Millions of pounds have been slashed from the asking price for a barren and overgrown 22-acre plot once home to a garden centre.
The wasteland, near Faversham, has been derelict for almost two decades and was originally put up for sale for £5 million in 2024.
Land at London Road, Norton, Faversham, up for sale for £2.75 million
But now the site of the former Wyevale Garden Centre in Norton is available for £2.75 million.
The land was previously earmarked for a housing estate – but the proposals were thrown out when the location was deemed unacceptable.
Wedged between Faversham and Sittingbourne, the plot has stood empty since 2008, when disused and vandalised buildings were pulled down.
London estate agents Dowley Turner Real Estate (DTRE) has now almost halved the asking price for the land.
DTRE bosses previously told KentOnline: “The site could be used for a whole host of different things.
67 homes were proposed for the former Norton garden centre site
“But it’s all very much subject to planning and the sort of funds the purchaser would be willing to put forward.”
Currently owned by BMW, a planning application to erect 67 homes on the site was lodged in 2015 – sparking protests from furious residents.
Put together by BDB Design, the applicants claimed the sprawling site had become a “scar on the landscape”.
Initially rejected by Swale Borough Council, an appeal to the Planning Inspectorate to overturn the decision was also snubbed in May 2016.
The plot was not considered “an acceptable location for housing development”.
The garden centre was left in ruin. Picture: Barry Goodwin
Built in the 1960s, it opened as Norton Ash Garden Centre and was a small, family-owned establishment before expanding across the next two decades.
In the 1990s it was taken over by Country Gardens and later rebranded under the Wyevale banner before closing in 2007.
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