AGRICULTURAL LAND
Davitt Jones Bould specialists
Legal issues that may arise
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Single Farm Payments
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Public access and public liability
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Farmland acquisitions and disposals
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Boundary, covenant and easement disputes
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Agricultural leases, tenancies and licences
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Sporting licences
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Funding and development agreements
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Compulsory purchase
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Environmental law issues including contamination and noise pollution issues
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Sites of Special Scientific Interest and management agreements.
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Nearly 70% of the UK's land is used for agricultural purposes and around 1.5% of the country's workforce works in agriculture. More than half of England’s 57,000 farms have diversified in some form (for example, into Biofuels and tourism) according to Defra.
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Examples of work undertaken by Davitt Jones Bould lawyers
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Acquisition and disposal of farms and other heritage property.
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Granting and renewing farm business tenancies on numerous sites including Wroxeter, Salisbury Plain and at Battle Abbey.
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Obtaining an injunction to prevent persistent trespass by a farmer and his animals over a training estate on Dartmoor.
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Acting in the agricultural receivership for the multinational professional services network of a farming partnership in Wiltshire where the debt exceeded £1.5m.
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Advising in relation to Single Farm Payments and over 100 grazing licences.
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