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The Agriculture Bill – The Direction of Travel

Posted on 1st April 2020 by Mike Cluley

As the Agriculture Bill passes through the various stages of Parliament we now have a better idea of the potential shape of the UK’s post Brexit agricultural policy. Despite a lack of specific details there are various items in the Bill that do offer a clear direction of policy, enabling farmers and landowners to start […]

Farming Recovery Fund Extension Announced

Posted on 20th March 2020 by Ellen Cottrell

It has been announced today that the Farming Recovery Fund has been extended, enabling farmers affected by flooding to apply for grants of between £500 and £25,000 for restoring farmland. The scheme was already in place for farmers in affected areas that were flooded during 2019 with the scheme extension put in place to help […]

***Important Announcement – Crop Diversification Rule for BPS 2020***

Posted on by Mike Cluley

In order to assist farmers who are struggling to establish crops, DEFRA has confirmed today that the crop diversification greening requirement for BPS, commonly known as the “three crop rule” will not apply for Basic Payment Scheme (BPS) 2020 applications.   Due to the nationwide catastrophic flooding and persistent wet weather throughout February 2020, farmers […]


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Spring Landmark 2020

Posted on 3rd April 2020 by Ellen Cottrell

This edition of Landmark provides an update on the latest news around The Agriculture Bill and The Environment Bill, as well as what we can do to help you get the most out of your tenanted residential properties including an overview of our Property Management Service. We also look at planning opportunities to generate income […]

Carver Knowles welcomes a new surveyor!

Posted on 16th March 2020 by Ellen Cottrell

Worcestershire based Chartered Surveyors; Carver Knowles are very pleased to welcome Amelia Sheldon AssocRICS to the team. Originally from Oxfordshire, but now having relocated to the North Cotswold’s, Amelia is excited to get to know the area and all of Carver Knowles’ clients. Amelia, having recently qualified as an Associate member of the RICS has […]

WHAT HAPPENS AFTER THE BASIC PAYMENT SCHEME?

Posted on 4th March 2020 by Mike Cluley

In this blog Mike Cluley gives a very brief summary of the main points of the new Agricultural Bill that is passing through parliament so that consideration can be given as to what businesses should expect and the things that they should consider with the likely changes to future farm payments. Agricultural policy in the […]

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We approached Carver Knowles to support a planning application that involved a change of use of part of our property from agricultural to equestrian.  They were local, quick to respond and came up with a pragmatic and cost effective solution to our requirement. Reports were produced quickly, fine tuning and finalisation were straight forward and ultimately the planning application was successful. There were only a few minor conditions that we were expecting, as a result of discussions with our consultant Ellen. I would happily re-engage them for future property development that required planning activities."

Mr and Mrs A

I just wanted to say thank you for all your advice and guidance in securing planning permission at Gamage Court. Having sat through the planning committee meeting yesterday it was quite clear that without all the information which you gathered and also the personal representation at the meeting, there would have been little chance of success.
Mr R Baker
We had a building which had planning permission for a holiday let which we then built and ran as a holiday let for three years.  We then had a change of circumstances and decided we wanted to live in the holiday let ourselves, meaning we would need to remove the restriction of holiday let only usage.  We consulted two planning consultants prior to Carver Knowles.  The first one told us that we would have to live in our holiday let for ten years before we would be able to  apply for (and then only maybe get) residential permission.  The second planning ...
Mrs Blackham
I have  used Carver Knowles for over 5 years and they are always knowledgeable, efficient, friendly and professional. They have handled the preparation of grazing licenses, planning applications, moving a field access, and my Basic Payment paperwork. They provide practical agricultural advice for busy farmers and landowners.
Jonathan CrowtherMarch 2017
"Very pleased with Carver Knowles' excellent service and efficiency. Give them a problem and it just gets sorted"
Steve and Mandy TophamGloucestershire
Perfect....what can I say. Carver Knowles provide a prompt and efficient valuation service, so I would be happy to recommend them to others.
V YorkeTewkesbury
We wish to thank Julie Branfield of Carver Knowles for the successful and professional way in which she obtained the Certification in removing all agricultural conditions on our property and land.Great job Julie
Mr and Mrs Measures
Carver Knowles and Julie in particular have done a fantastic hand holding exercise in what has been a difficult and complex planning application - November 2016
Mr & Mrs Hodgson
I want to thank you for your kind assistance in obtaining “permitted development” planning permission on the three barns. You clearly have a thorough knowledge of the workings of this government directive and you put that to good use on my behalf. I have battled with planners in the past to no avail and you seemed to do it all so simply. I cannot thank you enough for your very competent work.
Mr Tipton
A friend recommended contacting Carver Knowles as they had been successful in removing Ag Ties. To be completely honest we thought the chances of a successful outcome were slim but we had nothing to lose.After an initial consultation we were far more positive that it may be possible to remove the Ag Tie. The process is very straight forward with the major bonus of not placing the property on the market, we now have an Ag Tie free property, we would recommend undertaking a consultation with Carver Knowles.
Mr & Mrs SmithPershore
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