Our rural and agricultural team is one of our most diverse business areas. The department is made up of Chartered Surveyors, Estate Agents, Land and Estate Managers, commercial surveyors, experts in farm dispersal sales, and planners.
Valuations
We can value anything from land, farms, properties to livestock and machinery.
We also specialise in the production of RICS Red Book Valuations for the purpose of:
- Loan security,
- Taxation, purchase,
- Matrimonial,
- Compensation,
- Court,
- Probate.
Compensation and Compulsory Purchase
As a landowner, we can work with you on negations of entry, as well as compensation matters for pipelines, wayleaves, highway schemes and HS2.
Option and Promotion Agreement
We can work with you on promoting a site via the Strategic Housing Availability Assessment, to tendering and negotiating terms for promotion and options agreements.
Finance
We are agents for the Agricultural Mortgage Corporation, and we work closely with a number of High Street lenders to help you find the right funding solution for your project.
Estate Management
We manage a wide range of diverse estates across the country for our clients. Our services include purchase, sales, rental, planning and land management.
Farm Payments
We can offer a full range of expertise and support with regard to land based grant schemes. For example:
- CAP reform
- Single Farm Payment
- Entry Level Stewardship
- Catchment Sensitive Farming
- Cross Compliance
- Woodland Grant Schemes
Planning
We can work with you on obtaining, as well as the removal of Agricultural Occupancy Conditions. As well as development projects such as the development of new agricultural building, conversions and new property builds.
Energy
We can act on your behalf to explore options available to you for Renewable Energy initiatives on your land. If you need to find out about grants, planning permission, gaining finance, selling or letting sites, we can help.
Please contact Kate Fisher if you would like to explore any of these options; 01788 564743