IMPORTANT BPS UPDATE !!

You will have heard the news coverage that DEFRA pulled the computer system and paper forms are now to be used.

As with most news stories, this is not factually correct and the current position is as follows:

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Seminar Success

Chester Rugby Club Seminar 03.02.15Chester Rugby Club 03.02.15Rostons, Chartered Surveyors and Agricultural Valuers, are taking their roadshow of Basic Payment Seminars around North Wales and Cheshire.

The attendance at these meetings has been significant and it is clear from farmers’ reaction that much of the information relating to the Basic Payment Scheme has not fully sunk in. 

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2015 Entitlement Trade has Started

Rostons has begun the second period of Entitlement trading for 2015 as SPS entitlement has been rolled over to BPS entitlement on the 1st January 2015. 

Deals in the last fortnight have been agreed at £50-£60/ha for English Non SDA and the entitlement team are taking enquiries from both perspective Vendors and Purchasers on a daily basis, discussing all types of Entitlement, Non SDA, SDA and Moorland.  

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HS2 – Phase One – Compensation and Assistance

A package of measures to compensate owner occupiers affected by the construction of the Phase 1 HS2 route between London and Birmingham was announced on 16 January 2015.

 The package of measures introduced contains two new alternative cash schemes which enable owner occupiers to remain in properties and receive monetary compensation.  This will help people and businesses to stay put rather than being financially persuaded, through potential compulsory acquisition or blight to move.  Owner occupiers for these purposes will include residential properties, small business units and agricultural units. 

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Landlord Agents Not in Touch With Reality

With 2 February deadline looming for many tenanted holdings within Cheshire where rent review notices were served last year, Tony Rimmer of Rostons is finding an increasing number of tenants are ringing him with concerns over the level of rent Landlords are seeking. 

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