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The Forest of Dean District Council is calling for sites to potentially accommodate future housing and employment

Posted on 2nd February 2026 by Alex Stafford-Clark

The new Local Plan will set out the location of future development for the District. As part of this process, the Council looks to identify as many sites as possible. This assessment provides an important source of evidence with the aim of gaining a clear understanding of land available. Forest of Dean District Council are […]

DEFRA confirms SFI offering for 2026

Posted on 8th January 2026 by Hettie Orttewell

DEFRA has announced that the Sustainable Farming Incentive (SFI) will reopen later this year with two application windows. June 2026 will be the first application window and will prioritise smaller farms and those not currently in an Environmental Land Management (ELM) agreements. September 2026 will be the second application window opening the scheme more widely […]

Inheritance Tax Threshold Update

Posted on 23rd December 2025 by Hettie Orttewell

The government has announced today (Tuesday 23rd December) that the threshold for Agricultural Property Relief (APR) and Business Property Relief (BPR) will increase from £1 million to £2.5 million from April 2026. This change means that spouses or civil partners will be able to pass on up to £5 million of qualifying agricultural or business […]

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    I was in a situation where my Father wanted to gift a second property to me. I was already living in the property but it had an agricultural tie attached to it. To allow me to borrow money against the property for an extension and improvements, the agricultural tie would need to be removed. After much research, I discovered that this was not going to be easy to do. I had seen that Carver Knowles have had success removing agricultural ties without the need to market the property first so decided to give them a call. I spoke with Ellen, who ...
    Dawn Elgar
    Carver Knowles recently advised me on obtaining residential planning on my agricultural barn which was dealt with professionally and quickly.Planning consent was applied for and approved and cannot fault the way in which it was dealt with.Wouldn't hesitate to recommend to others. Thank you. - Mr Osborne. Fladbury, Worc.
    Mr T Osborne
    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."

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    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
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    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
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