Sale of Land at Upper Cosmeston Farm

The purpose of this VEAT is to inform the market that the Welsh Ministers, having undertaken a non-regulated tender (advertised in November 2023) and BDW Trading Limited (BDW) having been selected as the successful contractor in that non-regulated tender, intend to enter into various land transactions to dispose of an interest in land to BDW Trading Limited (BDW) and to enable BDW to deliver 576 homes on the land at Upper Cosmeston Farm, in the Vale of Glamorgan . The purpose of this Transparency Notice is to inform the market that the Welsh Ministers intend to enter into various land transactions to dispose of an interest in land to BDW Trading Limited (BDW) and to enable BDW to deliver 576 homes on the land at Upper Cosmeston Farm, in the Vale of Glamorgan. Details of the land transactions are as follows:(i) a development agreement for the construction of residential units which requires the following to be entered into simultaneously: (a) the grant of the Lease (referred to in (ii) below); (b) completion of the Put Option Agreement and Call Option Agreement (referred to in (iii) below); and (c) completion of the Overage Agreement (referred to in (iv) below):(ii) a lease for a term of 13 years in relation to the land on which construction of the residential units may take place to include a conditional drawdown of that land;(iii) a Put Option Agreement and Call Option Agreement for the benefit of the Welsh Ministers affecting the last 10 residential units constructed or to be constructed on the land, the public realm land and any other land that has not been drawn down by BDW pursuant to the terms of the lease;(iv) an Overage Agreement securing an overage payment in favour of the Welsh Ministers of 50% of the amount by which the Actual Gross Development Value of the Residential Units on the land exceeds 110% of the Estimated Gross Development Value.