Former parks depot and scout hut in the West Midlands set to go under the hammer at auction
A former parks depot and former scout hut, owned by Solihull Council, are being offered for sale at auction next month.
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The former parks depot, off Clopton Crescent, at the eastern edge of Birmingham in Kingshurst, extends to 1.2 acres and is listed with a guide price of £139,000+ in Bond Wolfe Auctions' next livestreamed auction taking place on Thursday July 10, from 8.30am.
The site of the former Jean Linton Hall, off Arlescote Road, Solihull, is also listed with a guide price of £95,000+.
Gurpreet Bassi, chief executive of Bond Wolfe, said: “Both of these vacant sites, which we are offering for sale on behalf of Solihull Council, are in highly attractive residential areas and are considered suitable for redevelopment, subject to securing the necessary planning consents.
“We expect them to attract considerable attention from developers and investors from across the UK when they come up for sale in our latest online auction - events which regularly seeing thousands of potential bidders logging on to watch or take part.”
The former parks depot is a vacant freehold former depot with a single storey brick building and associated land on a relatively rectangular plot. It is accessed via a driveway off Clopton Crescent with off road parking.
Mr Bassi said: “The site may be suitable for a variety of uses, subject to planning consent, including educational, community or residential. No guarantee or warranty is offered in respect of such consents being available.”
The site of the former Jean Linton Hall in Solihull was previously used as a scout hut from 1958 – after the land was transferred to the council by the War Department in 1956 – and leased by the 2nd Solihull Scouts Group, who renamed it Jean Linton Hall. In 2022 the Scout Association surrendered the lease back to the council.
The site, near Elmdon Park, has now been cleared and the hut demolished.
Again the site could have education, community or residential uses but no guarantee is offered in respect of planning consents.
The properties will be among scores of lots appearing in Bond Wolfe’s next auction which will be livestreamed via the BWA website with remote bidding by proxy, telephone or internet.
