Councillors are due to consider plans to market historic Hicks Farm in Throop for sale, with protections for its listed buildings and Green Belt setting remaining. Councillors will consider plans to find an investor for historic Hicks Farm in Throop. BCP Council’s Cabinet is due to discuss the proposals on 2 September, with the aim of bringing largely unused farm buildings back into use after several have been boarded up or fenced off for around a decade. If agreed, the council would begin marketing the Grade II listed site for sale and look for an investor able to restore heritage assets w
Councillors will consider plans to find an investor for historic Hicks Farm in Throop.
BCP Council’s Cabinet is due to discuss the proposals on 2 September, with the aim of bringing largely unused farm buildings back into use after several have been boarded up or fenced off for around a decade.
If agreed, the council would begin marketing the Grade II listed site for sale and look for an investor able to restore heritage assets while working with its rural setting.
Deputy Leader Councillor Mike Cox said: “We know the community wants to see action taken to improve the condition of Hicks Farm.” He said the council could not fund the extensive restoration from its own budgets.
The council says keeping the site in house has been examined, but substantial repair costs and no operational use mean it is not commercially viable.
Hicks Farm is in the Green Belt and the Throop and Muccleshell Conservation Area. The council says those protections, along with its listed building status, would remain in place.
Any future plans would still need to go through the normal planning process and public consultation before changes could be made.
