For Lease - Former Library Premises, Ground Floor, Castellau House, Belhaven Road, Dunbar EH42 1DA - UNDER OFFER

• Property is located on Belhaven Road, Dunbar, within walking distance of the town centre.
• Local police station is situated next door with the remaining building being of residential use.
• Dunbar is 30 miles from Edinburgh City Centre, 30 miles from Berwick Upon Tweed and is well served by public transport.
• The A1, Edinburgh City By-Pass and local Railway stations are all readily accessible.

• Subjects comprise the ground floor of a two storey “B” listed detached building of stone construction with timber astragal windows.
• Situated in Dunbar’s conservation area.
• Generously sized rooms retaining some of the buildings original traditional features with window shutters, ornate plasterwork cornices and ceiling roses.
• Rooms in good decorative order with floor coverings in situ.
• Mixture of fluorescent and pendant lighting and electric storage heaters throughout the premises.
• Property benefits from a car park which has 10 spaces and a further 3 disabled car parking spaces

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Offers around £13,200 per annum are invited

• Current permitted use for the property is Use Class 10, with reference to the Town and Country Planning (Use Clauses) (Scotland) Order 1997 (amended).
• Any business operating from the property can only be conducted during the hours of 7am to 7pm. No inward or outward deliveries can be made outside of these hours.
• Any persons wishing to change the class use of this property must consult East Lothian Council’s Planning Department and submit details of their proposed use and alterations along with their offer of rent.
• As the building is listed and located in a conservation area any person wishing to alter the building internally or externally or install external signage will require advertisement consent and listed building consent.

Strictly by prior appointment. Arrangements can be made by emailing estates@eastlothian.gov.uk or by contacting Mr John Martin, Estates Surveyor on 07974 873 697

Parties who are interested in taking a lease of the premises should request or download an  Application to Lease Form following viewing, and this should be completed and returned to the address given on the form, or emailed to estates@eastlothian.gov.uk

Only those who have returned a completed Application to Lease form will be notified of the closing date.

• Premises are available on “easy in/easy out” terms.
• Landlord maintains the property in a wind and watertight condition with the tenant being responsible for all other repairs and maintenance and the replacement of glass.
• No gas or electrical works will be undertaken by the Tenant under any circumstances

The rateable value of the property has been assessed at £11,700 per annum.
Under the Small Business Bonus Scheme, properties with a RV of up to £12,000 may qualify for 100% rates relief, depending on individual circumstances. Water and sewerage charges will still apply. Further information on the Small Business Bonus Scheme can be obtained at www.gov.scot or www.eastlothian.gov.uk.

The ingoing Tenant will pay East Lothian Council £200 (+VAT) administration fee towards the preparation and completion of the lease.

The Energy Performance Certificate gives a C rating.

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