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Traditionally Estates have let land to Tenants and Tenants have rented from the Landlord. Tom Selby of Rostons has previously managed Estates where historically holdings and land have been let to Tenants.

The Welsh Government have recently published their updated version of the Basic Payment Scheme payment estimator, following the removal of the one published in September due to concerns about the methodology used and its reliability.

Planning Housing Minister Brandon Lewis, has announced that the temporary office to residential permanent development (PD) right, that was due to lapse at the end of May 2016, will be made permanent.

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:

Rostons, 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. 

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