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Despite the ongoing concerns surrounding COVID-19, HS2 is continuing, albeit the legislative process has been delayed, the current position of both Phase 2A and Phase 2B is as follows. Phase 2A West Midlands to Crewe The Bill is currently before the House of Lords Select Committee, which has been suspended due to COVID-19, a date … Read more
The long-awaited new funding which will enable dairy farmers in England to access up to £10,000 to overcome the impact of the Coronavirus outbreak was announced on Wednesday 3rd June. Applications will open on 18th June to support dairy farmers who have seen a decrease in demand and milk price during April and May 2020. … Read more
Despite the many challenges the start of this year has thrown at us, we have sold a respectable number of entitlements and have seen a continuous stream of enquiries to buy and sell throughout the trading window. We started off trading at £125/Ha for English NON-SDA Entitlements, which held steady for a good few weeks, … Read more
2020 has seen a number of farm dispersal sales held by Rostons, starting with a hugely successful sale close to Wrexham in early January. It was great to see so many faces, some of which had clearly travelled a long way! We had other successful sales including a Collective sale at Dutton with a magnificent … Read more
Despite the current situation, we have seen a resurgence in Utilities and Public Works has led to more involvement for clients of the Rostons Team. Compensation is always payable where damage and loss are caused by any third party taking access to land which you occupy, invariably this access is taken by the Utilities, such … Read more
Countryside Productivity Small Grant Scheme Update – Claims for round 2 applications now must be submitted by Midnight 31st July 2020. Round 3 is likely to be pushed back from this Autumn to early 2021. Improving Farm Productivity Grants and Growth Program Grants – not open to new applications. But the RPA is issuing deadline … Read more
Our planning team here at Rostons have been successful in obtaining planning permission for several applications recently. Some of these include: Agricultural workers dwelling Permission for a permanent residence for a farmworker on site. Temporary agricultural workers dwelling Permission for a temporary residence (3 years) for a farmworker on site. Agricultural building for fodder and … Read more
We are currently seeing signs that construction is returning to life, with many of the housebuilders opening up sites, concrete factories now making concrete available and a general resurgence in the hire of plant and machinery. The debate over HS2 continues and it is clear that following Covid-19, the Country as a whole will see … Read more
During the last few weeks, you may have expected to see a downturn in AMC inquiries, however, we are continuing to hear from current and new AMC customers. The take-home message from the AMC is that they are “open for business” as they are long term lenders. Customers are looking to reap the benefit of … Read more