Following the closure of the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) scheme, there are still funding opportunities available for some farming businesses within certain Wessex Water sub-catchments.
Defra has announced the 2031 deadline for recording new rights of way (ROW) has been scrapped. Here’s how to protect your land...
Defra has announced a significant update to the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), with important and immediate consequences for any farmers yet to apply.
New productivity grants for 2025 have been announced by Steve Reed, Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.
A useful summary of changes to planning fees that are expected to be introduced from 1 April (pending parliamentary approval).
Class Q Permitted Development Rights offer a unique opportunity to repurpose agricultural buildings into residential spaces without full planning permission. Yet the distinction between conversion and rebuilding can make or break a rural project.
If you are yet to sign up to the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI), recent reductions in delinked payments means there there are now even more reasons to do so.
An update about the latest environmental payments under the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) released by Defra on 21 May, and we have prepared a useful summary.
Amendments to Class Q, R and Agricultural (Class A and B) Permitted Development were made law in England on 30 April 2024.
The timescale for enforcement actions against unlawful operational development or changes of use to a single dwellinghouse is being extended on 25 April 2024.