retreats. This review highlights just a handful of the properties we have recently successfully marketed. If you would like to discuss any aspect of land management, planning applications, diversification, or future proofing, are looking to understand the value of your land or property or are considering a sale, please contact our team for a no-obligation initial consultation.
Meet the Rural & Professional Team ASHBY DE LA ZOUCH
Ian Large
BA (Hons) MSc MRICS FAAV Partner
Peter Bennett BSc FRICS FAAV Partner
Michael Fallowell FRICS FAAV MEWI Founding Senior Consultant
Paul Lees
Anna Meynell
BSc (Hons) FAAV Senior Surveyor
BSc (Hons) FAAV Surveyor
AT H E R S TO N E
Tori Whinder
BSc (Hons) PgD MRICS Senior Surveyor
OUR SERVICE S
Our services Transition from BPS to ELMS Recent documentation sets out a plan for the transition post Brexit from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy to the Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) over the next seven years. The policy includes the phasing out of existing agrienvironmental schemes as well as pilot schemes for ELMS and the Sustainable Farming Initiative.
Daisy Tilley
Placement Student
TOWCESTER C A SE S TUDY
James Collier
BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV Partner
Ashling Toolan MRICS FAAV Senior Surveyor
Philippa Dewes
BSc (Hons) Graduate Surveyor
Jennifer Whitton
BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV Senior Surveyor
Simon Harris FRICS FAAV Surveyor
Andrew Pinny
BSc (Hons) MRICS Senior Surveyor
Tayla Harding
BSc (Hons) MSc Graduate Surveyor
RUGBY
Tim Howard
Jeff Paybody
BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV Partner
Jeremy Watson FRICS FAAV Farm & Rural Consultant
Henry Martin
BSc (Hons) Graduate Surveyor
FARM SALES
Jenny Hannah
Gilly Wrathall
Helen Frampton MRICS FAAV Senior Surveyor
John Hall
BSc (Est Man) FRICS FAAV Senior Partner
PLANNING & DEVELOPMENT
John Clarke
BA (Hons) MA MRTPI Senior Planner
Nigel Brotherton
BA (Hons) MSc MRICS FAAV Planning Consultant
David Grove
BSc (Hons) MRICS Commercial Manager
Frustratingly, the Rural Payments Agency is yet to provide full details of the scheme and how it will be delivered. Whilst we work through the remaining years of the Basic Payment Scheme and Countryside Stewardship, we will continue to pass on information and advice to our clients as it is provided and are available to discuss options with all those looking for support through the transition.
Paragraph 79 at Covert Farm, East Haddon Back in March 2012, the Government set out, in Paragraph 55 of the National Planning Policy Framework (NPPF), a policy to allow the development of exceptional dwellings in open countryside. This became Paragraph 79 in July 2018 when Government updated the NPPF. To be successful under Paragraph 79 the house has to be truly exceptional in design and significantly enhance its immediate setting.
The plans for the building sees it grow out of the site, emphasising the linked aspect between the landscape and the house. The design offers opportunities for the purchaser to incorporate significant green technologies within the construction of the dwelling. The construction of the approved dwelling will afford the occupier truly exceptional living with unrivalled views in a beautiful location worthy of the Paragraph 79 status.
We have recently worked through a successful application for such a dwelling at East Haddon, Northamptonshire, which faced rigorous review by a panel of highly qualified architects from the Traditional Architecture Group, as well as local planning authorities.
We are delighted to have worked on the planning application for this exceptional site and have successfully agreed its sale. We will be watching with interest as the build progresses.
Ashby de la Zouch
Old Cottage Hospital, Leicester Road, Ashby de la Zouch, Leicestershire LE16 1DB 01530 877977 / ashby@howkinsandharrison.co.uk
Atherstone
15 Market Street, Atherstone, Warwickshire CV9 1ET 01827 721380 / athrural@howkinsandharrison.co.uk
Rugby
7-11 Albert Street, Rugby, Warwickshire CV21 2RX 01788 564680 / rugrural@howkinsandharrison.co.uk
Towcester
Autumn 2021
BSc (Hons) MRICS FAAV Partner
The schemes will provide grant support for farmers to maintain and improve productivity, invest in research, development and sustainability through the transition. The overarching plan for the scheme is to provide support to farmers in order for them to deliver public goods and make a significant contribution to the environment, whilst delivering a scheme that is flexible, achieves results and provides options for farmers.
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The market for the sale of farms and land, development sites and opportunities for option & promotion agreements has mirrored that of the residential property sales marketplace, with first half year volumes akin to those of 2007. Recent reports suggests that the value of the UK house sales market is forecast to reach £461bn this year, a jump of 46% on 2020, as new data defies expectations in the ‘race for space’ and the need for increased volumes of housing, coupled with the ‘work from home movement’ and a desire to move to more rural
98A Watling Street, Towcester, Northamptonshire NN12 6BT 01327 353575 / towrural@howkinsandharrison.co.uk
SALES
The Planning for the Future white paper, published in August 2020, set out the Government’s proposals for “once in a generation” reform of England’s planning system, and separate proposals to reform the current system of calculating housing need, which have proved controversial. Some have welcomed the proposed changes whilst others have responded with fierce criticism. Planning, the sale of residential, commercial and development sites and working on multi-decade option and promotion projects have certainly kept our team busy this year as we digest the changes and review the future landscape of British housing. This review headlines a couple of recent case studies of projects we have been working across. Additionally, with Brexit comes a complete change to the funding of British farming. The Environmental Land Management Scheme (ELMS) has seen pilots launched this year, based on three fundamental scheme pillars: Sustainable Farming Incentive (which will will pay farmers to manage their land in an environmentally sustainable way); Local Nature Recovery (paying farmers for actions that support local nature recovery and meet local environmental priorities) & Landscape Recovery LETTINGS
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(to support landscape and ecosystem recovery through long-term projects, such as: restoring wilder landscapes in places where it’s appropriate and large-scale tree planting. These schemes are intended to support the rural economy while achieving the goals of the 25 Year Environmental Plan and a commitment to net zero emissions by 2050. Our brief overview gives a flavour of the change – more to come in our View magazine at the end of the year.
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