Arable Land To Let by Tender - Surfleet Cheal

Land for rent in Gubbole's Drove

LOCATION
Two of the three enclosures are situated on the south side of Gubbole’s Drove, Surfleet Cheal. The third enclosure is situated on the north side of Gubbole’s Drove, Surfleet Cheal. Surfleet Cheal lies approximately 1.3 miles north west of the village of Surfleet.


The what3word location for each parcel is as follows –

1. TF2328 5156 (north of Gubbole’s Drove) – ///impeached.pulp.hidden
2. TF2328 3724 (south of Gubbole’s Drove) – ///cascaded.february.flip
3. TF2328 1728 (south of Gubbole’s Drove) – ///sparrows.dried.spruced

DESCRIPTION
An exciting opportunity to acquire an initial five-year fixed term Farm Business Tenancy Agreement of 17.31 Hectares (42.78 Acres) or thereabouts of productive Grade I arable land expanding over three enclosures each of a suitable size and shape for modern agricultural machinery. The land is available to let as a whole with the Farm Business Tenancy Agreement commencing from 11th October 2025.

All of the parcels have been used for the growing of high-quality root and vegetable crops to include potatoes, sugar beet, stubble turnips and cereals.

LAND AND SOILS CLASSIFICATION:
The land is classified as Grade I arable land on the Land Classification Map of England & Wales. The parcels are further classified by the Soil Survey of England and Wales as being of the Wisbech Association of Soils which are further described as “deep stoneless coarse silty soils” capable of growing crops of “sugar beet, potatoes, field vegetables, horticultural crops and cereals.”

ACCESS:
All of the land parcels are accessed directly off the public highway known as Gubbole’s Drove, Surfleet Cheal, Lincolnshire.

TENANCY:
The land is offered “To Let” on an initial five-year fixed term Farm Business Tenancy Agreement with a commencement date of 11th October 2025, subject to any rights of holdover. The Tenancy will be produced on a Lincolnshire Association of Agricultural Valuers Farm Business Tenancy Agreement, a copy of which is available from the Letting Agents, Richard Start or Alice Hunns, upon request or, by viewing online in the Data Room.

SUB-LETTING:
The Landlord permits the Tenant to sub-let no more than an average of 20% of the land per annum or, the whole land within the Farm Business Tenancy Agreement no more than once in the five year fixed term period. Further information can be obtained from the Letting Agents – Richard Start or Alice Hunns, R. Longstaff and Co LLP.

RENT, INSURANCE, VAT & RENT REVIEW:
Rent will be payable half yearly in advance, the first payment will be due on the signing of the Tenancy Agreement. Rent will thereafter be payable on 6th April and 11th October in each year in advance. VAT is currently not payable on the rent. In the event that the property or any part thereof, any rights, contracts, quotas or Entitlements become chargeable supply for the purpose of VAT, any such taxes will be payable in addition to the rent at the appropriate rate. Rent reviews will be in accordance with the default terms of the provisions of the Agricultural Tenancies Act 1995. The Tenancy agreement on a fully repairing and insuring basis, by the tenant.

It will be the responsibility of the Tenant to also obtain their own machinery, crop and public liability insurance. The Tenant will keep the Landlord’s fixed equipment insured to a suitable value.


METHOD OF LETTING:
The land is offered to let as a whole by Informal Tender. The closing date for Tenders is 12 noon on Friday 26th September 2025. Tenders are to be submitted on the enclosed Tender Form and returned to our Spalding Office at 5 New Road, Spalding, Lincolnshire, PE11 1BS in a sealed envelope for the attention of Richard Start or Alice Hunns marked “Arable land to let off Gubbole’s Drove, Surfleet Cheal”

HOLDOVER:
The outgoing tenant reserves a right of holdover until 31st December 2025 to lift the growing sugar beet crop.

DATA ROOM:
Further information can be viewed in the online Data Room (to include Rural Land Registry plans and further back-cropping). To be enabled access to the online Data Room, please contact the Landlord’s Agents, Richard Start or Alice Hunns, R. Longstaff and Co LLP.

DRAINAGE RATES:
The Tenant will be responsible for the payment of the annual Drainage Rates to the relevant internal drainage board to include apportionments where necessary.

VIEWING:
Interested parties are requested to make an appointment with the letting agents to walk the land, which is to be made during daylight hours. Parties are requested to view with a set of these Particulars to hand and should, at all times, for their own personal safety, take appropriate precautions to ensure that no damage occurs either to themselves or to the land, or any part thereof.

BASIC FARM PAYMENT & ENVIRONMENTAL SCHEMES:
The outgoing Tenant has claimed and will retain all payments on the land being offered in respect of the Rural Payments Agency de-linked payment. It will be the responsibility of the successful tenderer to comply to any Baseline Regulation requirements set by the Department for Environment, Food, and Rural Affairs. The land is not currently entered into any Environmental Schemes. The incoming Tenant will need to obtain prior written consent from the Landlord ahead of entering any environmental stewardship scheme/SFI or similar. Landlord consent not to be unreasonably withheld.

SOIL TESTING:
If requested by the Landlord, Soil testing (to include P, K, Magnesium, pH, Organic Matter) and a soil health report is to be undertaken at the commencement of the tenancy, with the cost shared equally between landlord and tenant. The tenant is to maintain the soil on the Holding in a healthy condition throughout the tenancy. Similar testing will be undertaken prior to the end of the tenancy (again cost shared equally) with the tenant responsible for the cost of remediating any shortfall in soil fertility, nutrient content, or condition, by reference to the original report

RIGHT OF WAY, WAYLEAVES AND EASEMENTS ETC:
The land is let subject to, and offered with, the benefit of all existing rights, including rights of way, whether public or private, light, support, drainage, water, electricity, and other rights, easements, quasi-easements, and all wayleaves, whether referred to specifically in these Particulars or not. The Landlord will retain any wayleave/easement payments in respect of the farm. We are not aware of any Public Rights of Way which affect the land and are informed that pedestrian and vehicular access is available to all parcels at all times.

MAINTENANCE:
The Tenant will be responsible for the maintenance of the Holding (s) to include trees, hedges and dykes.

TENANT RIGHT & DILAPIDATIONS:
Tenant right may be chargeable at the commencement of the tenancy. More details are available from the Letting Agents. There will be no claim allowed for dilapidations (if any) at the commencement of the tenancy, but dilapidations will be charged if appropriate at the end of the tenancy.

CONTRACTS AND QUOTAS:
No contracts or quotas are included in the letting of the land parcels.

SERVICES:
We are not aware of any services connected to the land parcels. Interested parties are advised to make their own enquiries.

SPORTING RIGHTS:
There will be no sporting rights included with the letting of the land. The sporting rights are to remain with the Landlord or their designated nominee/s.

PLANS, AREAS AND SCHEDULES:
These Particulars and Plans have been prepared as carefully as possible. It should be noted that the Plans have been specifically prepared ‘for identification purposes only’ and, although believed to be correct, their accuracy is not guaranteed. The areas have been taken from a combination of the Rural Payments Agency’s Rural Land Register and the Ordnance Survey Promap System.

BOUNDARIES:
The successful tenant shall be deemed to have full knowledge of all boundaries.

NITRATE VULNERABLE ZONE:
The entire holding falls within a Nitrate Vulnerable Zone. Further details are available from the Landlord’s Agents – Richard Start or Alice Hunns, R. Longstaff and Co LLP.

Property Ref: 58325_101505031709