Rostons is a firm of Chartered Surveyors and Agricultural Valuers based in Cheshire but covering the surrounding areas including North Wales.
We deal with all aspects of rural property which includes sales of land and farms, valuations of land and farms, planning advice, tenancies, option agreements and contract farming.
This is our first addition of Rostons Professional Focus, a publication for Businesses or Professions who support farmers and agri businesses.
The Professional Focus is intended to provide useful information for anyone involved at a professional level with farming clients and will compliment Farming Focus which you will continue to receive.
HS2, Phase 2, from Birmingham to Manchester and Leeds has now been broken down to Phase 2 and Phase 2A. Phase 2A is the stretch from Faddiley to Crewe and Phase 2 relates to the branch north of Crewe to Manchester and from Birmingham to Leeds.
The trade has kicked off at Rostons with English non SDA entitlements trading anywhere between £190 – £200 per hectare plus VAT. With this in mind any clients you have that are looking to buy or sell, we would recommend that they contact us as soon as possible to secure any sales.
HS2 has launched two consultations as part of preparations for phase 2A.
The consultations that have opened are the Environmental Impact Assessment (EIA) and Equality Impact Assessment (EQIA). Both consultations will look to seek the views of statutory and expert bodies on the scope, methodology and overall reporting of the EIA and EQIA.
Many questions have arisen in the Rostons office as to the result of “Brexit” and implications for UK Agriculture. There are a large number of unknowns which are yet to be identified and many agricultural economists are highlighting a lot of the uncertainties in the media.
There are number of major infrastructure schemes under construction and planned in the northwest including the A556 bypass, Congleton Link Road and HS2. When schemes of this scale are proposed, the word ‘Blight’ is mentioned far more frequently.
The rules on cutting hedges and trees are set out within cross compliance standard GAEC7A: Boundaries.
Last week DEFRA announced its vision “to unleash the economic potential of food and farming, nature and the countryside, champion the environment and provide security against floods, animal and plant diseases and other hazards”.
The total DEFRA budget for 2015/16 is £2.0bn,this includes £1.5 billion resource Departmental Expenditure Limit (DEL) and £0.5 billion capital DEL.