The extended areas have just been announced which are now eligible for the Farming Recovery Fund. What is it? The fund helps farmers whose agricultural land (that has been deemed eligible by the FRF scheme) was damaged by flooding we experienced in February 2020. The fund provides financial assistance with a minimum grant […]
Posted on June 19th, 2020 by Mike Cluley
The Severn Trent Environmental Protection Scheme (STEPS) provides grants up to £5,000 for infrastructure improvement and land management changes for farmers situated within the Severn Trent Target Areas. STEPS has been specifically designed to protect and improve watercourses as well as the wider environment by supporting infrastructure improvements which are above and beyond good agricultural […]
Posted on November 29th, 2018 by Julie Newton
The long awaited Countryside Productivity Scheme has been launched. The scheme provides funding for large scale projects in England which improve productivity in the farming and forestry sector. The scheme has been specifically targeted at: Forestry Water Resource Management Forestry The forestry element allows those with commercial woodlands over 10ha to apply for a range […]
Posted on August 17th, 2017 by Mike Cluley
The most common occurrence of when someone needs to access your land is in relation to the installation or the maintenance of a utility company’s equipment such as water pipelines. Within Worcestershire and Gloucestershire the main water company will be Severn Trent and for places like Hereford and Ross on Wye it will be Welsh […]
Posted on November 25th, 2016 by Andrew Troughton
When someone else needs to access your land it is often a challenging issue and can result in a wide range of disputes. A third party that might need access could include neighbours and utility companies: Water Gas Highways Telecommunication The complexity of the process is always difficult to get your head around as different […]
Posted on October 13th, 2016 by Mike Cluley