoir, the northern side of the loch has a surfaced path with views over the open water while the south side is a track through woodland.

Cameron Reservoir is recognised as a key site for significant numbers of wintering waterfowl including a large population of pink-footed geese. For this reason, the site has been granted international recognition and protection as a Special Protection Area (spa), it is therefore a sensitive site. The land is set within an sssi.

Access is from the road at the north east side of the loch. Access by turning off the A915 between Largoward and St Andrews at the sign for Cameron Kirk. The car park is approx. 3/4 mile from the turn-off. The potential land has good access from the north with a right of access over the metalled access road. Fife Council Roads Department have confirmed that the sightlines at the public road are sufficient for a small development.

Access

Planning applications should be submitted to Fife Council. The sellers would consider an offer subject to planning consent. Montgomery Forgan, Cupar have inspected the site and would be of assistance in submitting a pre-application enquiry or a planning application.

Local facilities

Cameron Reservoir has a lovely walk around the entire site which links into the wider core path network which can take you North to St Andrews through Craigtoun Country Park. Cameron Reservoir is only 4 miles from the beautiful historic town of St Andrews which boasts the oldest university in Scotland; the University of St Andrews is ranked third in the UK after Oxbridge. There are a number of local primary schools and one high school which has a good reputation, there is also the fee paying St Leonards.

Known as the home of golf, St Andrews has several courses ranked amongst the finest in the world including the famous Old Course which is the most frequent venue for the Open Championship.

Other leisure facilities in the town include a canoe club; rugby club; tennis club; university sports centre and a links golf driving range. The East Sands Leisure Centre has a swimming pool and gym facilities.

St Andrews is also well known for its lovely sandy beaches. West Sands is a 2 mile long beach adjacent to the Links golf course, it was the set for the opening scene in the movie Chariots of Fire. East Sands has a small harbour and is popular for sailing, kayaking, surfing and windsurfing. There are seven excellent golf courses with 10 miles of the reservoir which are the Castle, New, Eden, Strathtyrum, Fairmount and Balgove courses.

Services

There is mains water and electricity at the cottage which lies to the east of the reservoir and possibly at The Scottish Water boathouse for the fisherman. No application has been made to establish what the service connections would be. Drainage would be to private septic tanks and soakaways.

Property misdescription

These particulars do not constitute any part of an offer or contract. All measurements are given as a guide and no liability can be accepted for any errors arising there from. No responsibility is taken for any other error, omission or mis-statement in the particulars, during negotiations or otherwise, any representation or warranty whatever in relation to this property. Details prepared May 2016.

Closing date

A closing date may be set and prospective purchasers are advised to register an interest.

Viewing and registering an interest

Registering an interest and viewings of the property can be arranged with the selling agents, McCrae & McCrae Ltd.

Offers

Offers should be submitted in Scottish Legal Form to the selling Agents, McCrae and McCrae Ltd at 12 Abbey Park Place, Dunfermline, Fife KY12 7PD. Please note that interested parties are advised to register their interest with the sellers. The seller reserves the right to accept any offer at any time. The sellers require to be paid a clawback on any development over and above log houses.

Clawback

The sellers would like a clawback on any development over five log houses. This would be 25% of any increase in value attributed to any development over five log houses.

Directions

From Dundee take the A92 into Fife and proceed along the A914 then A919 to Guardbridge. Follow the A92 left towards St Andrews then proceed along the A915 about 4 miles then turn left at the sign for Cameron Reservoir, the reservoir is 0.9 of a mile along this road.
From Edinburgh/Forth Road Bridge follow M90 to the slip road for Kirkcaldy, continue on A92 which terminates at a roundabout, take the third exit and follow A921 to the next roundabout, take the first exit to the A915 towards Leven, proceed through Leven, Lundin Links and Largoward taking a left turn at the sign for Cameron Reservoir, the reservoir is 0.9 of a mile along this road.
There is a small car park at the east side of the loch by turning off the A915 between Largoward and St Andrews at Cameron Kirk. The car park is approx. 3/4 mile from the turn-off. Proceed up the metalled road past the kirk. Turn left after a few hundred yards. This road leads to a small car park. The access into the lands for sale is on the right just before the car park and fishing hut.

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