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Farmers looking to erect a new shed, convert a redundant barn or sell land for development will find themselves navigating the planning system. Read practical advice on topics such as permitted development rights, how to approach a planning application and your rights if you have been affected by a compulsory purchase order.

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Business Clinic: Changing holiday lets to residential lets

Whether you have a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s Business Clinic experts can help. Holiday lets can be challenging to market and manage. Stephen Richards of Carter…

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Business Clinic: Lifting an agricultural tie on property

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s experts can help. Here, Alex Madden of Thrings advises on lifting an agricultural tie from a farmhouse. Q:…

PLANNING PERMISSION

How to meet environmental requirements when developing land

Farmers considering developing land need to consider the impact of the proposed project on biodiversity and whether the site itself could pose a risk to future residents. While a proposed…

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Business Clinic: What you need to know about bat surveys

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s experts can help. Here, Charlene Sussums-Lewis of Carter Jonas advises on a planning issue. Q: I’m looking into…

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Business Clinic: Do I need permission to replace wall?

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s experts can help. Here, Alex Madden of Thrings advises on the planning aspects of removing and old wall…

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Business Clinic: Can I convert dairy shed to residential use?

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s experts can help. Here, Nicola Palfrey of Carter Jonas advises on the prospects for making use of permitted…

PLANNING PERMISSION

Farmworker dwelling permission: What you need to know

Getting planning permission for a farmworker’s dwelling can be tricky as significant documentary evidence will need to be compiled to show the planning authority that there is a clear need.…

PLANNING PERMISSION

Planning enforcement orders: what they are, how to avoid them

Farmers are at risk of legal action from their local authority if they fail to secure the correct planning permission for building on their land. Planning enforcement orders were introduced…

PLANNING PERMISSION

Agricultural Occupancy Conditions explained

Thousands of properties in rural areas across the UK have restrictions on what type of person can occupy them, reducing their potential value and their demand from potential buyers. Andrew…

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What ‘hidden’ elements of farm ownership can hold up sales?

Buying and selling land and property can be complicated, and certain things that seem minor can easily slip through the net and really restrict progress. Farmers Weekly asked land agents…

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Business Clinic: Does change of use need planning permission?

Whether it’s a legal, tax, insurance, management or land issue, Farmers Weekly’s experts can help. Here, Fred Quartermain of solicitor Thrings explains a planning issue concerning a change of use…

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How Class Q development rights are working in practice

There has been a mixed reception to permitted development rights (PDRs) allowing the change of use of agricultural buildings to residential units, writes Stephanie Baker, senior planning officer at Hart…

TAX

Farmers caught in development tax postcode lottery

Agricultural buildings and developments are being taxed inconsistently across Britain, at a cost of thousands of pounds to the farmers caught up in a postcode lottery. The community infrastructure levy…

BUSINESS

New policy could make it easier to build rural housing

More than one in four CLA members want to build affordable housing. A new way to develop more homes of this type in the countryside is being proposed by the…

BUSINESS

Housebuilding boom - what does it mean for farmers?

Farmers risk losing potential land value to the government-backed boom in construction projects unless they take a more active role in the development process, planning experts have warned. Both the…

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What farmers need to know about the new telecoms code

A new code covering mobile phone and broadband infrastructure is to come into force later this year – affecting all landowners with telecoms equipment on their land. So what are…

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Why the CIL planning tax is costing farmers thousands

Farmers putting up agricultural buildings and houses are falling foul of a planning tax that is leaving some facing bills as high as £26,000. Half of all councils in England and…

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Opposition and errors hamper poultry planning applications

Poultry farmers are finding it harder than ever to get planning applications for new buildings through the system. Local authorities are making too many mistakes in the planning process and…