TWO commercial poultry farms in Somerset are on the market for a combined guide price of £4.9million.

Millford Farm and Knaplock Poultry Farm have a combined capacity of 240,000 birds, and they are now for sale with Carter Jonas. 

With a guide price of £2.6million, Millford Farm includes a detached modern farmhouse and four poultry buildings - with capacity for 119,000 birds. It also has a biomass boiler, solar panels, and associated income from the Renewable Heat Incentives (RHI) and Feed-in Tariff (FiT). The six-acre site also has consent for a fifth poultry building. 

Two buildings are 19,200sq ft steel portal framed buildings, construcred in 2016. There are also two 12,900sq ft timber framed with insulated steel cladding and composite panel insulated steel profile sheet roofs.

Carter Jonas partner, Jack Mitchell, said: “Millford Farm is situated at the foot of the Quantock Hills area of outstanding natural beauty, a short distance from the town of Bridgwater and the rural centre of North Petherton. 

“Not only does this holding provide a fantastic opportunity for poultry farmers to grow their operations, but through the RHI and FiT they will gain additional income on top."

There is an 800kW biomass boiler generating an RHI payment of about £60,000 per annum. The payments are set to run until 2036. There are also two 199kW biomass boilers that were installed in May 2014 and generate a RHI payment of circa £56,000, which are set to run until 2034.

The holding has a roof mounted 100kW solar array installed in 2018. The FiT payments are circa £6,000 per annum, plus cost savings on electricity, and run until 2038.

Knaplock Poultry Farm is situated between Fiddington, Stogursey and Combwich. It is offered for sale with a guide price of £2.3million. 

South West Farmer: Knaplock Poultry Farm is up for sale.

The farm has a detached bungalow, office, double garage with flat above and five poultry buildings - with space for up to 121,000 birds. 

The holding also has a biomass boiler and solar panels and associated income from the RHI and FiT respectively. There is also consent to replace the two remaining timber framed buildings with a new steel framed building, although the timber framed buildings are still in use. The entire site extends to 4.38 acres.

Two of the buildings are 7,000 sq ft timber framed and clad poultry buildings, and a third building is a 15,600 sq ft steel portal framed building constructed in 2021.

A 650kW boiler generates a RHI payment of circa £53,000 per annum, and there is also a 50kW solar array on the roof of one shed which was installed in 2015, earning about £6,000 per year.