Planning permission and Countryside Stewardship applications
Before submitting a Countryside Stewardship Application for capital grants, you now need to confirm planning consent for certain items.
Before submitting a Countryside Stewardship Application for capital grants, you now need to confirm planning consent for certain items.
The Rural Payment Agency (RPA) has announced opening dates for Countryside Stewardship, Environmental Stewardship and Basic Payment Scheme.
The Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) is due to be phased out progressively by 2028, meaning farmers and landowners are going to be receiving less money as a grant each year until then.
If you incurred expenditure in order to meet the new regulations regarding septic tanks, ensure this is declared correctly on your forthcoming tax return.
With the chancellor’s next statement due in the spring of 2021 – and changes to Inheritance Tax administration in the pipeline – now is a good to review your Inheritance Tax and succession plans.
Fertilisers and pesticides need to be stored properly to protect people and the environment. Whether you use an existing building or are planning a new one for this purpose, here is some useful and important guidance.
Grants between £500 and £1,000 are being made available to businesses by the five councils in Somerset as part of the Somerset Climate Emergency Strategy. And communities in the county are being invited to bid for grants of up to £75,000 to assist with carbon reduction projects.
We would like to welcome project manager Sarah-Jane Rumble to the AssetSphere team. Sarah-Jane brings with her a wealth of experience in project management and – importantly – the ability to save you time, stress and money.
The Government has announced a new deal to help put new jobs and infrastructure at the centre of the Government’s Economic Growth Strategy, with a commitment to ‘build, build, build’ to help the recovery following COVID-19.
Repairs will depend whether they are “essential” or not. Essential repairs might include things like a severe leak causing damage to property or electrics such as a burst water mains pipe, or a broken boiler leaving a property without heat or hot water.